Environment
As a leading international provider of services to the built and natural environment, we believe we have an important contribution to make in the tackling of issues such as sustainability and reducing environmental impact.
In addition to our overall commitment to continually improve our performance and comply with relevant legislation, we:
- ensure environmental impact is assessed throughout our projects to prevent pollution, minimise impact and consider opportunities for improvement
- incorporate sustainability measures into our business operations
- continually develop the skills and expertise of our employees in environmental issues.
In our own business operations we have identified the key environmental impacts as:
- energy and water use
- production of solid waste including paper
- work-related travel.
We are monitoring these impacts and assessing where improvements can be made.
Our environmental impacts, associated with both our operations and our services, are controlled by a corporate framework, driven by a central policy on environmental management. All management systems are maintained to meet and exceed the requirements of our policy statement and of International Standard ISO 14001: 2004 (Environmental Management Systems).
The Business in the Environment (BiE) Index, now known as the Environment Index, benchmarked companies against their peers - and against all companies that participated in the Index - on the basis of their environmental performance in key impact areas. Atkins’ score improved to 86 per cent in 2006 from 80 per cent in 2005.
Link – Environment policy
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