Sustainability
Our business is built on a foundation of helping our customers embrace the circular economy and improve their sustainability with a focus on achieving zero waste to landfill, recycling, and reducing emissions. We aim to challenge the industry norms and develop new ways to reduce, reuse and recycle while considering how we impact our environment.
As a company, we strongly believe in the importance of sustainability. We understand that our customers, employees, partners, and communities expect us to make progress and be transparent in our efforts. That’s why we are committed to achieving our own environmental goals and helping our customers implement sustainable practices throughout their businesses.
We work closely with our customers to support various elements of ESG. This change reflects a renewed emphasis on making ESG commitments and implementing measures to reach those targets. Therefore, when considering ESG plans, a considered approach to waste management will have a significant impact.
Our targets
We have a strong commitment to the environment and have ambitious goals to improve our sustainability. These goals focus on key areas of our business where we can have a lasting impact and make a positive difference.
- Reducing Emission – Investing in more efficiency, replacing high-carbon energy sources with lower alternatives, and replacing diesel company vehicles to electric.
- Social Impact – Optimising the social, environmental and economic well-being of our local areas, creating values including inclusion, openness, honesty, and social responsibility and clearly understanding how social value can impact our employees and local communities.
- Reducing waste and recycle – Achieve ‘zero waste to landfill’ all company waste by reducing waste, including food waste, reusing products and maximizing recycling.
- Sustainable Chain Supply – Nuture long-term relationships with our suppliers to ensure values of sustainability and upholding environmental and societal values.
Accreditations and compliance
Footprint Recycling is fully licensed with the Environment Agencyand offers Certificates of Destruction on completion of every service.