Cairn Ecology Ltd

This week we are celebrating neurodiversity in the workplace ♾️✨🌍 Neurodiversity encompasses a range of non-typical neurotypes, and it’s important to note that no two neurodiverse individuals, even within the same type, have the same experience ✨ Statistically more than 15% of the workforce are neurodivergent, and our current working system is ill-equipped to properly support these individuals. Neurodivergent individuals can face challenges such as (but not limited to) sensory dysregulation, overstimulation, and nervous system dysfunction, as well as fatigue and burnout from masking symptoms in a work environment. Additionally, neurodivergent individuals continue to face stigma and discrimination from those around them due to a lack of education and understanding, and a continuing use of misleading labels such as ‘high-functioning’ can lead to assumptions that less support is required, as well as shame for the individual who may be struggling ✨ Neurodivergent individuals deserve more than our current societal and workplace systems provide, and deserve more than ‘awareness’. Employers can do better for their neurodiverse employees by: 1. Attending neurodivergence specific trainings 2. Ensuring supports and accommodations are available in line with the Equality Act 2010, and are more than just sufficient or the bare minimum 3. Using person-first language, eg. ‘X is autistic’ and opposed to ‘X has autism’ 4. Understanding their neurodivergent employees are individuals, not just their symptoms ✨ At Cairn Ecology we are proud that a quarter of our workforce are neurodivergent, and we are committed to continuing to learn how we can better support our neurodiverse team and to encourage other businesses of all sizes to do the same ! ✨ #neurodiversitycelebrationweek #neurodiversity #neurodiversityweek #neurodiversityintheworkplace #celebratedifferences #inclusion #diversityandinclusion #ecology #cairnecology #sme #smallbusiness #scottishecology #environment #commercialecology #terrestrialecology #biodiversity  

Exciting badger works this season! We have been working with one of our clients to construct an artificial sett at their site, with the excellent sett construction work done by AFP CONSTRUCTION (BISHOPTON) Ltd 🦡🌿 The site has two main badger setts, with one of the setts to be excluded with the planned works. As such, to ensure a comparable, compensatory resource on site, we have built a 4-chamber artificial sett 🦡🌿 The sett has been stuffed with straw for bedding to make it tempting for the resident badgers to move in, and we will now begin 6 months of camera trap monitoring to see if the locals will move in 🦡🌿 Badgers cub in February to early march, with them emerging from the setts in April-May, so watch this space we may even get some baby badgers on candid camera ! 🦡🌿 #ecology #cairnecology #sme #smallbusiness #scottishecology #environment #commercialecology #terrestrialecology #biodiversity #scottishbadgers #badgers #mustelidecology #scottishbiodiversity #artificialsett #badgersett #cameratrap

We would like to thank South Lanarkshire College again for asking us to represent at their #loveyourplanet event last week. The purpose of the event was to highlight the impacts of climate change and ways we can all reduce our carbon footprint. We had a great time speaking with the college's students and staff about the role ecological consultancy carries in sustainable developments and sustainable futures, and love to see sustainability and care for our environment being promoted by our local college! ✨🌿 #sustainability #carbonfootprint #climatechange #ecologicalconsultancy #southlanarkshire #southlanarkshirecollege #ecology #cairnecology #sme #smallbusiness #scottishecology #environment #commercialecology #terrestrialecology #biodiversity #scottishbiodiversity

Happy #February11 International Day of Women and Girls in Science (IDWGS) ✨✨👩🔬👩🔬 and today marks the 10th anniversary of the February 11 movement, a movement to promote gender equality and empowerment women & girls in scientific fields! In the words of founder HRH Princess Dr. Nisreen El-Hashemite, “Every February 11, we celebrate the achievements of women, known and unknown, remembered and forgotten, who have forged the way for those of us in science today” ✨ But it wasn’t until the mid-late 19thC that women were admitted to scientific study or professions, or even recognised as scientists in their own right. And even still in the UK and US, women only make up around 35% of the STEM workforce. Gender equality in STEM is a core issue for IDWGS and the United Nations, stating that “girls will make a crucial contribution not only to economic development of the world, but to progress across all the goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. ✨ Today we celebrate all women and girls in science. At Cairn Ecology we are proud to be a majority female business, female founded and with 70% of our team female, and not forgetting our student placement girls from last summer as the new generation of female environmental scientists ✨👩🔬 Our teams backgrounds, qualifications, and experience highlight not only the important place women and girls hold in STEM, but also that there is no one way or correct path to being a scientist! “Educate a girl, and she will change the world” ✨✨ #february11 #internationaldayofwomenandgirlsinscience #IDWGS #womeninSTEM #womeninenvironmentalscience #genderequalityinscience #genderequality #femalescientists #womeninscience #sustainabledevelopment #ecology #scottishecology #cairnecology #femalefounders #femalebusinessowner #femalerunbusiness

