Environmental Policy

QAS Group understand that our manufacturing practices can directly affect the environment we live in. As a responsible business, we will take all reasonable steps to reduce the impact that our operations have on the environment, and the community in which we operate.

QAS Group will strive to continually improve its environmental performance through:

• Cooperation and compliance with current and future legislation
• Collaboration with customers and industry sector partners
• Innovation and the use of new technologies in our operations
• Communication with, and education of, our current and future workforce.

By placing the environment at the heart of our business strategy, QAS Group hope to create a culture that our employees are proud to work within, and a company that our customers are proud to do business with.

Environmental Goals

Our goals are to:

1. Reduce emissions to air and water
2. Eliminate spills on land
3. Reduce our use of fossil fuels
4. Reduce our consumption of natural resources.

Strategy:

This will be achieved through adopting a robust and dynamic Environmental Management System that is embedded within our business culture, and which plays an integral role in our corporate decision making.

Aim:

Our strategy’s aim is to:

• Drive year on year improvements in environmental performance against set performance metrics
• Achieve zero waste to landfill by 2023
• Achieve ‘Net Zero’ (carbon emissions) by 2045, across our manufacturing operations and our supply chain

Tactics:

To achieve this QAS Group will:

• Communicate this policy throughout the organisation.
• Establish an Environmental Aspects and Impacts Register and dedicate sufficient resources to its control and maintenance.
• Establish a benchmark for current environmental performance.
• Set environmental targets which will be reviewed at least annually.
• Work with our customers to ensure due consideration is given to environmental factors in establishing contractual service level agreements.
• Establish an environmental scoring criterion as part of our supplier evaluation process.
• Wherever practicably possible, replace end of life plant and equipment with a more environmentally efficient alternative.
• Work with our re-cycling partner towards zero waste to landfill.
• Ensure effective maintenance of all existing plant and equipment.
• Utilise effective logistical tools, and logistics management, to minimise stock movements and transportation.
• Provide ongoing training to our managers on environmental efficiency.
• Provide environmental awareness information to all staff and encourage sustainability which is not just confined to the work environment.

By striving to lead the way in environmental innovation, our business has a role in securing prosperity for future generations.