Company Environmental Policy

Timber is one of man's oldest allies, providing warmth and shelter since the earliest days. As a naturally renewable resource it is the most environmentally friendly raw material available today.
We are proud to be involved in the timber trade, but are not complacent about the impact of the company's operations. Only by striving to minimise any environmental impact will we ensure a future that benefits the company, customers, stakeholders and the public. Our Environmental Mission Statement clearly shows that we take these issues seriously:

Environmental Mission Statement

1. The Company recognises that it has a duty to base its operations upon well-managed forests and to reduce, wherever possible, the impact of its operations upon the local environment of which they are a part.
2. The Company makes strenuous efforts to meet and, where possible, exceed H. M. Government procurement guidelines.
3. The Company accepts that verification, by one of the accredited, independent, certification contractors, is a preferred means of proving that wood goods actually possess the environmentally friendly attributes claimed for them.
4. The Company submits itself to independent scrutiny through its efforts to maintain Environmental Chain of Custody Certification, within the TRADA-Trak scheme, to ensure that an increasing proportion of its timber products can be independently verified as coming from well-managed forests.

Chain of Custody Certification

Environmental Chain of Custody Certification is the "independent scrutiny" referred to in our Environmental Mission Statement and has been achieved by every Montague L. Meyer branch that stocks Panel Products, through BM-TRADA's TRADA-Trak scheme. While the presence of an environmental label, such as FSC, on a product indicates that a minimum proportion of the wood it contains comes from well-managed forests, independently certified, any subsequent owner of the product requires their own Chain of Custody certificate to describe the goods as environmentally certified to a purchaser. A Chain of Custody certificate is evidence that a business has installed management systems that enable an environmentally certified product to be tracked back to its source thus proving that the product actually possesses the environmental credentials claimed for it. Only possession of valid Chain of Custody certificates entitle a business to use the environmental trademarks and logos in promoting or describing environmentally certified products. Montague L. Meyer operates under certificate no. TT-CoC-1670 for FSC certified products and BMT-PEFC-0057 for PEFC and CSA certified products.

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Energy Conservation

Will be promoted through the design, or choice of, buildings, plant, equipment and vehicles. Refurbishment will include measures to improve heating & lighting efficiency. Consumption of Electricity, Oil and Gas will be regularly monitored.
 

Packaging

The company will work with suppliers to:

• Eliminate unnecessary packaging
• Reduce packaging where possible
• Assist in the collection of re-usable packaging
• Promote the use of re-cycled material

Waste

The primary principles, in order of preference are;

• Eliminate
• Reduce
• Re-use
• Recycle,which is the foremost method of wood waste disposal
• Disposal, using only licensed reputable companies

Pollution

We accept our responsibility to protect the quality of land, air and water. We shall strive to prevent accidental spillages of hazardous materials or the release of processing waste.

Health & Safety

Our objective is to minimise risk in all operations. We shall at least comply with, and where possible exceed, the relevant Health & Safety legislation to provide and maintain a safe working environment. COSHH principles will be followed for hazardous materials. We will review & maintain emergency plans to safeguard the workplace in the event of fire, flood or other natural disasters.
 

Buildings

Environmental needs will be reviewed for both new building design and the refurbishment of existing sites

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