Environment
Environment
We are committed to reducing the environmental impact of our operations with an active programme aimed at zero incidents.
We have also set ourselves a target of 10% year-on-year reduction of our carbon footprint and supporting the national Halving Waste to Landfill initiative by 2012. This is supported by our drive to use sustainable materials, for example almost a third of the aggregates we procure are from recycled sources.
We actively pursue engineering solutions that benefit the environment and we have implemented a large range of construction-based innovative products and techniques to help us achieve our goals. For example our trenchless techniques minimise the use of quarried products and disposal of waste to landfill with the impact these have on wildlife habitats, local communities and carbon emissions.
Our Environmental performance is a key component of our Three Pillar sustainability strategy. Indeed, much of the work we carry out is delivering projects that are designed to improve the environment and protect our community, such constructing water infrastructure, materials recycling facilities and building flood defences.
We therefore have a vested interest in environmental responsibility and as such during the design, planning, construction and operation of projects, we are dedicated to ensuring the our activities are conducted in a manner that achieves and maintains the highest environmental standards.
To support this, our environmental policy commits us to maintaining an externally certified environmental management system to ISO14001 across all of our operations since 2003.
Fundamentally, we are proud to be active in sectors of the construction industry that deliver improvements to the environment for our clients and their customers. Better water quality, waste management and improved public transport each provide real benefits to society. The results of our efforts are rewarding in so many different ways.
To view the Integrated Management Policy click here
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To view our ISO14001 certificate please click here