Environmental Policy
Our Commitment
We recognise our responsibility to prevent pollution in all parts of our operations, safeguard the environment and take positive steps to minimise the environmental impacts of our operations. We aim to comply with applicable legislation, regulations and industry codes of practice, and seek to implement good practice.
Our Aims
- To operate an environmental management system (EMS) throughout the company.
- To use energy and water efficiently and optimise our use of natural resources.
- To minimise the volume of waste deposited to landfill by reusing and recycling materials wherever possible.
- To encourage modes of transport, which minimise environmental impact, ensure that our staff are aware of efficient driving and examine the operation of our vehicles.
- To ensure that our staff are aware of relevant environmental issues, and of their own roles and responsibilities in delivering the overall programme and providing training for those with particular responsibilities.
- To continue to consider environmental factors and risks in our commercial and charity decisions, alert our customers to the importance of these issues, and direct them to specialist sources of advice.
- To encourage the development of products and services that will help our customers to adopt sound environmental principles and practices.
- To ensure that our key suppliers and contractors are aware of our policy and that wherever possible, they operate to similar standards, as a minimum.
- To continue to provide support for sustainability initiatives that contribute towards the preservation or enhancement of the quality of life in the communities in which we operate.
- To regularly monitor, audit and review our environmental programme to ensure continuous improvement, and identify examples of best practice that may be shared throughout the company.
- To embrace The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive which came into force in January 2007 and aims to both reduce the amount of WEEE being produced and encourage everyone to reuse, recycle and recover it.
