Kingfisher

We have worked with this major international home improvement retailer to re-draft its corporate responsibility policy. The new policy sets out the company’s values and commitments across a range of issues as diverse as conditions in suppliers’ factories, the use of chemicals in products, transport and store management. The new policy provides the framework for new action programmes and measuring and reporting performance across all of the company’s international subsidiaries.

International Paint (Akzo Nobel)

We have recently helped the yacht paint business complete a comprehensive review of its environmental performance. As a world market-leader this business needs to ensure that it matches best-practice in environmental management. The review covered all of the key stages in the business lifecycle from the purchase of raw materials through to product use and disposal. The business is using the results of this exercise to re-engineer its approach to environmental management including new policy commitments, an action programme and a re-vitalised approach to communications.

Thames Water.

We worked with this major utility company to develop and implement environmental management systems for a large water treatment works and one of London’s major sewage treatment works, leading to successful certification to ISO 14001.

AJA Registrars.

This major certification company has used our services extensively, to carry out assessments against the environmental management system standard ISO 14001, for a wide range of companies in the UK and SE Asia including:

• Shell Philippines Malampaya Gas Project (offshore gas production)
• Blakeacre Ltd (vehicle components)
• Toyota Motor Thailand (vehicle assembly)
• Thai Pure Drinks (soft drinks bottling)

O2.

Since 2004 we have advised the company on the environmental content, format and data requirements for its annual corporate social responsibility reports.

Trinity Mirror.

We analyse, collate and present environmental metrics data across all of the company’s newspaper print works and editorial offices. We use this information to assist the company in drafting the non-financial content of the Business Review for the annual report and accounts (with csrnetwork Ltd).

B&Q.

We have been closely involved with B&Q’s social and environmental programme, which commenced in 1990 with the launch of the most comprehensive programme for assessing suppliers ever undertaken by a UK retailer. We helped to develop this process over a ten year period and have undertaken over sixty site audits of suppliers in a wide spectrum of product sectors. During this period we have helped the company develop a number of policies and programmes for specific product groups notably:

• the consumer paint policy
• strategy for the management of potentially toxic chemical residues in consumer products.
• animal welfare policy

Siemens.

The UK Metering Services business needed to train a wide range of their staff in the implementation of their new ISO14001 environmental management system. We developed and ran a practical environmental awareness and EMS auditing course for them.

European Commission.

European Commission. We delivered a package of nine ISO 14001 awareness training courses in Slovakia, Lithuania, Romania, Albania, Bosnia and Slovenia, as part of the EU’s PHARE programme for new and potential EU entrants (with AJA Registrars).