Environmental Policy Statement

Thomas Leach Ltd. t/a leachprint® attaches the highest priority to the protection of the environment and the health and safety of its employees, customers, neighbours and others who may come into contact with, or be affected by, our operations and products. As part of our commitment to environmental performance leachprint will conduct its operations inline with the internationally recognised environmental standard, ISO 14001:2004.

It is our policy to:

  • Ensure employees and workers act in accordance with this policy and leachprint’s Environmental Management System and have the relevant competences to fulfil their environmental responsibilities
  • Ensure that pollution through accidental emissions or effluent discharges are prevented
  • Where possible avoid or reduce waste and material usage ensuring unavoidable waste is reused, recycled or recovered or disposed of responsibly
  • Monitor and seek to reduce resource usage including electricity, water, gas and fuel consumption
  • Ensure the environment performance of our suppliers is assessed and that buying decisions take into consideration environmental impacts
  • Ensure compliance with relevant legislation and guidelines
  • Set and monitor environmental objectives and targets
  • Foster a sense of responsibility for the environment amongst our employees and workers, with consideration for all stakeholders including the local community
  • Continually strive to improve leachprint’s environmental performance

The Board shall be responsible for this policy and for ensuring that it remains relevant. This will be achieved through formal annual review. However, it is the responsibility of every employee to ensure we adhere to the principles and aims set out in this policy statement.

Signed

N. Stratford
Managing Director

10 October 2011