SitexOrbis boosts green credentials with ISO 14001
SitexOrbis has become one of the first vacant property and people protection businesses to gain accreditation to international environment management standard ISO 14001.
In addition to reducing further the impact of activities on the environment, it is hoped the move will also help customers with green agendas.
Significant reductions have already been achieved by the company through recycling and the use of greener products for cleaning. Several more projects are in the early stages.
European Director Mark Cosh said: “We are committed to minimising environmental impact and are pleased with the reductions achieved to date. New initiatives, such as reducing key pick-ups with new intelligent access management solution eMAKS, have been greeted with enthusiasm by staff and our customers.”
The company’s network of branch offices covering the UK are all included in the audit programme conducted by the ISO certification body, ISOQAR.
The international standard provides the requirements for environmental management systems (EMS) that set out ways to identify and achieve matters related to environmental performance. A key aim is to ensure environmental issues are included in decision making practices.
Recently, the company achieved another accreditation for the newly published BS8484 for lone worker device services.
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For more information contact Jan Comer at Aurora PR, m 07970 258 023, t 020 8287 1124, f 020 8286 2556, jancomer@aurorapr.co.uk or Debansu Das, at SitexOrbis 01895 465500, debansu.das@sitexorbis.com
About SitexOrbis: SitexOrbis is the new name for Orbis Property Protection, following a move to unite the group’s Orbis and Sitex operations in Europe under one brand name. The name changed in the UK on 31 March 2009 when SitexOrbis Limited became the legal name of the former Orbis Property Protection Limited. In the UK the company protects some 50,000 properties as well as some 10,000 lone workers, cleans 20,000 annually and provides infection control, long-term mould eradication and access control. The group generates a combined turnover of in excess of £50 million and employs more than 700 people. www.sitexorbis.com
About ISO 14001: It provides the requirements for environmental management systems (EMS). These enable organisations to do several things. They help to identify and control the environmental impact of activities, to improve environmental performance continually and enable a systematic approach to setting objectives and targets.
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