%The_Company% is committed to helping provide an environmentally friendly workplace for all Workers (employees, temporary employees, contractors, sub-contractors, volunteers), visitors and others who may be affected by the operations of %The_Company%.
In its commitment to the environment, %The_Company% will appoint a Director or Senior Manager who is responsible for Environmental Management.
The Environmental Manager is responsible for:
- Promoting environmentally friendly practices, with sustainability as its goal.
- Reviewing the Environmental Policy annually, for effectiveness, improvements and performance and any changes which may be required.
- The overall development and implementation of %The_Company%’s Environmental Policy.
- To ensure that the Environmental Policy is understood at all levels of %The_Company%.
- The appointment of an Environmental Representative, to implement the goals of the Policy.
- Provision of funding, resources and training to achieve objectives.
The Environmental Representative is responsible for:
- Ensuring that each job is completed in an environmentally friendly manner.
- The implementation, maintenance and review of %The_Company%’s Environmental Policy.
- Overall environmental management. They have a specific responsibility and will have appropriate training.
- Ensuring the servicing of all vehicles owned and operated by %The_Company%.
- Ensuring that waste is minimised and disposed of in an environmentally friendly manner.
- Making sure any concerns by affected or interested parties are considered, when developing any processes which may affect the environment.
- Ensuring that environmental management information is available to all staff.
- Ensuring reporting of any environmental incidents.
- Following up on adjustments required, following an incident.
- Environmental management induction and training.
- Ensuring that objectives set are achieved and setting further objectives.
- Communicating and promoting the environmental goals and objectives within and outside %The_Company%’s structure.
Each employee/temporary employee/contractor/sub-contractor is responsible for:
- Being familiar with and complying with %The_Company%’s Environmental Policy and all conditions of their employment contract.
- Completion of training on the environmental aspects of their role. This includes any site specific environmental aspects.
- Ensuring they are promoting environmental management in their workplace and any by-product of it.
- Being actively involved in promoting and implementing the Environmental Policy, which includes:
- Identifying and reporting any environmental incidents in the workplace.
- Minimisation of waste, and the disposing of waste in an environmentally friendly manner.
- Being involved in the development of the Environmental Policy and any factors that affect them.