We are so pleased to announce that are now a Gold Standard 4-Day Week Employer ✨🌿 Along with our Living Wage and Living Hours accreditation, our 4-Day Week Foundation accreditation confirms our commitment to our employees of a permanent 32 hour four-day week, with no reduction in pay ✨🌿 At Cairn Ecology, we have been proudly committed to a 4-day week since 2022, and are delighted with the flexibility and quality of work-life balance this offers to our team. We have been able to watch our staff grow as individuals and as a team, as well as the continued growth in our quality and productivity as a business as a result of this ✨🌿 We hope that other businesses will join us in this movement, as well as encourage our government in the implementation of a 4-day work week on a national level. Every single worker deserves a real work-life balance ✨🌿 Please visit 4dayweek.co.uk to find out more ✨🌿 #fourdayweek #fourdayweekcampaign #fourdayweekfoundation #worklifebalance #workersrights #bethechange #scottishbusiness #sme #ecology #cairnecology #LivingWageScotland #LivingHours #LivingWage #endworkingpoverty #livetoworknotworktolive #LivingWageScotland #LivingHours #LivingWage #endworkingpoverty #livetoworknotworktolive 4 Day Week Foundation

Michael has returned from leave, and we are pleased to announce he has returned to his new position of Principal Ecologist ! 🌿 Michael has been part of the Cairn Ecology team since 2018, and is a badger specialist and a Scottish Badger Level 1 Badger Worker. He is also undertaking research for his part-time PhD at University of Glasgow on the urban ecology of Scottish badgers 🌿 You can read Michael's recently published article on the use of above-ground nest locations by Scottish badgers here: https://lnkd.in/eXntcgn2 We hope you will all join us in congratulating Michael on his new position as Principal Ecologist, as well as his ongoing success in his doctoral research! 🌿 #ecology #cairnecology #sme #smallbusiness #scottishecology #environment #commercialecology #terrestrialecology #biodiversity #expandingteam #principalecologist #scottishbadgers #badgers #careerprogression #mustelidecology #scottishbiodiversity #academicresearch #phdresearch

We had such an incredible night at the Living Wage Awards 2024 last night. It always feels so good to be in a room with so many likeminded businesses looking to do better for their staff, the environment, and the wider social community, not to mention the outstanding keynote speech by Mel Young MBE from Homeless World Cup It was an honour to be nominated for an award in Outstanding Leadership. Huge congratulations to HRM Homecare Services Ltd and all the other winners! Thank you again to Living Wage Scotland Living Wage Foundation and all the staff at Rutherglen Town Hall for a great night! #livingwageawards #livingwageawards2024 #livingwagescotland #livingwagefoundation #livingwagematters #livingwageemployer #livinghoursemployer #sme #smallbusiness #reallivingwage #livingwage #livinghours #endworkingpoverty #sustainablebusiness The Poverty Alliance #livetoworknotworktolive #outstandingleadership

It is Living Wage Week, and at Cairn Ecology as a Living Wage and Living Hours Employer these are values we are committed to and embedded in who we are. As the cost of living crisis continues and living costs continue to soar, working poverty is real problem being faced by a large number of the population. We believe security in your work and your income to allow you to live in comfort, not just survive, is a basic human right deserved by all workers. This is why initiatives such as the Living Wage matter more now than ever. Ahead of our attendance at the Living Wage Awards this evening, we reiterate our commitment to the Living Wage and Living Hours, and urge other employers to do so too. You can visit the Living Wage website for more information on accreditation - https://lnkd.in/eQsZ7Pqm #LivingWageWeek #LivingWageMovement #LivingWageEmployer #LivingWageFoundation #LivingWageScotland #LivingHours #LivingWage #livingwagematters #endworkingpoverty #livetoworknotworktolive Living Wage Scotland Living Wage Foundation

Last week our Early-career Ecologist Lewis Trussler-McCaskill graduated his MSc in Sustainability & Environmental Studies with distinction! We have gotten to watch Lewis grow as an ecologist, especially in his knowledge and experience in biodiversity and legislation, and are so proud of what he has achieved. We hope you will all join us in congratulating Lewis in this achievement, and what comes next in his journey as an ecologist!

October is Bat Appreciation Month, and at Cairn Ecology we very much appreciate bats! 🦇🌿 Although the bat activity season has ended and the bats are beginning to get cosy for winter, our work surrounding bat species continues, as does our appreciation for all they do for our natural biodiversity. At Cairn Ecology, we currently have two licensed bat workers, with our full team experienced in bat survey types 🦇🌿 These adorable sky puppies act as great pollinators and feed on insects and midgies, helping to control the pest population 🦇🌿 Bat Conservation International and Bat Conservation Trust have a range of ways you can get involved in Bat Appreciation Month, including BatFest and Halloween events and Activities 🦇🌿 #batappreciationmonth #batmonth #bct #cairnecology #ecology #scottishecology #biodiversity #ecologicalconsultancy #bats #sustainabledevelopment #batecology #licensedbatworker #ecologicalsurvey #batconservation