SUSTAINABILITY POLICY

Sagan Construction has been collaborating with The Glasgow Caledonian University “Sustainability Centre”, in order to plan and implement a long-term sustainability policy. Environmental issues have been at the top of our agenda.

Sustainability is rapidly moving up the agenda as a procurement issue. Increasingly construction clients are looking for sustainable forms of construction and companies which operate in a "sustainable" manner.
The Director and staff at Sagan Construction are aware of the potential impact of their day-to-day activities on the environment, particularly in relation to the disposal and recycling of waste, the use of sustainable materials and the management of energy use. Sagan Construction undertakes to implement all reasonably practicable measures by using sustainable materials, preventing environmental pollution, conserving energy consumption and complying with all current environmental regulations, legislation and approved codes of practice.

Objective
To develop methods of product selection, building practice, and design considerations as a sustainable form of construction in terms of economic viability, social progress and environmental responsibility.

In pursuit of these aims, during 2007 and 2008, Sagan Construction will:

• Set objectives and standards to support this policy and implement regular reviews to continually improve our environmental performance;
• Meet or exceed all relevant legal and industry standard environmental requirements relevant to our social responsibility as a business;
  
• Promote the use of sustainable materials and sustainable energy technologies with our clients;
  
• Use sustainably sourced material where possible i.e. FSC certified timber;
  
• Establish working practices which will reduce the consumption of raw materials and energy resources;
  
• Promote waste management initiatives to increase opportunities for reusing and recycling materials;
  
• Use materials with a high recycled content where practicable;
  
• Manage packaging waste appropriately;
  
• Promote off-site fabrication where practicable;
  
• Use low emission transport for all company vehicles and reduce fuel consumption by good logistical planning;
  
• Involve all employees, subcontractors and suppliers in ensuring that waste and the environment are dealt with as required by this policy and appropriate legislation;
  
• Give structured and ongoing training to all employees to enable them to achieve the above aims and to encourage them to adopt these standards as a way of life;
  
• Conduct regular environmental impact assessments for process improvement;
  
• Where practicable use local labour to address the social aspect of sustainability;
  
• Implement an Environmental Management System and achieve certification to BS EN ISO 14001;
  
• Set the goal of achieving continuous improvement in our management of environmental issues.

To achieve our aims, we have set ourselves the following targets:

• Inform all suppliers and new and existing clients about our Environmental Policy by October 2007.
  
• Define good housekeeping for all office waste material and ensure all employees receive training in good housekeeping by November 2007 and incorporate this training into the induction programme for new employees.
  
• Introduce a materials management system to reduce the amount of waste materials being disposed of by December 2007.
  
• Construct a policy to manage energy and vehicle usage in the business by October 2007.
  
• Explore options and identify roles and responsibilities for working towards an Environmental Management System by November 2007.

Sagan Construction accepts responsibility to provide information and training to all staff and operatives in order to improve the knowledge and awareness of everyone involved in our endeavours to fulfil the above targets. Progress against these targets will be monitored through regular reviews using specific management targets.

The Operations Manager of Sagan Construction will continue to be responsible for the implementation of this Environmental Policy and for the effective integration of all environmental procedures into the daily activities and operations of the company.

This Environmental Policy is available on request. If you wish to obtain a copy or would like to discuss our progress against our objectives, please telephone (0870) 83 00 828. This policy is also available on our web site at http://www.sagan-construction.co.uk/.

Marcel Ayoubi
Operations Manager, Sagan Construction (UK) Ltd