Two businesses in Acorn Business Park have achieved the Bronze Environmental Business Pledge Award with the help of Groundwork Manchester, Salford, Stockport, Tameside and Trafford (MSSTT).
Both Fairhurst Estates – a leading firm of commercial charted surveyors, and Print Image Network, one of the North West’s most dedicated print and project management companies, have worked with Groundwork MSSTT on the Environmental Business Pledge to identify areas of environmental improvement.
The Environmental Business
Pledge is an award scheme
delivered by Groundwork
MSSTT in partnership with
Stockport Council.
The scheme helps
businesses in Stockport to
reduce their environmental
impact, raise environmental
awareness and save money.
To meet the Bronze criteria,
both businesses had to take
multiple steps to monitor and manage their effect on the environment. By monitoring their electricity, gas, water and vehicle mileage they have successfully calculated their carbon footprint. The results from this assessment can then be used as a baseline to make reductions and potentially offset some of their emissions.
In meeting the Bronze criteria, they also demonstrated that they have procedures in place to deal with environmental emergencies and an Environmental Policy.
Fairhurst Estates also saw the Pledge as a useful opportunity to increase their involvement in local issues and have used the Bronze criteria to pledge support for local environmental projects and ‘Manchester’s A Certain Future’ climate change action plan:
“Here at Fairhurst Estates we have welcomed the opportunity to sign up to and successfully achieve the bronze level Environmental Business Pledge. We take our environmental responsibilities seriously and having evaluated our current energy usage and recycling practice, we are determined to implement energy saving initiatives and reduce our carbon footprint. We are looking forward to getting involved in a local environmental project and working towards the silver and gold awards. We appreciate the on-going support provided by Groundwork.”
Alison Thornley, Support Manager