Corus Catnic Environment Policy Summary
Catnic, part of the Corus group of companies, utilises steel from our European manufacturing operations that have achieved certification to Environmental Management Standard ISO14001.
Steel itself is 100% recyclable and can be recycled again and again, without degradation of its properties or performance. Steel's excellent mechanical properties, combined with its high strength, contribute to improved safety performance. The steel in use today will be reused and recycled many times in the future. More than 40% of the world's production of 'new' steel is in fact made from recycled steel without any loss of quality. The current recycling rate and reuse rate for steel construction products in the UK is 94%.
Our products are durable, adaptable, reusable and recyclable. They are essential to modern life - for example they are used in affordable and energy-efficient modern housing. Through our research and development activities, we are continuing to develop products that give additional social and environmental benefits to our customers and society as a whole.
In 2008 Catnic engaged in attaining the Environmental Management Standard ISO14001 to formalise its environmental and sustainable practices to complement its certification for Quality Management System ISO9001.
A copy of the Corus Corporate Social Responsibility Report is available on request.
We are committed to minimising the environmental impact of our operations and our products through the adoption of sustainable practices and continuous improvement in environmental performance.
Policy principles:
The principles which demonstrate how we implement our policy are:
1) Compliance: To meet the requirements of relevant legislation in the countries and regions in which we operate.
2) Management systems: To implement effective environmental management systems and to ensure the environmental awareness of our workforce, encouraging every employee to act in an environmentally responsible manner.
3) Continuous improvement: To improve the environmental performance of our processes and products through research and development of new technologies, preventing and reducing emissions and releases, minimising waste and controlling noise.
4) Sustainable development: To contribute to sustainable development by using energy, water and raw materials more efficiently, thus optimising our use of natural resources.
5) Product stewardship: To promote the recovery, recycling and reuse of our products, and to work with our customers to understand the environmental effects of our products throughout their life-cycle.
6) Monitoring and reporting: To monitor/audit environmental performance and to report progress on policy objectives and improvement targets on a regular basis.
7) Suppliers and contractors: To encourage suppliers and contractors to behave in a responsible manner and to maintain sound environmental practices.
8) Local communities and biodiversity: To respond to the concerns of local communities and other interested parties on environmental issues and to respect the general environment and wildlife habitats in and around our sites.
Download our corporate responsibility report here: Corus Corporate Responsibility 2006 [1.84mb]