BRETT GROUP
ENERGY, WATER, WASTE AND
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT POLICY
and services
services are
are manufactured
manufactured or
ordelivered
deliveredusing
using
All Brett Group products and
and effective
effective use
use of
of primary
primaryresources
resourcesand
andencouraging
encouragingthe
theuse
useof
of
efficient and
secondary and recycled resources wherever
wherever possible.
possible.
In order to achieve this:
In order to achieve this:
• We aim to reduce the use of mains water, ensure the efficient use of primary non-mains
• We aim to reduce the use of mains water and other non mains supplies, and encourage
supplies
and
encourage
the
use of recycled
the
use of
recycled
water
wherever
possible.water wherever possible.
•W
will consider
consider energy
energy efficiency
efficiency and
andminimising
minimisingcarbon
carbonemissions
emissionsininthe
thepurchase
purchaseofof any
•
We
e will
new
plant
and
equipment
and
in
the
running
of
existing
operations.
any new plant and equipment, and in the running of existing operations.
•
will manage
manage our
our waste
waste according
according to
to the
the waste
waste‘hierarchy’
'hierarchy' (reduce,
(reduce, reuse
reuseand
andrecycle)
recycle)
•W
We
e will
and
minimise
our
waste
going
to
landfill.
and minimise our waste going to landfill.
• IIn
setting targets
targets for
for the
the Brett
Brett Group
Group businesses
businesseswe
wewill
willgive
giveconsideration
considerationto
toindustry
industry
•
n setting
relevant trade
trade associations
associations including
including the
theMineral
MineralProducts
ProductsAssociation,
Association,
level targets from relevant
British Precast Concrete Federation
ConcreteAssociation
Associationwith
withthe
Federation and
and British
British Ready
Ready Mixed
Mix Concrete
the
overall
aim
of
reducing
our
greenhouse
gas
emissions.
overall aim of reducing our greenhouse gas emissions.
•W
We
e will utilise recycled
recycled and/or
and/or recovered
recovered material
material ininour
ourproducts
productswhere
wherepracticable.
practicable.
• We
W
e will enhance
enhancethe
thelocality
localitywhere
wherepossible
possiblethrough
through
improved
land
improved
land
useuse
andand
restoration,
restoration,
protect
and
create
new
ecosystems
and
promote
bio-diversity
andimportance
protect and create new ecosystems and promote bio-diversity and recognise the
recognise
the
importance
of
national
heritage
and
geo-diversity
both
during
andsite.
after
of national heritage and geo-diversity both during and after the end of life of each
the end of life of each site.
• We will measure and record our consumption of primary and secondary resources such as
•W
energy
e will and
measure
our consumption
of primary
and secondary
resources
such as
waterand
andrecord
our production
of wastes
e.g. consumption
per unit
of production.
energy and water and our production of wastes e.g. consumption per unit of production.
• Each Brett Group business will benchmark and set improvement targets with respect to
• E ach Brett Group business will benchmark and set improvement targets with respect to
energy, water and waste.
energy, water and waste.
• Each site will have an annual improvement plan.
• E ach site will have an annual improvement plan.
• Performance data will be reported to key trade stakeholders and reviewed through
•P
erformance data will be reported to key trade stakeholders and reviewed through
systems auditing against international standards by UKAS accredited certification bodies.
systems auditing against international standards by UKAS accredited certification bodies.
Measures
Measures
• Energy used in production - kWh per unit of production e.g. kWh/t, kWh/m3
• Energy used in production – kWh per unit of production e.g. Kwh/t, kWh/m3.
• CO emissions from production - kg CO /t, kg CO2/m3 3
• CO22 emissions from production – kg CO22/t, kg CO2/M
or product specific carbon
• footprint.
Water use - litres per unit of production e.g. mains water l/t, l/m3, m3/t and
non-mains l/t, l/m3
• Water use – litres per unit of production e.g. mains water I/t, I/m3 and non-mains I/t,
3
• I,m
Wastes
. - kg of waste disposed at landfill per unit of production e.g. kg/t, kg/m3
• W
% astes
of Brett
Group
businesses
with
improvement
set
•
– kg
of waste
disposed
at landfill
per unittargets
of production
e.g. kg/t, kg/m3.
• %
% of
of Brett
sites with
anbusinesses
annual improvement
plan
•
Group
with improvement
targets set.
• %
% of
of sites
monthly
reports
submitted plan.
•
withdata
an annual
improvement
• N
Number
of reports
reports submitted
to stakeholders
submitted
•
umber of
to stakeholders.
• %
% of
of additional
additional cementitious
cementitious materials
materials (GGBS,
(GGBS, PFA
fly ash
etc.)
a proportion
of total
•
etc.)
as aasproportion
of total
cementitious
materials
used
cementitious materials used.
• %
% recycled/secondary
recycled/secondary aggregates
aggregates used
used as
as aa proportion
proportion of
of the
thetotal
totalaggregates
aggregatesused.
used
•
Bill Brett
Group Chairman
www.brett.co.uk
customer
care
quality
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MARCH2011
2012
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