Posted 16 October 2012
FS Cables are proud to have been awarded ISO 14001 environmental accreditation.
This achievement represents many months of hard work and has taken the best efforts of all members of staff.
ISO14001 is an environmental management system aimed at reducing our environmental footprint through a range of measurable improvement actions. It has helped us identify areas where our environmental footprint can be reduced.
The ISO standard sets out the framework for an environmental policy which looks at monitoring our impact on the environment planning and implementing change, taking, necessary corrective action and a management review.
We have introduced a number of measures ranging from setting up a recycling programme for all office and commercial waste to car sharing and staff cycling to work.
We have switched all external lighting from linear tungsten lamps to metal halide lamps which we estimate achieves an energy reduction of 60%.
A large number of transactional documents such as invoices, statements and purchase orders are now being sent out electronically providing a huge reduction in paper and postage as well as offering greater convenience to our customers.
Over the coming 12 months as part of our ongoing continuous improvement, further reductions in our energy wastage are planned. These include replacing the sodium low bay lighting in the warehouse with movement detecting T5 fluorescent lamps.
Additionally, we are working with all parts of our supply chain to continue to reduce wastage and make improvements in packaging materials.
At FS Cables we believe our commitment to reducing our impact on the environment provides not only environmental advantages but also benefits our customers and suppliers.
Through reduced costs, reduced wastage and improved efficiencies, we aim to continue to provide high levels of service, quality and delivery.
Importantly, by using FS Cables our customers are now also able to demonstrate environmental compliance in their own supply chain.
Jon Herbert, a director of FS Cables commented that “instead of an uphill struggle to get staff on board, people responded really positively and were looking at ways in which they could make a difference. It made the whole process of achieving the standard so much easier, so a big thank you to all those concerned.”