Environmental Policy

Ambient Energy & Environment recognises and understands the importance of protecting the environment and promoting best practice. We are committed to continual improvement in our environmental performance, and minimising adverse environmental impacts where reasonably practicable.

We demonstrate our commitment by:

  • Reviewing and understanding the range of environmental impacts arising from our activities
  • Ensuring that we comply with and, where possible, exceed all applicable UK, European and International Environmental legislation
  • Setting environmental objectives and targets for our most significant impacts, and defining the means of achieving them to improve our environmental management and performance
  • Reducing energy and resource consumption by implementing effective and efficient reduction methods consistent with best practice
  • Influencing and managing our suppliers and contractors to ensure that goods procured and services undertaken comply with our environmental policy
  • Developing green travel plans by encouraging staff to adopt greener travel practices
  • Minimising the use of toxic and environmentally damaging materials and preventing the release of pollutants
  • Minimising the generation of waste and implementing recycling initiatives
  • Ensuring that the policy is understood, implemented and maintained at all levels within the organisation and is supported by suitable education and training
  • Openly communicating our progress towards addressing environmental impacts to interested internal and external parties and responding appropriately to reasonable requests for information
  • Periodically reviewing the policy to take account of changes in organisation, legislation, government targets or other internal and external factors

Key Targets

  • Encourage sustainable methods of transport by promoting the efficient use of public transport for commuting and business travel
  • Reducing resources consumed/waste produced
  • Reducing water use in the office
  • Reducing energy use in the office
  • Procure goods which minimise environmental impacts
  • Use only recycled paper & materials