Environment policy
Green Building Store has an active environment policy - updated annually - which reports on the company's environmental performance and outlines strategies and targets for the year.
Environment policy 2007 - download pdf
Environment policy 2008 - download pdf
Environment policy 2009 - download pdf
Environment policy 2010 - download pdf
Environment policy 2011 - download pdf
Policy statement
Green Building Store is committed to offering leading edge products for low energy buildings and aims to champion best practice in low carbon and sustainable construction. Sustainability is at the heart of what we do, however we recognise that our operations will inevitably have an impact on the local, regional and global environment.
To address this, Green Building Store seeks to continually improve its environmental performance by preventing pollution, increasing energy efficiency and minimising waste. Environmental regulations, laws and codes of practice will be regarded as setting the minimum standards of environmental performance.
In particular, Green Building Store aims to:
Product sustainability
• Carefully consider the environmental impacts of its product range at all stages of their lifecycle from manufacture to disposal.
• Offer products which demonstrate clear advantages in reduced environmental impact and increased sustainability and which minimise or eliminate potentially harmful effects on human inhabitants of buildings.
Environmental information
• Offer clear and informed advice to our customers on the environmental impact of all of the company’s product range.
• Make no unsubstantiated claims for environmental qualities or sustainability. Ensure that, as far as possible, all environmental information disseminated by the company is in line with the current state of knowledge.
Environmental impact
• Undertake all activities with the intention of reducing the company’s environmental impact as far as possible.
• Conserve energy in our office and manufacturing units and source electricity from renewable sources, where possible.
• Save water in all our operations, through installation of water-saving devices and other measures, where applicable.
• Endeavour to minimise waste in all our operations, by prevention of unnecessary waste, reuse of materials and recycling.
• Minimise the impact of transporting products and materials by exploring alternative technological and logistical options available,
• Assess and monitor the environmental impact of suppliers and work with them to improve their environmental performance.
Environmental policy
• Ensure that all employees are kept informed of the company’s environment policy and of the environmental implications of their actions within the workplace. The company’s environmental aims and objectives are also communicated to Green Building Store’s customers, partners and suppliers.
• Green Building Store will review its environmental performance and compliance with all applicable laws and regulations annually and will set environmental targets and goals for the coming year. The Environmental Performance Review will be carried out in December of each year, with the next review taking place in December 2011.