Sustainability

Environmental Services Group

At Environmental Services group, sustainability drives us in everything we do for our customers. We aim to provide the most sustainable recycling and disposal routes for every waste stream, using the proximity principle to select the best mix of local providers to help reduce your carbon footprint.

With an increasing focus on environmental matters and transparency for all UK businesses, we help our customers navigate their way through the complex legislation and policies to help them reach and surpass their environmental goals.

We create bespoke reports for you, detailing where the materials are within the waste hierarchy, your recycling and reuse percentages, hazardous and non hazardous wastes and carbon emissions for your scope 3 reporting obligations.

Your dedicated account manager will use the reports as a basis for discussion at your regular review meetings, using the data to identify opportunities to increase recycling and reduce costs wherever possible.

All waste reports and any good news stories can be fed back into your Corporate Social responsibility and now increasingly into your ESG reporting.

ESG stands for environmental, social and governance and refers to a set of standards used to measure an organisation’s environmental and social impact. Generally it gets  used as a measure for investors, but it also applies to customers, suppliers, employees and the general public.

The integration of waste management into your ESG strategy is crucial to demonstrate you are committed to sustainable practices. It shows commitment to environmental responsibility, improves your reputation, and minimises risk.

Sustainability and the impact on the environment have become the most important influence on how every part of the construction industry carries out its operations.

Environmental Services Group provide practical waste management solutions for the growth of sustainability in all sectors of the construction industry.

We understand that each project needs a specific waste management strategy produced that will encompass:

• Forecasting of quantities and types of waste to be generated.
• Setting of target Key Performance Indicators (K.P.I.s) for the contract.
• The management, collection and transportation of waste on site.
• The processing of waste.
• Identifying which processes and facilities will be used to ensure the waste is correctly recycled or disposed of responsibly and legally.
• Providing and implementing a system to measure and report on the waste generated by the project.
• The implementation and enforcement of a site cleanliness regime, to ensure high levels of housekeeping.
• The provision of feedback and lessons learnt on project completion.

We will encourage and grow your sustainability performance.

Our waste management service ensures that all of our client’s responsibilities with regard to UK and EU legislation are met.

By implementing an ESG Waste Management Strategy, we provide our clients with a means to achieve the highest possible ratings under environmental assessment methods, such as BREEAM.

Our Waste Management Strategies primary aim is to minimise the total amount of waste produced from a project. Our main drivers from the Waste Hierarchy will be the 3 R’s. Reduce Re-use Recycle.

By the implementation of our Waste Management Strategy, we aim to achieve the following benefits:

• Cost savings and cost certainty.
• A reduction in environmental impact.
• Reduced safety hazards, resulting in fewer accidents.
• Improved site productivity.
• Improved quality and workmanship.

Traceability is an important element of the Waste Management Strategy. The following are examples of what normally occurs to waste when it leaves site.

• Recycled Paper and Cardboard

Reprocessed in the UK and Far East and made into a range of recycled paper and card products.

• Renewable Fuels

Used in a number of UK renewable energy plants replacing fossil fuels.

• Recycled Plastics

Reprocessed in the UK, Europe and Far East. Different grades of plastics are made into different pellets and reused in bottle manufacturing, textiles and other manufacturing processes.

• Recovered Soils

Used for land restoration projects.

• Recovered Aggregates

Used on construction and road building projects.

• Recovered Wood

Is graded, chipped then reused in the UK manufacture of chipboard and biomass fuel.

• Waste Awareness for Workforce

It is important that all of the workforce on a project are inducted and educated on the general site arrangements and/or trade specific waste arrangements.

Data collected can be used to produce a final review report, encompassing the following

• Performance against targets on a project basis.
• Performance against other contracts.
• Ensure that any lessons learnt are identified and addressed on future projects.

• Our reports will enable the Project Delivery Team to define waste streams, prioritise your waste strategy and meet environmental reporting requirements.
• It will monitor against company waste production targets.
• Recycling figures will be available to site on a monthly basis.

• Regular reviews will be carried out during the project to address any deviations from the SWMP.
• All waste is monitored and recorded on vision – Acorn Waste Management’s Waste Auditing and Benchmarking Tool.

• Identifying potential waste streams
• Setting target recovery rates
• Collection of waste
• Transport of waste
• Processing of waste
• Disposal of waste
• Measuring and reporting waste generation
• Education of all site operatives in waste reduction

Give us a call today to find out we can help you with ESG and CSR obligations, and we’ll help design a waste system that is tailored to your needs.