What is the Board’s commitment to the Environment?
The Board of Biffa consider that environmental protection is of, at least, equal importance in comparison to any other aspect of business management and is committed to promoting high standards of environmental management on all of their sites, premises, and in all of their activities.
To achieve this, the Board will:
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Discuss environmental matters with their managers, and company safety, health and environmental coaches who will offer or obtain further expert advice, where necessary.
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Constantly work towards improving the environmental management and a protection culture at all levels within Biffa.
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Ensure compliance with all relevant legal duties in respect of environmental legislation.
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Provide adequate resources for planning, provision and maintenance of environmentally protecting working conditions and systems of work.
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Ensure we meet all applicable environmental legislative, industry, organisational and customer needs whilst promoting a proactiveand mould-breaking approach to reducing and managing our impact on the environment.
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Remember that our business doesn’t exist in isolation. Our employees, customers, suppliers and the local community are all affected by what we do and how we do it. Equally we are aware that our buildings and services and the way that we choose to deliver them may have an impact on the environment.
- We consider ourselves to be a proactive and supportive neighbour to those that we live and work with. Accordingly we believe that we have a duty to reduce any negative impacts and strive to have a positive long-term impact on our community, our local area and the environment.
What is Biffa's commitment to the Environment?
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The company set environmental objectives and targets which are measured, monitored and reviewed to enable continuous improvement in our environmental performance.
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The Health, Safety & Environmental Toolkit is reviewed periodically and as required to meet applicable legislative, industry, organisational and customer needs.
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The company identifies and focuses resources on key areas of our business where we can make significant improvements in terms of our environmental performance, specifically reduction of greenhouse gases, resource efficiency and energy management.
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The company inspect and audit operations throughout the year, using our network of health, safety and, environmental coaches and external organisations, supported by our operating teams
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To retain their certification to ISO14001:2004 and strive for continuous improvement.
How do Biffa comply with their responsibilities for the Environment?
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Our Group Director of Health & Safety and the Environment is responsible, through our network of health, safety and environmental coaches, for ensuring environmental auditing, coaching and training are carried out.
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We coach and train our people and make resources available to enable responsible environmental management and behaviours.
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We provide all of our people with a comprehensive operational system known as the Health, Safety & Environmental Toolkit. This provides clear advice, guidelines and tools to ensure we prevent pollution and have a positive impact on the environment wherever possible.
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All of our people are responsible for ensuring high standards of environmental care.
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Our local business leaders are responsible for their business obligations and performance and for cascading information to our operating teams.
To view a copy of our Environmental Policy please click on this link.
Ian Wakelin Chief Executive
17 May 2011
