Environmental Policy

JN Bentley operates in several interlinked sectors: Construction services (including civil and process engineering); building (and a range of specialist services); development of commercial and industrial property, either for sale or investment; and refurbishment work.

We are committed to retaining our registration to ISO 14001 for building and civil engineering contracting and design. Our aim is to minimise the environmental impact of our activities, products and services and to achieve continual improvement in environmental performance by:

• Setting annual environmental objectives and targets and monitoring performance;
• Monitoring and reviewing our environmental procedures and auditing compliance to ensure standards are being maintained whilst identifying potential areas for improvement;
• Encouraging designers, subcontractors and suppliers to adopt environmental best practice and adopt environmental policies and implement management systems that are acceptable to us;
• Reducing the environmental impact of our sites and offices and their effects on local communities by adopting reasonable controls for preventing air, ground, water and noise pollution and by keeping our site offices clean and tidy;
• Communicating with local groups and communities who have an interest in our environmental policies, plans and performance;
• Making use of opportunities to minimise waste and to reuse or recycle materials;
• Training employees and promoting environmental awareness and commitment throughout the Company;
• Reducing the use of natural resources (gas, electricity, water, vehicle fuel, gas oil, oils and paper); and
• Keeping abreast of, and ensuring compliance with, all applicable legislation, regulations and Codes of Practice which relate to our environmental aspects.

Each Manager is responsible for ensuring compliance with the Company Environmental Policy within their teams and for reviewing performance. In turn, Directors are responsible for their managers’ compliance and performance respectively.

Paul Bentley, Managing Director
April 2008