Sustainability

Sustainable development is at the core of UK Government policymaking and increasingly affects us all, including targets on issues such as reducing CO2 emissions and waste, and increasing social equity.

Socially responsible investment (SRI) is placing pressure on organisations to integrate social and environmental considerations into their working practices and to adopt environmental management systems, creating greater pressure from clients for buildings with reduced running costs and more attractive environments for their staff.

Consultancy services provided for our clients include:

• Reviewing marketing and business development plans to ensure sustainability is embedded in the organisation
• Developing internal procedures to establish company requirements for environmental protection linked to people development
• Undertaking supply chain audits, which involves a client’s requirement of comprehensive environmental and social information on the products and materials it purchases
• Auditing sites to ensure legal compliance and pollution control, and to look for opportunities to make savings
• Designing and implementing environmental management systems to ISO 14001 or BS8555 to meet customer, regulatory and certification body requirements

Benefits to you include:

• Better control of risk and breaches of regulations, with a corresponding reduction in exposure to fines, punitive damages and even imprisonment
• Reduced use of energy, materials and other resources
• Less waste with corresponding reductions in the associated transport, treatment and landfill disposal costs
• Integration of other systems, such as quality and health and safety into one fully comprehensive management system