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Environmental
Policy
Capital Sash acknowledges that its services and products can have an effect on
both the local and the world environments. By accepting responsibility for this
trust and actively pursuing positive environmental policies, we can minimise any
negative impact.
Additionally, through the implementation of a strict
Purchasing Specification Clause for imported timbers, we can help to positively
influence standards and practises in the timber trade world wide.
Our
Environmental Policies are:
1. This Company adheres to the recommendations
of and the advice given by The Timber Trade Federation, covering:
- Sustainable yield sources
- Effective control
& regulation of forest management
- Multinational
& national independent timber certification & forest audits
- Banned
timbers & Endangered species
- Boycott's
- Species
- Overseas suppliers
- Independent certification of
timber
- Illegal
logging
- Waste
reduction
Further
information on these issues is available from: The Timber Trade Federation at
www.ttf.co.uk TTF's Forests
Forever Campaign at www.forestsforever.org.uk
2. Purchasing Specification Clause - Capital
Sash supports the development of credible timber certification schemes, which
are based on publicly available forestry standards drawn up in a fully participatory,
transparent and objective manner and backed by independent auditing. Where possible,
we will prefer timber and wood products sourced from forest areas certified under
these schemes.
- Where
independently certified timber is not available, we will prefer timber and wood
products from suppliers that have adopted a formal Environmental Purchasing Policy
for those products and who can provide evidence of commitment to that Policy.
3. We comply
with all of the relevant legislation governing the environmental aspects of our
activities: - Environmental
Protection Act 1990 (EPA)
- Environment
Act 1995
- Control
of Waste Act 1974
- Control
of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989
-
Special Waste Regulations 1996
- Controlled
Waste (Registration Of Carriers And Seizure Of Vehicles) Regulations 1991.
4. We dispose of all waste
products produced in the course of our business at registered sites in accordance
with the Statutory Regulations. The Company is registered with the Environment
Agency as a Carrier of Controlled Waste and holds Registration Number TNE/375002.
5. At all times to carry out our business in a manner that will promote
the least possible environmental impact whilst accepting the governance of Best
Available Technique Not Entailing Excessive Cost (BATNEEC) under the EPA, including:
- Wherever
possible to reclaim & recycle (where appropriate) products and materials
- To liase with and promote best
practise to our suppliers
- The
minimisation of waste
- Conservation
of energy
- To
avoid the pollution of air, land & water
- The
promotion of these policies to our staff, suppliers and Customers
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