Enviromental Policy

 

Agenda for the 21st Century

 

Agenda 21 is a comprehensive plan of action to be undertaken globally, nationally and locally by organisations of the United Nations, governments and major groups in every area in which human activities create an impact on the environment. Established in 1992 at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Earth Summit) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Agenda 21 represents a global commitment to sustainable development.

 

Agenda 21 addresses the development of societies and economies by focusing on the conservation and preservation of our environments and natural resources. Governments, NGOs, industry and the general public are encouraged to become involved and the Agenda provides a framework for tackling today’s social and environmental problems including air pollution, deforestation, biodiversity, energy consumption, waste production and transport issues.

 

Aggregate Industries Environmental Performance

 

Aggregate Industries is fully accountable for all the environmental and social impacts of its activities.

 

The company continually strives to improve the performance of its products and operations to minimise their effect on the environment.

 

All wholly owned Aggregate Industries UK sites are certified to ISO 14001 for environmental management systems.

 

  • Aggregate Industries is a sponsor of the Civic Trust Sustainability Award.
  • Aggregate Industries reports annually on the sustainability of its products and processes.
  • Aggregate Industries has a Biodiversity Action Plan.
  • Aggregate Industries has invested in a common electronic information system called ENVOY, a web-based intranet that allows corporate documentation to be broadcast to all site representatives and to analyse and review information regarding their site’s performance.

 

This has been successfully used in the UK to manage environmental, health and safety and quality issues.

 

BREEAM The BRE’s Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) is a scheme for the environmental labelling of buildings. The basis of the scheme is the measurement of a building’s performance against a set of defined environmental criteria. One of the aims of BREEAM is to encourage the use of materials that have lower impact on the environment.

 

Credits are awarded for selecting high performance specifications for key building elements using the Green Guide to Specification for walls, floors, roofs and windows. Selection of A-rated specifications allow specifiers to gain maximum Credits.

 

REFERENCE PUBLICATIONS

 

Further information on the following can be found at www.bre.co.uk

  1. The Green Guide to Specification
  2. The list of Approved Companies and Approved Construction Products; Red Book, Volume 2, and the Red Book Live.