Environmental/sustainability policy statement
Skills & Projects are committed to minimising the environmental impact of our activities via continuous improvement in environmental performance and will seek to develop an ethos of environmental responsibility in all our staff, associates, partners and clients as well as in the management of our business.
Accordingly, it is the policy of Skills & Projects to:
- Comply with all relevant environmental legislation and take such additional environmental protection measures as we consider necessary.
- Promote awareness and understanding of environmental issues among all staff and associates and the external community.
- Integrate environmental management policies and practices into every level and every area of activity.
In practical terms these commitments mean that we will:
- Manage and conserve energy efficiently within all our premises. Reducing the use of energy through, for example, promoting energy saving behaviour, use of energy efficient equipment and good design practices
- Reduce water use and increase the proportion of water re-used
- Promote the use of less environmentally damaging transport options, particularly discouraging car use and eliminating unnecessary motor vehicle trips
- Use our purchasing procedures to promote sustainable development, seeking wherever possible products which have been made from recycled materials and sustainable sources, and ensuring that materials and products used have been processed in a way which causes minimum damage to the environment
- Reduce air and water pollution and prevent land contamination by avoiding the use of environmentally damaging materials such as non- biodegradable chemicals, CFCs and ozone-depleting substances, solvents and lead-based paints.
- Minimise waste production and increase the proportion of materials re-used and recycled
- Ensure that any surplus of waste material is disposed of in a way that causes the least possible adverse impact on the environment
- Consider the environmental impact of any new project or development
This policy will be reviewed annually or at any time that Skills & Projects business activities or operations change significantly.
Next scheduled Review Date: December 2012.