ardent office solutions environmental ploicy

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Faced with climate change and other environmental threats, Ardent Office Solutions have devised a programme to monitor, implement, control and reduce the impact of its operations on the environment.

We are committed to managing our environmental responsibilities and are fully compliant with UK, Republic of Ireland and EU regulations where applicable.

We assess and effectively manage the environmental impacts of our daily operations, reacting to any negative impact the business may be having on the environment with immediate effect and where possible reversing such impact.

We exercise product stewardship in conjunction with our suppliers, in an approach to environmental protection. It calls on those in the product lifecycle especially manufacturers and suppliers to share responsibility for reducing the environmental impact of products.

Ardent Office Solutions recognises that our suppliers and manufacturers can and must take on new responsibilities to reduce the environmental footprint of their products and will work with such organisations that take on and prove such responsibilities.

Ardent Office Solutions also manages its product range to ensure that products do not cause unacceptable environmental damage through its receipt, storage, and use or disposal phases.

Environment & Sustainability Policy Statement
Planned prevention or reduction of pollution is cheaper than rectifying after the event. In the UK we dispose of around 20 million tonnes of refuse each year, 90% of this ends up in landfill sites. We use approximately 750,000 tonnes of office paper and only 10% of this is recycled. It therefore makes sense to minimise waste and pollution to reduce long term costs, e.g. using recycled stationery and toner cartridges.

Our policy begins with a consideration of the impact of the company’s activities on both the local and wider communities and will take account of transportation of raw materials, use of energy, distribution of finished product and discharge of emissions and wastes.

The Company therefore has the following commitments and objectives to:

Minimise disturbance to the local and global environment and to the quality of life of the local communities;
Comply with all relevant statutory regulation;
Maintain appearances and highest environmental standards within the Company premises;
Take positive steps to conserve scarce and non-renewable resources;
Assess, in advance if possible, environmental effects of new processes and developments;
Provide necessary information to enable proper use, storage and disposal of company products to avoid harm to the environment;
Provide necessary information to enable employees to operate processes properly and minimise effects on man and the environment;

For a copy of our full Environmental Policy please email
info@ardent-group.co.uk