Fire Risk Assessment Consultancy UK Ltd is hereafter referred to as FRAC.

COMPANY ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS

The MD of FRAC UK is the national Fire Consultant (unpaid & voluntary) to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and as such is only too aware of the need for organisations to provide a lead in sustainable working.

All staff are, encouraged to use public transport whenever possible this includes using bus for local travel and train for local and more direct journeys. Staff working together in the same locality, are encouraged to share transport whenever possible.

Monitoring is ongoing and in addition to formal company meetings where we review all our policies, ad hoc consultant meetings are held when requested to review any individual concerns regarding policy.

Clients are encouraged to accept individual completed fire risk assessments electronically. At the end of a contract or commission all fire risk assessments are copied to CD/DVD which is sent to the client as a back up copy.

FRAC is committed to protecting and enhancing the environment and to contributing to the sustainable management of the global environment. Sustainability means meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. In delivering our services we are committed to meeting all relevant regulatory, legislative and other requirements and to the continual improvement of our environmental performance. We will seek to ensure that all policies and activities enhance economic, social and environmental sustainability. FRAC recognises the importance of managing its own direct and indirect environmental impacts and will encourage others to reduce their negative impacts on the environment. We will seek to demonstrate to businesses, the general public and employees, the benefits of improving environmental practices. We will seek to involve these groups in decisions affecting the local and global environment. We will be explicit about monitoring and measuring progress towards sustainability.

The following objectives support the environmental policy:We will manage and improve our own environmental performance through implementation of an externally audited environmental management system when necessary. This is to be determined by the M.D. This will ensure that we undertake the following actions: