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"Throughout our business, Redrow understands its responsibilities to the environment." Our Environmental Management System is based around the themes of preventing pollution, ensuring legal compliance, reducing resource use and minimising waste.
The key document within the system is our Environmental Policy which sets out our main aims relating to environmental management. The environmental policy forms the basis from which our objectives and targets are developed.
In 2007 we introduced a robust internal auditing system for all sites, where environmental issues are examined on a regular and continual basis and the performance of each of our subsidiary companies is reported monthly to the Main Board. Details of the progress being made in this area are also presented to the Environmental Corporate Social Responsibility Committee.
This internal auditing ensures that our objectives and targets are met, any problems are highlighted and addressed and a process of continual improvement ensues.
Although our most significant environmental impacts arise from our construction activities, our commitment to environmental improvements is company-wide. To ensure the integration of these issues throughout the whole company each of our principle offices has set up a "Green Team", led by a "Champion". The role of these teams is to identify opportunities to reduce the impact of our business on the environment, to suggest appropriate improvement measures and to action approved responses.
In 2007 we also undertook our first calculation of direct carbon emissions arising from our group-wide activities. The calculation covers electricity and gas usage at sites and offices, together with fuel consumption for all plant and vehicles owned or controlled by Redrow. This exercise will be repeated annually and allows us to set year-on-year targets for reduction.
We have also taken our first steps to reducing our carbon footprint. We have negotiated a contract with Ecotricity for the supply of 100% renewable electricity to each of our principal offices.
Environmental Management
"Throughout our business, Redrow understands its responsibilities to the environment." Our Environmental Management System is based around the themes of preventing pollution, ensuring legal compliance, reducing resource use and minimising waste.
The key document within the system is our Environmental Policy which sets out our main aims relating to environmental management. The environmental policy forms the basis from which our objectives and targets are developed.
In 2007 we introduced a robust internal auditing system for all sites, where environmental issues are examined on a regular and continual basis and the performance of each of our subsidiary companies is reported monthly to the Main Board. Details of the progress being made in this area are also presented to the Environmental Corporate Social Responsibility Committee.
This internal auditing ensures that our objectives and targets are met, any problems are highlighted and addressed and a process of continual improvement ensues.
Although our most significant environmental impacts arise from our construction activities, our commitment to environmental improvements is company-wide. To ensure the integration of these issues throughout the whole company each of our principle offices has set up a "Green Team", led by a "Champion". The role of these teams is to identify opportunities to reduce the impact of our business on the environment, to suggest appropriate improvement measures and to action approved responses.
In 2007 we also undertook our first calculation of direct carbon emissions arising from our group-wide activities. The calculation covers electricity and gas usage at sites and offices, together with fuel consumption for all plant and vehicles owned or controlled by Redrow. This exercise will be repeated annually and allows us to set year-on-year targets for reduction.
We have also taken our first steps to reducing our carbon footprint. We have negotiated a contract with Ecotricity for the supply of 100% renewable electricity to each of our principal offices.
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