😊 Delighted to announce, we’ve been shortlisted for the Business Eye 2024 Awards!
“SUSTAINABLE COMPANY OF THE YEAR 2024”
Some local giants in the nominations! We wish everyone nominated the best of luck! ☘ READ MORE:https://lnkd.in/eE-KxrDS
👉 The Business Eye Sustainability Awards 2024
👉 The Culloden Estate & Spa – 9th May
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SMET is committed to continually reducing environmental impacts associated with the transport of its goods and people involved in its operations. SMET measures its significant impacts and records how these are mitigated, and it also calculates its Greenhouse gas Emissions.
The graph below shows a reduction in Energy intensity per Tonne of CO2e in all areas of Diesel Fuel, Plastic Waste, Electricity, and Oil in 2023 v’s 2022.♻️
Energy Intensity per Tonne C02e Graph Smet Building Products Ltd
In 2023, Smet Building Products Ltd was awarded certification to BES 6001 ♻ by BSI which enables manufacturers and suppliers to ensure and then prove that their products have been made with constituent materials that have been responsibly sourced. The standard describes a framework for the organisational governance, supply chain management, and environmental and social aspects that must be addressed to ensure the responsible sourcing of construction products.
SMET is BES 6001 Compliant♻️The key objectives of the standard are:
✔ To promote responsible sourcing of products
✔ To give clear guidance on the sustainability aspects that should be addressed
✔ To provide confidence that materials and products are being responsibly sourced
The benefits are:
✔ Demonstrating to stakeholders that SMET sources products responsibly
✔ SMET can make more informed decisions when selecting suppliers
✔ SMET improves its overall social and environmental performance
SMET was awarded BES 6001 by BSI – adding another award to its management systems portfolio – quadruple-badged!
Contact SMET:
☎ +44 (0) 28 3026 6833
📩 info@smetbuildingproducts.com
♻️READ MORE HERE: https://lnkd.in/eTs25aGQ
Download the SMET BES 6001 certificate for the responsible sourcing of construction products here:
We are delighted our Marketing Manager, Deborah Smet took part in The Carbon Literacy Project Action Day 2022 – achieving the Climate Literacy Training accreditation – delivered by Hattrick.
We recognise as a supplier of superior quality building products and services; we must ensure our operations are carried out to the highest of standards of corporate responsibility including legal and regulatory requirements.
In order to achieve this, since 2014 we have operated a BSI-registered ISO 14001: 2015 Environmental Management System. This management system underpins our commitment to reducing the environmental impact of our day-to-day activities.
SMET is BSI ISO 9001: 2015, ISO 14001: 2015, and ISO 45001:2018 registered
ISO 14001 is an internationally accepted standard that outlines how to put an effective environmental management system in place. Within its framework, we can remain commercially successful without overlooking environmental responsibilities.
ISO 14001 Certificate – Smet Building Products Ltd
We realise that we can only remain successful if our activities and products reflect the environmental attitudes of society. Environmental issues and society’s values are considered in the future development and planning of the company. To this end we will:
♻ Conduct our operations in such a way as to have a minimum adverse impact on the environment.
♻ Strive to purchase materials that can be used and disposed of responsibly.
♻ Promote the use of materials that can be recycled where possible, and which can be used in an energy-efficient way.
♻ Minimise waste in our operations by following the principles contained within the Hierarchy of Waste.
♻ Ensure responsible and ethical disposal of any waste products to avoid and prevent pollution in accordance with relevant legislation
♻ Plan to conserve energy through the efficient use of our equipment, vehicles, and office facilities.
♻ Favour suppliers who are committed to sustainable environmental improvement.
♻ Train our employees in environmental issues relating to their day-to-day work and encourage them to care for our community.
♻ Encourage our employees to make suggestions on how our environmental performance can be improved.
♻ Continually strive to improve our environmental performance.
♻ Comply with all applicable legislation and any other requirements that relate to our environmental aspects.
Joris Smet, Managing Director of Smet Building Products Ltd says, “We’re committed to reducing our impact on the environment, and having an internationally recognised standard will allow us to not only control our environmental impact and comply with the relevant legal requirements but also help our customers do the same. By influencing our employees and customers we can ensure best practices in envirnomental impacts and continually improve our operating systems and procedures”.
In accordance with our 14001:2015 Environmental Management System, and commitment to min waste, we have all of our brochures available online and freely downloadable.
