Environmental Policy
Griffin Designs recognises that its activities have an environmental impact and minimising any negative aspects of that impact is an integral part of its overall business objectives. As a manufacturer, it is inevitable that our activities have an effect but we endeavour to do our best to mitigate these:
Our core environmental policy values:
- In so far as possible, try to ensure that all our products can be re-used by our and to the benefit of our clients rather than disposed of.
- Donating our offcuts and ‘waste’ products to other users such as charities and schools.
- Seek to reduce consumption of materials in all operations, reuse rather than dispose wherever possible, and promote recycling and the use of recycled materials.
- Establish standards and management procedures to ensure that all the requirements of relevant environmental legislation are met and that, where practically possible, the environmental requirements of clients are met.
- Set regular objectives and targets to minimize our environmental impacts and ensure continual improvement in our performance.
- Aim to achieve energy efficiency in offices and the use of vehicles.
- If applicable to the company’s activities at any time, establish procedures for minimizing the occurrence of and mitigating the impacts of environmental incidents to prevent pollution and nuisance.
- Reduce, wherever practicable, the level of harmful emissions from any activity.
- Ensure that any waste materials are dealt with appropriately, and re-used or recycled where possible.
- Ensure awareness of environmental issues within the company by training.
- Monitor environmental performance.
- Communicate on the environment with interested parties, including employees, clients and consultants placed by the company with clients and, where relevant, local residents, and public authorities, through a spirit of open dialogue and proactive involvement.
- Publish this environmental policy in appropriate ways to confirm commitment to the activities included in it.
- Commit to identifying and allocating the necessary resources to implement the policy and the environmental management system fully and successfully.
- Review the policy, at least annually as part of the annual management review, and where necessary on an ad-hoc basis in response to any circumstances which would necessitate its review.