APH Electrics Ltd T/A SEMAPH – Environmental Policy
APH Electrics Ltd T/A SEMAPH recognises that its day-to-day activities have an impact on the environment and considers environmental management to be an integral part of good business practice.
The company is committed to a programme of continuous environmental improvement to conserve natural resources, address climate change, and minimise any adverse environmental impact from its operations.
The company regards environmental regulations, laws, and other codes of practice as minimum standards for environmental performance and endeavours to exceed these standards whenever practical.
In response to the climate crisis, APH Electrics Ltd T/A SEMAPH has committed to becoming Net Zero Carbon by 2030 in line with a 1.5ºC climate pathway and the Paris Agreement. The organisation has set individual absolute carbon reduction targets across key impact areas of all Scopes to deliver this ambition. As the company transitions to Net Zero by 2030 it has also committed to being Carbon Neutral for Scopes 1 & 2 (energy use, buildings, vehicles and purchased utilities) and Scope 3 (Capital goods, Fuel & Energy, Waste, Business Travel, Employee Commute & Home Working) from 2024 onwards.
We also recognise the role, as a supplier and installer of renewable energy products and electrical and mechanical operations that we can play in leveraging our core capability of power efficiency to help to decarbonise and are exploring ways to deliver this through our ecosystem partners and to set tangible targets to demonstrate this commitment. The initial focus of our role in decarbonising is to decarbonise our own footprint first. With regard to our property, we are aiming for our workplace to use renewable energy wherever possible (or low carbon) and to support our employees to change their behaviours to save energy and other natural resources when in our buildings.
APH Electrics Ltd T/A SEMAPH is committed to:
- Compliance with environmental legislation
- Complying with or exceeding all relevant legislation and regulatory requirements Efficient resource use and emissions reduction
- Efficiently managing and reducing the use of resources across all company site locations.
This includes:
- Reducing energy consumption through power management and use of energy efficient products.
- Switching to 100% renewable / zero-carbon energy for our office and mobile sites.
- Reducing waste generated by business activities through: reduction and recycling of general office waste and safe disposal of computer hardware, and engaging with suppliers to establish sustainable procurement policies.
- Improving collecting of data for our water footprint and exploring options to increase water efficiency and minimise wastewater.
- Reducing emissions generated by travel to work by supporting and promoting low carbon options including public transport, car sharing, EVs, and walking or cycling where safe.
- Reducing emissions relating to business travel through efficient travel planning, pre trip travel approval process, carbon budgets for travel, and supporting and promoting virtual meetings and webinars wherever possible.
- Assessing our impact on local biodiversity and supporting local initiatives.
- Responsible Offsetting of GHG emissions.
- Prioritising carbon reduction over carbon offsetting.
- Offsetting using only accredited and verified voluntary carbon market offsets.
- Investing in both nature-based and technology-based offset projects.
- Only investing in carbon removal offsets to deliver our Net Zero Carbon commitment.
- We may consider emissions avoidance offsets as well as removal offsets to deliver our Carbon Neutral commitment.
Engaging with stakeholders
- Increasing awareness of our environmental policy and environmental policy statement with employees and contractors and provide training to enable them to contribute effectively we will be:
- Increasing awareness of our environmental policy statement with external suppliers and customers and encouraging their adoption of environmental best practice.
- Participating in local, national, and international discussions about environmental issues where our voice can make a difference.
Target setting and performance reporting
- Setting environmental targets and reporting publicly on progress annually. Policy and performance review
- Regularly monitoring and reviewing our environmental performance to ensure the ongoing effectiveness of our environmental management.
- Reviewing this Environmental Policy Statement annually and following any significant changes in legislation or operational activities, to ensure we continually strive to improve our performance.
Contact
Please contact dbh@semaph.uk
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