Environment Policy

STATEMENT OF 7th JANUARY 2007

The National Backload Database (NBD) recognises that its activities may impact on the environment both through its routine internal operations, its infrastructural development, and through its influence and effects on the wider community. It also acknowledges a responsibility for, and a commitment to, protection of the environment at all levels. NBD will comply fully with environmental legislation and is in addition committed to continued efforts to:

Promote environmental management policies and practices at every level and in every department within the company;
Increase awareness of environmental responsibilities among all staff;
Minimise waste and pollution and develop and operate environmentally sound waste management procedures;
Continue to reduce the consumption of fossil fuels and to incorporate long-term strategies for energy efficiency into planning and development;
Continue to encourage and facilitate modes of transport by all staff, which minimises environmental impact, and to apply environmentally friendly principles to the operation of company owned vehicles;
Reduce water consumption;
Promote a purchasing policy, which will give preference, as far as is practicable, to those products and services which cause the least harm to the environment and to promote the use of biodegradable and recyclable products;
Avoid wherever practical the use of environmentally damaging substances, materials and processes;
Maintain the grounds and buildings of the company in an environmentally sensitive way, having regard for the protection of natural habitats and preservation of biological diversity;
Consider environmental factors in respect of the growth of the company, seeking as far as is reasonably practical to reduce harmful environmental impacts and to integrate new developments into the environment;
Work with other local, national and other agencies as appropriate to promote environmental policies.

Progress in implementing this policy will be reviewed annually by the company Environment Committee.