Sustainability Appraisal
Our Environmental Policy is responsible for overseeing the Sustainability Appraisal (SA) process. This is an important part of the structure of allarb Ltd. This system is designed to undertake Sustainability Appraisals of all sites which are used as access and recreation with the overall aim to enhance biodiversity, landscapes and wildlife in rural, urban, costal and marine areas. This helps to promote access, recreation and public well being as well as excellent management policies for the future.
Environmental Policy
How Green Are We?
Climate change affects everyone, and allarb Ltd is committed to helping to preserve our planet for future generations.
Reducing Waste
Ensuring whenever possible that any materials or arising's as a result of work undertaken are recycled or reused, in order to reduce the level of waste generated.
Buying Locally
Buying and selling locally means that you don't have to make long journeys by car to collect items, and goods posted won't need to be taken as far, so this helps to cut down on pollution.
Carbon Offsetting
The electricity that your computer is using while you are reading this will be emitting CO2 (carbon dioxide) into the atmosphere somewhere down the line.
By using the results of some research into the power consumption of an average PC that was carried out by Oxford University, we can calculate the amount of CO2 that your computer is emitting while reading this and offset it.
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Each tree that we plant will offset around 730kgs of CO2 in its lifetime and in September 2008 we planted 6 trees in the UK, offsetting 4.38 tonnes of CO2.
Our carbon footprint has now been on our website for over two years and since then we have calculated on average that we plant 4 trees every month.
Where possible our transport costs are at a minimum and at all times we try and leave wood waste on site or recycle as a next instance.
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We are committed to:
- The continuous improvement of our environmental performance through the
progressive implementation of the International Management System (BS EN
ISO 9001:2000). We will ensure that the system is communicated, implemented and maintained at all levels within the Company and will encourage the use of
ISO procedures by our suppliers and contractors.
- The development of meaningful environmental performance and evaluation procedures. Environmental priorities are reviewed on an on-going basis.
- The prevention of pollution via the control of all felling, production and related processes and the utilisation of best available technologies where possible.
- The environmental assessment of new development proposals and major
process alterations to ensure the prevention of pollution and compliance with the stated aims of the environmental policy and method statements.
- Ensuring that all timbers used are derived from sustainable sources and that sustainability can be verified by accepted means.
- Ensuring that the use of energy is minimised and reviewed to enable environmental improvement where possible.
- Waste minimisation and the recycling of materials used wherever possible.
- Providing all employees with appropriate on-going training to ensure individual and Company environmental responsibilities are recognised and enable any concerns or suggestions for improvement to be acted upon.
- Providing accurate environmental information and advice to our suppliers, contractors and customers and the variety of timber related associations to which we subscribe and participate in.
- Ensuring that our environmental policy and objectives are available to clients and public upon request and that requests for additional environmental information or advice are dealt with in a courteous and efficient manner.
Recycling
allarb ltd aims to be a waste free and environmentally friendly company. allarb Ltd has an environmental green waste license and has ISO 14001
accreditation.
100% of all waste being recycled in a safe and environmentally friendly way.
- Brushwood is processed on site using wood chipping machinery and can either be left for the client's use or removed for conversion to an environmentally sound mulching material.
- Choice timber is planked for use by local carpenters and/or supplied to wood-turners.
- Logwood arisings can also be left on site for the client's future use, or if preferred, removed to our storage facility for seasoning and processing into firewood.
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