Environmental Policy
Environmental Policy Statement
Commitment
"Our Company vision is to achieve ZERO environmental incidents or legal breaches on all of our projects and at all of our premises."
The board of directors of JN Bentley Ltd (JNB) and its subsidiary Mott MacDonald Bentley Ltd (MMB) accept the moral and legal responsibility for the protection of the natural and built environment. The Company is committed to operating in an environmentally responsible manner and believes that effective stewardship of both the natural and built environment is essential for sustainable business.
To support this statement, in 2011/12 JNB and MMB will:
- Develop its Integrated QES Management System (BIMS) and supporting documents with the specific aim of:
- Improving the identification and monitoring of environmental aspects and impacts at project level;
- Improving the understanding and consideration of statutory and other obligations sufficiently early in projects to minimise delays and avoid environmental incidents or breaches;
- Improving the consideration of environmental issues in the risk assessment and method statement process that is already successfully used at project level to identify and control health and safety risks.
- Develop and introduce a set of internal performance indicators for pollution, waste management and fuel / energy consumption;
- Improve the environmental knowledge and awareness of the Company’s QES advisors;
- Review environmental training options for operational staff and make a recommendation to the HR & Training Department for inclusion in the training budget for 2012;
- Maintain a waste diversion from landfill rate in excess of 90% and target a reduction in skip waste;
- Continue to monitor and report energy use and CO2e arising from construction sites and owned / operated premises;
- Streamline the current environmental incident and near miss reporting system to encourage more effective reporting and investigation of environmental incidents.
Responsibility
The JNB Engineering Director, assisted by the JNB Quality and Environmental Advisor will:
- Monitor compliance with this Environmental Policy;
- Ensure environmental incidents and near misses are appropriately communicated so as to prevent recurrence.
All JNB and MMB Employees will:
- Follow the requirements of the Integrated QES Management System (BIMS);
- Report all environmental incidents and near misses so as to prevent recurrence within the Company.
Approach
JNB and MMB will:
- Operate and maintain an Integrated QES Management System that accords with the requirements of ISO 14001:2004, maintaining third party accreditation to that standard;
- Ensure all employees and subcontracted personnel are sufficiently trained, experienced and, where applicable, supervised to a standard sufficient to minimise harm to the natural and built environment;
- Monitor compliance via periodic QES Inspections and compliance audits. Compliance will be reviewed at board meetings and at the annual management review;
- Take corrective actions where deficiencies are highlighted.
Paul Bentley, Managing Director
June 2011
