Environmental Policy

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

Trojan Special Fasteners Ltd recognises that it has a responsibility to the environment beyond legal and regulatory requirements. We are committed to reducing our environmental impact and continually improving our environmental performance as an integral part of our business strategy and operating methods.

RESPONSIBILITY
Yazz Ali, is responsible for ensuring that this environmental policy is implemented, however, all employees have a responsibility in their area to ensure that the aims and objectives of this policy are met.

POLICY AIMS
We endeavour to:
• Comply with all relevant regulatory requirements.
• Continually improve and monitor environmental performance.
• Continually improve and reduce environmental impacts.
• Incorporate environmental factors into business decisions.
• Increase employee awareness and training.

PAPER
We will:
• Minimise the use of paper in the office, preferring to keep electronic records wherever possible. The use of cloud services and company networks will facilitate storage and document management.
• Reduce packaging as much as possible and recycle wherever we can.
• Reuse and recycle all paper where possible.

ENERGY AND WATER
We will seek to:
• Reduce the amount of energy used as much as possible.
• Use the 27kW Solar PV array efficiently during operating hours.
• Switch off lights and electrical equipment when not in use.
• Adjust heating with energy consumption in mind.
• Take energy consumption and efficiency of new products into account when purchasing them.


OFFICE SUPPLIES
We will:
• Evaluate if the need can be met another way.
• Evaluate the environmental impact of any new products we intend to purchase.
• Favour more environmentally friendly and efficient products wherever possible.
• Reuse and recycle everything we are able to.

TRANSPORTATION
We will:
• Reduce the need to travel, combining multiple journeys and restricting to necessity trips only.
• Promote the use of travel alternatives such as e-mail or video/phone conferencing.
• Maintain our fleet of battery hybrid, plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles and ensure they are efficient.
• Use carriers that can offset CO2 emissions.

MAINTENANCE AND CLEANING
We will:
• Use cleaning materials that are as environmentally friendly as possible.
• Use materials in any office refurbishment that are as environmentally friendly as possible.
• Only use licensed and appropriate organisations to dispose of waste and retain all waste transfer documentation electronically.

MONITORING AND IMPROVEMENT
We will:
• Comply with all relevant regulatory requirements.
• Continually improve and monitor environmental performance.
• Continually improve and reduce environmental impacts.
• Incorporate environmental factors into business decisions.
• Increase employee awareness through training.
• Review this policy and any related business issues at monthly management meetings.

CULTURE
We will:
• Update this policy at least once annually in consultation with staff where necessary.
• Involve staff in the implementation of this policy, for greater commitment and improved performance.
• Provide staff with relevant environmental training.
• Use local labour and materials where available to reduce CO2 and help the community.

MANAGER

Date: 16/10/2023