Our Responsibility to the Environment

Helena Propertycare has a responsibility to minimise the impact our work has on the environment. We are passionate about reducing, re-using and recycling waste that we generate in the office and on site. To help achieve this we have an environmental management system that meets the ISO 14001 standards.

Here are a few of the ways we minimise our impact on the environment:

• We segregate waste on site to reduce the amount that is sent to landfill.
• All our vehicles are euro4 low emission vehicles.
• We are installing Klean and Green retrofit technology which reduces carbon emissions and increases fuel efficiency.
• We use an automated appointment scheduling system which aims to reduce the amount of distance each operative covers by planning the order operatives attend jobs.

Environmental Policy

Helena Propertycare recognises the importance of environmental protection and operates an environmental management system that has gained ISO 14001:2004 certification. Helena is committed to minimising the environmental impact of its activities in the provision of repairs and maintenance and other related services to our customers and clients.

It is Helena Propertycare's objective to continually improve environmental performance and to integrate environmental considerations into our business decisions, adopting greener alternatives and preventing pollution wherever possible.

We are committed to:

• Operating our business responsibly and in compliance with all relevant legal requirements.
• Reduce the production of pollutants to land, air and water.
• Minimise energy wastage.
• Minimise material wastage.
• Control noise emissions from operations.
• Promote the use of recyclable and renewable materials and environmentally responsible purchasing.
• Establish environmental objectives and targets, to continually improve our environmental performance.
• Identify and minimise environmental risks to the general public and employees.
• Develop a culture of environmental responsibility and awareness, through training and involvement of our employees.

This policy is supported by environmental objectives and subject to periodic review to ensure it remains up to date and relevant. This policy is also communicated to all staff, suppliers and sub-contractors.

Environmental Objectives

• Train all Propertycare managers in the requirements of the environmental management system by June 2010.
• Communicate to all Propertycare employees the requirements of the environmental management system, including policies, objectives and targets and their roles and responsibilities in helping to achieving them by June 2010.
• Develop and maintain an integrated quality and environmental management system, achieving certification in ISO 9001 and 140001 by September 2010.
• Train all Propertycare employees in environmental awareness and procedures by September 2010.
• Implement an integrated audit schedule to ensure environmental policy, procedures and legislation are complied with by September 2010.
• Implement emergency procedure training for dealing with spillage of hazardous waste by June 2010.
• Calculate the carbon footprint of Helena Propertycare by December 2010 as the first step in a programme to reduce carbon emissions.

Environmental Targets

• Recycle 40% of our waste each year and to reduce our landfill waste in line with Government targets.
• Recycle 90% of electronic and electrical waste each year.
• Recycle 90% waste glass by December 2010.
• Recycle 90% paper and cardboard waste by December 2010.
• Recycle 90% of all our metal waste each year.
• Target zero incidents for harm or damage to the environment, for the year.