flooringsupplies.co.uk works very closely with all partners to
act appropriately with regards to environmental awareness. Our simple code of practice
is designed to work in harmony with Mother Nature, complementing natural products,
and materials always with an appreciation of the environment. flooringsupplies.co.uk
philosophy and mindset is determined to promote and educate manufacturers and consumer
alike on environmental issues.
Believe it or not there are huge environmental benefits of choosing environmentally friendly flooring. Far less energy is consumed in timber production, processing and disposal,
than in any other construction material. Today, because the popularity of real wood
flooring has grown, so too has the commitment to vigorous replanting schedules and
responsible harvesting. More trees are grown than are currently harvested so inadvertently
increased demand has had a positive effect and impacted on our environment and natural
timber flooring resource.
To fall in line with the above, flooringsupplies.co.uk work to
a strict code of practice when sourcing materials, which all manufacturers we work
with must abide by before we would consider offering their products and services.
All manufacturers we work with comply with various certified third party environmental
agencies, which include;
The PEFC Council (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes)
is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organisation, founded in 1999, which
promotes sustainable managed forests through independent third party certification.
The PEFC provides an assurance mechanism to purchasers of wood and paper products
that they are promoting the sustainable management of forests.
Other issues we have implemented to reduce our environmental impact
Deliveries are calculated by weight and delivery location. We work very closely
with all delivery partners to maintain competitive delivery costs at all times.
However, this partnership is built on more that just price. We have to consider
reliability, care, insurance, service level, practicality and lastly environmental
impact. To assist with all the above we encourage our customers to accept deliveries
in certain areas on certain days. With this very simple and cost effective policy
we have help reduce our carbon footprint considerably.
We have also looked into way of improving in-house wastage. Simple cost effective
procedures like recycle our paper have an impact. We have also reduced printing
requirements by 90% by simply emailing invoices as apposed to printing and posting
them. We also encourage others to follow suit with our email disclaimer which requests
our email not to be printed unless entirely necessary. Staff encourage manufacturers
and consumers a like to share our polices wherever possible with simple but effective
use of email technology, we request all invoices, statements and communication to
be done by email. We also encourage all payments to be made electronically.
Employees and management are encouraged to make appointments utilising public transport
and lift shares to and from work are also implemented.
We all have a responsibility to our environment ….. every little helps!