Recent years have seen outstanding success for environmental progress within St. Olave’s, a testament to the widespread change that we can bring about when we unite behind a common cause. In 2016, the founding of Environmental Society saw the rekindling of the desire to take action within the school community.

The society became the steering group for the Eco-Schools programme at St. Olave’s, the largest international network of students and teachers in the world, spanning 67 countries and involving over 19 million students.

St. Olave’s had achieved the Eco-Schools Bronze Award in 2009 but it was only a decade later, in November 2019, that Environmental Society’s commitment to ameliorating the school’s impact on the local environment and the wider world led to the achievement of the prestigious Green Flag Award.