Focus Project

Coppice & Langley Primary School, Birmingham

In conjunction with the school and pupils, preparation for the new school has begun with various environmental initiatives being demonstrated to the children to encourage their learning of how vital preservation of the environment is to the developing world.

 

 

Our Environment

Our Environment

Our commitment to sustainability and the environment in this way sets us apart from our competitors and provides comfort to our clients.

Thomas Vale recognise that our activities have an impact on the environment and we are committed to minimising that impact through preventing pollution and seeking continual improvement of our environmental performance.

We have achieved ISO 14001 accreditation and we are maintaining this standard which provides stakeholders with independently verified evidence of Thomas Vales' commitment to environmental issues.

This policy has the full support and commitment of the Board of Directors and will drive our actions.

Identified Risk
Thomas Vale Actions
Strategic Objectives
Status
Energy consumption and associated
greenhouse gas omissions 		Each business will review and monitor energy consumption and start implementing systems to reduce impact to business and clients Regular monitoring of all consumption and 10% reduction High
Carbon Policy Carbon Policy introduced in conjunction with advice and guidance from the Carbon trust Consistent and auditable policy set 10% reduction Achieved
Creation of waste and unapproachable disposal Indentify and measure all areas of waste and develop range of management tools within legislation and best practice Develop and refine existing Environmental Management Systems Achieved
Waste produced within Supply Chain Develop strategy across Supply Chain to discuss areas of improvements, products, packaging and process. With particular focus in respect of timber to increase the amounts of sustainable timber purchased To ensure compliance in respect of new legislation and Clients aspirations set 10% reduction High
Selection of Supply Chain Meetings with all Supply Chain Partners to ensure they align their business to our own strategy Integrated Policies High
Segregation of Waste - - High
Reduction of waste to landfill - - High
Pollution Incidents Continue implementation of ISO14001 at all sites and 100% of all Site Managers to receive training Zero Incidents Achieved
Water Supply and use Investigate how water saving features can be introduced on all sites Target for 50% of all projects to trial Medium