OUR ENVIRONMENT
VOW has environmental sustainability at the heart of our decision making.
The planet needs urgent care and recognition of this fact has never been higher on the agenda. To achieve long-lasting change, we are working collaboratively across our companies operations, employees, supply chain and customers, challenging everyone to make a stand to protect our natural environment for the security of future generations.
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Set and track targets for projects within the Environmental pillar themes, reviewing and updating regularly |
Focus from decision makers and budget-holders to ensure that targets are set appropriately per project and site, measured accurately and progress communicated |
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Reduce our carbon footprint and use resources within our operations wisely, applying the waste hierarchy to reduce our upstream and downstream waste | |
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Embed environment and sustainability as a key point of procurement functions through the consideration of the impacts of manufacture, distribution, product use and disposal | Assurance that the carbon from our business is accounted for and reduced across 3 scopes |
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Work with suppliers to find alternatives to single-use plastic packaging used in our operations | |
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Find ways to increase biodiversity at our sites, looking at spaces more creatively and encouraging our champions to take the lead | across 3 scopes Wider consideration for sustainable practices for those in procurement functions, alongside ‘best price’ |
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Deliver services to our customers in as environmentally friendly a manner as possible | Innovation within the customer and supplier base to improve performance |
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Inform and encourage our people to make a difference to the environment at work and at home | Overall improved environmental performance |