The Pierce Group recognises its obligation and is committed to taking all reasonable and practicable steps to minimise its impact upon the environment and to prevent pollution.

We aim to ensure that every aspect of our activities is conducted in accordance with sound environmental practices and will achieve this through the maintenance of an Environmental Management System.

Our Environmental Management System will include the following key goals;

• Reduce the creation of waste by the adoption of improved operating practices and by the recycling of materials whenever practical
  
• Ensure that all waste and effluent is disposed of in a safe and responsible manner
  
• Invest in the development of new products and processes that have an improved performance regarding their impact on the environment
  
• Encourage our suppliers to adhere to our environmental policy and ethos
  
• Promote the use of recycled paper and paper from certified sustainable forests (FSC and PEFC)
  
• Comply with all environmental legislation
  
• Liaise with outside agencies and openly communicating with our employees to reduce our impact on the Environment
  
• Systematically review our Environmental performance by auditing, reviewing and reporting

Pierce Group aims to foster among its staff, suppliers, customers and other stakeholders, an understanding of environmental issues in the context of its business. Our collective task is to ensure that we continually improve the environmental impact of our activities.

By this policy Pierce Group recognises its responsibility towards protection the environment, and issues this statement as a commitment of both management and employees to minimise the environmental impact of its operations.

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The Group Managing Director is ultimately responsible for all Environmental matters within the Group and will engage competent persons to achieve the goals listed above.

 

Group Managing Director

Date: 12 May 2008

Environmental Management System

Pierce Group was one of the first organisations in its sector to recognise its environmental responsibility, undertaking its first Environmental Impact Audit in 1998, the outcome of which was the creation of an Environmental Policy to guide the company's future environmental direction.

Since 1998, as part of its strategic and operational planning & delivery, Pierce Group has reduced and continues to reduce its environmental impact through the delivery of programmes relating to:

• Improving Operational Efficiency
• Reducing Wastage
• Re-engineering Existing Processes
• Auditing the Environmental Impact of New Technologies and Equipment. 
  

Each year, an Environmental Impact Improvement Programme is included amongst the company's business objectives. Progress on this and other improvement programmes is reported at the Company's monthly Board meetings.

As noted above, Pierce Group have decided to completely review its Environmental Management System in line with ISO 14001 in conjunction with consultants TSM, initial assessment against this standard is expected in June 2009.

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