Brick
Manufacturer 
Hanson Building Products has taken a leading role
in encouraging improved sustainability within the building industry.
In keeping with its own ongoing sustainability programme, the
company, which is one of the world's largest suppliers of heavy
building materials, has signed up to the new Precast Sector
Sustainability Charter.
The Sustainability Charter was set up recently by the British
Precast Concrete Federation, the trade body for the UK precast
concrete products industry. At the Charter’s launch event on 29th
November, Hanson joined seven other leading suppliers in signing up
as founding members.
The purpose of the new Charter is to challenge the industry at
large, and member companies in particular, to improve their
sustainability performance and profile. Acknowledging the need to
move beyond legislation, the Charter encourages members to adopt a
series of voluntary practices to make both products and systems more
sustainable.
The Charter, which is the latest step in the Federation’s ‘More from
Less’ sector sustainability strategy, consists of 15 challenges and
commitments. By signing up to the Charter, members agree to work
towards the adoption of a number of principles. These include: the
development of products designed to improve the quality and
sustainability of the built environment; the effective management of
all waste streams and the minimisation of waste disposed to
landfill; the minimisation of pollution and emissions associated
with production and transportation; and the more efficient use of
energy and water, and the subsequent reduction of the industry’s
carbon footprint.
In addition, Charter members agree to liaise with local communities
to promote mutual understanding and respect; to measure, report and
improve performance on sustainability issues; to protect asnd
enhance the natural environment affected by precast production; to
develop a skilled, competent workforce; and to operate responsibly
to protect employees, contractors and visitors.
Since the early 1990s, Hanson Building Products has had in place its
own detailed environmental policy which reflects the company’s
principles of sustainable development. Building products are part of
everyday life, HBP maintains, and are therefore crucial to achieving
a sustainable environment and a sustainable society.
Email:
jayne.rolfe@hanson.biz
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