Environmental Policy

          Up until the 1950’s boat building was all about wood but when the financial and time advantages of GRP manufacturing forced the industry to change it’s core material, wooden boat building, became what it is now known as – “traditional”. The fantastic engineering properties of composites cannot be overlooked but also it’s environmental impacts cannot be ignored either.

At Composite Mouldings we respect the environment and our attitude to what we do is a responsible one, the environment should be preserved and we should reduce our impact on it. On a grander scale of thinking, we are trying to find alternative eco friendly products to the hazardous ones we currently use, and on a smaller scale we are constantly reviewing our energy use to lower our carbon footprint. We use renewable materials where possible, we only use recycled office stationary and recycle paper, cardboard and wood onsite.

The principles that we work towards are:

• ·         The company will instigate an awareness of the need for environmental care by good house-keeping,     thoughtful waste disposal and work practices
• ·         The company will promote communication and discussion internally to ensure every member of staff     understands the commitment to environmental care
• ·         Sufficient resources will be available to ensure this can take place and develop
• ·         The company management will ensure they are up to date with changes and additions to legal requirements
• ·         The performance of the company will be regularly reviewed to ensure the system maintains and improves     standards
• ·         The company will be aware of relevant issues past, present and future
• ·         Appropriate facilities will be supplied and maintained to ensure waste is disposed of in the correct manner     meeting legal requirements
• ·         The company will co-operate with its neighbours and other companies to ensure good environmental     practices are adhered to
• ·         The company expects all employees to keep their workplace tidy and help others within the organisation to     ensure that the premises and surrounding areas are also tidy and well maintained

In addition to these principles we have embraced a “reduce, re-use, recycle” philosophy with the following initiatives which the company actively works towards:

• ·         Reduction in the dependency/use of raw materials
• ·         Reduction in the use of power and water
• ·         Reduction in the use of fossil fuels
• ·         Re-use of materials
• ·         Re-use of office products
• ·         Recycle of scrap/excess materials
• ·         Service exchange products