We recognise that our activities have the potential to have an adverse impact on the
environment and society as a whole. We take our environmental and social responsibilities
seriously and are committed to the precautionary principle and understanding those
environmental aspects and impacts of our operations that are significant and to taking
actions to mitigate them so that we do not prejudice future generations through unsustainable practices.
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We aim to achieve this through:
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Measuring our carbon footprint and taking actions to offset this through national established programmes |
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Re-using and Recycling of waste materials where possible |
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Disposing of waste in accordance with legislation |
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Planning our operations to identify opportunities to minimise emissions to the atmosphere
and noise; especially planning deliveries to site and to continually improve our environmental
performance
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We are committed to the task of developing, implementing and maintaining an effective management
system with the following objectives:
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Ensuring we meet our legal obligations, as a minimum |
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Understanding the significant environmental impacts we create |
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Ensuring social responsibility is built into our management arrangements so that all staff, contractors and suppliers understand our commitment and how it affects them |
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Undertaking an annual review of our energy use and seeking to reduce it each year |
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Adopting the principles of Replace, Re-use and Recycle for all waste products |
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Requiring suppliers to demonstrate similar levels of commitment to the environment |
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We will regularly review this policy and our environmental performance to ensure we maintain good
practice and adopt new initiatives as appropriate. We will communicate this policy and our requirements
to all managers and employees and ensure they are provided with skills and support to effectively
achieve our objectives.
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