EQC retain environmental accreditation

No matter what colour you want, EQC stay green! On the 28th July, EQC completed a 2 day assessment to the Green Dragon environmental standard. Green Dragon provides a staged approach to obtaining systems and procedures to a level equivalent to ISO14001 and is of particular satisfaction to the company especially as we are based on a site of special scientific interest. This is the third year of succesful accreditation to Level 5 of the standard, the highest level obtainable. This achievement underlies the company’s continuing commitment to improving the impact on both the local and global environment. One of the key elements of Green Dragon Level 5 is sustainability, and EQC work very hard with customers and suppliers to reduce it’s carbon footprint and has reduced it year on year for the last four years.

EQC has done this by making environmental improvements an integral part of its business strategy and has reduced its landfill waste by 50% during a period of increased turnover.

The reduction in waste has been achieved through a number of resource efficiency initiatives such as:

The company also gives its cardboard reels and waste wood to local charities that provide arts and crafts materials to schools and people with learning difficulties.

In addition, EQC has reduced its carbon dioxide emissions by careful monitoring and use of gas, electricity and water, also taking steps to improve environmental awareness among staff and suppliers.

A lot of the measures taken to reduce waste and energy consumption are relatively easy to implement and are really just common sense. Taking such steps is not just good for the environment; it also helps the business to remain competitive by reducing costs.