Environmental performance

As a manufacturing business, we use intensive processes that consume energy and water, as well as generate solid waste and emissions to both air and water.

We're committed to continuous improvement and strive for recognised best environmental performance in our operations. We aim to achieve this by integrating environmental principles into our business strategy. We recognise that commercial and environmental imperatives are often very closely related – doing more for less simultaneously both improves our profitability and reduces our environmental impact.

These twin considerations are behind our rolling programme of change, comprising a powerful link between our financial and our environmental performance.

Click here to read our environmental policy, which among other targets commits us to a 15% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions per unit of production and 15% reduction in carborn-based energy use per unit of production by 2014.

We are already seeing the results of investments and improved practices deliver benefits in the form of lower greenhouse gas generation, reduced emissions to water and to air, better waste management practices and an improved health and safety performance.

While we have achieved some significant advances in recent years we are aware that we are on an endless journey of improvement.

Last change: 18/03/2008