Environmental Policy
Aim
Braun and Company 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. We will encourage customers, suppliers and other stakeholders to do the same.
The document keeps senior management and employees informed about their environmental roles and responsibilities within our organisation.
Policy aims include:
• Implement environmental actions within our organisation
• Comply with all relevant regulatory requirements
• Monitor environmental performance and improvements internally
• Work sustainably with customers and suppliers
• Increase employee awareness and training
Scope
The Environmental Policy applies to all employees and contractors, both full time and part time. The Policy will be shared with suppliers, partners and consultants to demonstrate and indicate best practice.
Intent
This Environmental Policy formalizes our commitment to supporting the principles of environmental sustainability and recognizes that a sustainable environment is central to our organisation and the lives and work of our employees.
Internal and external framing
We are committed to accelerating the move to a suistainable, low carbon economy and to reduce and ultimately eliminate the impact to the environment from our operations.
Our commitment:
• Promote responsibility for the environment within the organisation and communicate and implement this policy at all levels within the workforce.
• Assess the environmental impacts of our operations and set objectives and targets annually in order to improve our environmental performance. We will regularly review these targets.
• Provide adequate resources to meet our commitment to this policy and the environment.
• Comply with all relevant environmental legislation/regulation.
• Define and communicate to management, employees and contractor responsibilities so that all are aware of their individual obligations.
• Ensure that all our policies and services are developed in a way that is complimentary to this policy.
• Take into account environmental considerations in our procurement.
• Reduce our organisations use of energy, water and minimise waste by reduction, reuse and recycling methods where possible, whether employees are working in the office or from home.
• Conscious consideration to the level of travel required and the mode of travel, encouraging lower carbon transportation options.
Additional actions:
• Working with environmental specialists as required.
• Preparing and promoting our environmental policy and action plan.
• Monitoring and reducing utilities consumption in office buildings and home working and measuring impact of supply chain and company travel.
• Where appropriate, increasing recycling practices.
As employers we will:
• Share expectation of responsibility for the environment to our employees, board members and service providers.
• Demonstrate clear commitment to the environment and lead by example, to ensure that the protection of the environment is promoted to all employees.
Our employees will:
• Be familiar with the environment impact and requirements relevant to their own role and activities and take responsibility for their own impact on the environment.
Our suppliers will:
• Provide their own environmental policies to our organisation to demonstrate their carbon footprint and carbon reduction targets, where possible.
• Work in collaboration where possible to reduce the overall environment impact of the supply chain.
• Communicate this Environmental Policy to all employees, contractors and other stakeholders as well as making this policy available to the general public.
We will review this policy and any related business issues at annual management meetings.
Responsibility and review
This Environmental Policy was adopted by the Board of Braun and Company on April 2024.
Implementation of this Environmental Policy is the direct responsibility of the board and senior management, and indirectly, all directors, employees and contractors working for the organisation.