Certificate No: EMS 75807

We adopt a very practical approach to environmental management and sustainability because we understand that optimising environmental performance often goes hand in hand with reducing our business costs. For example, we constantly monitor our processes so that we can reduce waste, save energy, minimise pollution and recycle as much as we can. This not only reduces our impact on the natural environment but also improves efficiency and saves money. We therefore encourage everyone to make environmental performance, an integral part of their business operations and are always happy to share our experiences with you.

• Design and manufacture products, which reduce the extent of their environmental impact.
• Reduce waste, conserve energy & water and explore opportunities for re-use and recycling.
• Prevent, or minimise pollution in all forms wherever possible.
• Reduce the visual impact of the site
• Comply with all relevant regulatory and legislative requirements as a minimum

• Assess the environmental impact of our business activities and develop specific environmental goals with - management review.
• Ensure that employees (and those working on behalf of the company) are aware of the environmental policy --and motivated to apply it; are aware of their own responsibilities and given the support and training Xnecessary to fulfil them.
• Report to our customers, relevant and meaningful information on environmental performance through our Xmailing list and website.
• Employ good housekeeping and maintenance practices and commit to a program of site improvements
• Implement and maintain an externally assessed Environmental Management System to international x standard ISO 14001.
• Remain alert and responsive to developing issues, new information and public concerns.

Recently achieved Environmental Initiatives:

Products:

• Introduction of new wall-mount and counter-top water boilers c/w “eco-feature” and improved tank insulation for improved energy efficiency
• All products are RoHS compliant
• Packaging for new products is free from polystyrene/foam - made instead from 100% recyclable board from managed source

• Investment in new energy-efficient CNC punch-press
• New products have been designed to reduce transport logistics and handling during manufacture
• Reduction in hazardous waste arisings on new products (design-out glue process)
• All new sales literature and Company paperwork is from a fully sustainable source and is at least 50% crecycled.
• Free webcam offer facilitating improved customer communication without the pollution caused by extra ctraveling.

• Natural gas consumption reduced by a further 22%, between Sept 2005 and July 2006 (based on previous cyear’s baseline).
• Improved insulation of premises to reduce heat loss.

• Refresher training programme for all staff, to raise environmental awareness and provide the knowledge cand skills needed to meet the company’s environmental policy.

Enivronmental Improvements achieved in previous years:

• Implementation of Environmental Management System to BS EN ISO14001 standard
• Third-party certification (BSI) to ISO 14001
• Comprehensive training and awareness programme for all staff, providing them with the necessary support, mknowledge and skills, enabling them to fulfill their responsibilities towards meeting the company’s menvironmental policy.
• Regular monitoring scheme for water and energy consumption implemented
• Water consumption reduced by 92%, between September 2003 and August 2004, (based on previous jj.year’s baseline).
• Natural gas consumption reduced by 36%, between Sept 2003 and Aug 2004 (based on previous year’s ffbaseline).
• Electricity consumption reduced by 4.5%, between Sept 2003 and Aug 2004 (based on previous year’s ffbaseline).
• CO2 emissions reduced by 30 tonnes between Sept 2003 and Aug 2004 (based on previous year’s ffbaseline).
• Monitoring and pre-treatment procedure introduced for trade effluent
• 6.1cubic metre waste skips sent to landfill reduced by half in 2003-04.
• Waste handling, segregation, recycling and reuse programme implemented.
• Polystyrene and foam eliminated from wall mounted boiler range through packaging redesign.
• Visual appearance of the site improved through re-surfacing of car park area, refurbishment of storage ffbuilding and additional landscaped areas.

• End-of Life Products - Design all new products with disassembly and ease of recycling in mind
• Packaging - Eliminate, where possible, or reduce packaging materials that are difficult to recycle (polystyrene and foam), through redesign and replacement with 100% easily recyclable alternatives.
• Waste - Reduce waste sent to landfill
• Electricity – Reduce kW/h consumption and CO2 emissions to atmosphere through energy-saving ffinitiatives
• Water - Reduce and recycle water
• Gas - Reduce kW/h consumption and CO2 emissions to atmosphere through energy saving initiatives
• Site Improvement - Reduce visual impact of site through better housekeeping and site improvement
• Work including landscaping.
• Trade Effluent - Monitoring and control of trade effluent discharges /li>
• Special Waste - Reduce hazardous waste arisings through a programme of replacement with more ffenvironmentally friendly alternatives.
• Asbestos – Control asbestos through Risk Assessment and a programme of monitoring and measures to ffcontrol contractors working on site
• Supply Chain – Communicate, raise awareness and encourage environmental commitment and co-operation with policy of continual improvement throughout supply chain

About Environmental Management and BS EN ISO 14001
All organisations have some impact on the natural environment, particularly through the resources they use, the processes and activities they undertake and the waste they create.

Each business has its own unique range of environmental impacts and will have limitations on how much improvement it can make to its overall performance. However, every business no matter how large or small, can achieve results if improvements are planned and carried out in a structured and co-ordinated manner. This in essence, is what ISO 14001 is all about in its most simplistic terms: a specification for achieving good management practice.

First published in 1996, ISO 14001 is the main International Standard for environmental management, specifying the actual requirements for a management system. The Standard should be applied to all those environmental aspects that a company has control of and over which it can be reasonably expected to have an influence. Fundamental to ISO14001 is the requirement for a commitment to continuous improvement, which must be clearly demonstrated through the setting of objectives and targets, backed up by monitoring and measurement. Finally, the whole process must be audited against, by an external, or third party, independent certification body.