Environment

Our objective in relation to our environmental policy aims to continuously improve in the management and implementation of our environmental impact whilst maintaining compliance with relevant legislation. Our policy for this contract is structured around the ‘Adever Environmental Management System’ and our ISO 14001 accreditation We are committed to preventing any environmental damage whilst providing and maintaining healthy working surroundings including clients, visitors and building users. We aim to provide sustainable job opportunities to the local community whilst maintaining our company policies.

Comply fully with environmental legislation and industry standards/regulations and where appropriate exceed regulatory requirements.
Commit to a programme of continuous improvement in the prevention of pollution and in compliance with ISO 14001.
Use energy efficiently.
Continue to reuse and recycle products where possible and to explore new avenues for the recycling and reuse of materials where it is commercially beneficial.
Minimise and dispose of unavoidable waste in a safe and responsible manner.
Ensuring that our road transport vehicles are used efficiently to minimise our contributions to road congestion and pollution.
Communicate the policy externally to our suppliers, customers, contractors and internally to all of our employees ensuring that they understand and implement the relevant aspects of the programme.
Annually review our progress and monitor our achievements against set targets and objectives

Continuously improving our ISO 14001 management system is not just achieved by specification and site management but also through investment in sustainable communities. Locally sourced materials and staff result in reduced carbon miles and an investment in the local community. Employing local labour, suppliers and subcontractors is one of the core requirements of the wider sustainable development agenda and one which Adever embraces.

Lifecycle assessment represents the true environmental cost of any construction project. At Adever we appreciate that increasing energy costs will be a huge driver in demand for an energy efficient built environment.

Our commitment to Sustainability

Adever is committed to promoting sustainability. Our concern for the environment and promoting a broader sustainability agenda are integral to our professional activities and the management of the company.

We are committed to a clean and healthy environment. The company recognises the environmental implications of its activities and is committed to achieving best environmental practice within all areas of its business by implementing and maintaining the Environmental Management Standard ISO 14001

We aim to follow and to promote good sustainability practice, to reduce the environmental impacts of all our activities and to help our clients, employees and subcontractors to do the same. We understand that our environmental impact involves more than just the work we carry out on site, this is why as a company we are committed to reducing our carbon footprint concentrating on such things as reducing the amount of fuel we use. Within our ISO 14001 management system we work to reduce embodied energy and source materials from local suppliers.

Our Sustainability Policy is based upon the following principles:

To comply with, and exceed where practicable, all applicable legislation, regulations and codes of practice.
To integrate sustainability considerations into all our business decisions.
To ensure that all staff are fully aware of our Sustainability Policy and are committed to implementing and improving it.
To minimise the impact on sustainability of all office and transportation activities.
To make clients and suppliers aware of our Sustainability Policy, and encourage them to adopt sound sustainable management practices.
To review, annually report, and to continually strive to improve our sustainability performance

How we Implement Sustainability on our Projects

We are a bronze member of BREEAMs SMART Waste system and continually look to develop and enhance our efficiency with regards to our environmental impact. Adever was accredited with ISO 14001 in 2009 and has since been, along with its suppliers and sub-contractors dedicated to reducing waste, energy consumption and our carbon footprint. Our performance is measured by comparing monthly data produced by our waste champion and comparing it with previous information both on the same and similar projects.

We set a benchmark at the start of the project based on previous information of a similar contract and update information into tables for review every month, if targets are not met then an investigation takes place by the waste champion as to why and information if relayed back to site management and then to operatives in the form of a toolbox talk to ensure targets are met the within the next period.