Environmental Policy

This policy applies to all employees, associates, secondees, agency staff and third parties who undertake activity for, and on behalf of, Shelfspan. It applies to the goods and services we procure, our direct operations and the services we provide to our customers.

Purpose
To provide an effective framework for realising Shelfspan’s commitment to protecting, and where possible enhancing, the environment by reducing environmental impacts, preventing pollution, mitigating and adapting to climate change and a low carbon future.

Responsibilities
All employees including associates, secondees, agency staff and third parties are responsible for ensuring that this Policy is adhered to. In addition, those employees who procure goods and services should include the requirement to include social value considerations which include environmental issues. As referenced, some activities within the scope of this Policy are covered by additional dedicated policies and procedures to ensure that the objectives of this Policy are delivered.

Policy statements
Shelfspan recognises that its activities impact the environment in a number of ways, principally through:
• Energy – including the heating, lighting and electricity we use in the buildings we occupy and when working from home.
• Business travel – emissions to air from our business-related travel.
• Disposal of manufacturing waste – we have an obligation to dispose of manufacturing waste in accordance with relevant regulations and wherever possible ensure recycling occurs.
• Use of paper – through the paper we use in our day to day operations.
In recognising this, Shelfspan is committed to protecting the environment and continually improving its environmental performance by:
• ensuring compliance with all relevant legislation and standards, and the expectations of our customers and other key stakeholders
• ensuring our systems and procedures prevent pollution
• ensuring our suppliers are able and are encouraged to support our environmental commitments
• ensuring we continually review how we can make improvements to our environmental performance
• continually improving our sustainability management system

Specifically, we will:
• reduce energy consumption across our estate through staff awareness and improved controls
• reduce business travel miles through better journey planning
• reduce paper consumption through staff awareness and increased use of electronic communication and data storage
• rationalise our use of ICT hardware and ensure that all waste electrical & electronic equipment is reused or recycled where possible
• reduce the amount of waste produced by considering purchasing decisions, and whether items can be reused or recycled, before putting them into the bin.
• Utilise recycling facilities available to recycle paper, plastic bottles, cans, batteries, waste electrical items and other waste streams.

Shelfspan has set objectives related to Environmental Sustainability. This includes a commitment to reach net zero by the year 2050. These objectives are reviewed at set intervals and reported to the Shelfspan Board.

To realise our environmental objectives Shelfspan both recognises the need for, and is committed to, communicating our environmental commitments and performance to our suppliers, employees, customers and wider stakeholders. This is achieved via our procurement processes, and our existing communication channels to employees including the Shelfspan Business Plan, our policy management system and awareness raising emails.

This policy and the actions arising from it will be annually reviewed as part of the business planning process, which involves input from Shelfspan’s management team.