A.A. Security is committed to providing and constantly improving the sustainability of our Business. As a consequence we applied for the Mayors of London's Green Procurement code to further improve the environmental dimension of our overall business practice and in particular sustainable procurement. Read more about the code by clicking
(Here)Yesterday from 14:00 - 17:00 we were assessed by Ben Snowden from the consultants involved in auditing us for the Accreditation. He was impressed with our endeavours and will shortly be producing a report that will decided on the success of our application. For those of you who our unaware of our Green credentials I remind you that we named a " Green Enterprise" by our local Yellow Advertiser Paper, impressed by our exemplary Green Practice.
Moreover, we were also highly commended in the ECOVATE Environmental Awards 2010 who annually audit our green performance and advise us on legislative change, further improvement programmes and we also gain annual training on green improvement.
We are one of few security organisations with BS EN ISO 140001 accreditation which requires formation, of an environmental strategy, monitoring and evaluation and requires an annual external audit of the same for holders. Learn more about the Environmental Management system by clicking
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I include an excerpt fron our Environmental Manual that details our Environmental Policy:
4.2 Environmental Policy
Summary of Requirements:
Top management must define an Environmental Policy and ensure that, within the defined scope of its environmental management system, it:
a) Directly relates to the environmental impacts of the Organisation's scope of activities, products and services
b) Takes into account the nature and magnitude of all such environmental impacts
c) Commits the Organisation to take all reasonable steps to prevent pollution
d) Commits the Organisation to continually seek improvements in its Environmental Management System
e) Commits the Organisation to compliance with all relevant legal requirements
f) Provides a framework for setting and reviewing environmental objectives and establishes time frames for their achievement
g) Is documented, put into practice and sustained
h) Is introduced to all persons working for or on behalf of the Organisation
i) Can be accessed by the public
STATEMENT
1. A.A. Security Limited (the ‘Organisation’) recognises the importance of environmental protection and is committed to operating its business responsibly and in compliance with all legal requirements relating to the provision of manned guarding, mobile patrols, keyholding/alarm response, store detectives and security services. It is the Organisation’s declared policy to operate with and to maintain good relations with all regulatory bodies.
It is the Organisation’s objective to carry out all measures reasonably practicable to meet, exceed or develop all necessary or desirable requirements and to continually improve environmental performance through the implementation of the following:
a) Assess and regularly re-assess the environmental effects of the Organisation’s activities
b) Training of employees in environmental issues
c) Minimise the production of waste
d) Minimise material wastage
e) Minimise energy wastage
f) Promote the use of recyclable and renewable materials
g) Reduce and/or limit the production of pollutants to water, land and air
h) Control noise emissions from operations
i) Minimise the risk to the general public and employees from operations and activities undertaken by the Organisation
This Policy is communicated to all employees, suppliers and sub-contractors and is made available to the public.
