Environment

How do we manage and measure our environmental impacts?
Capita Symonds operates a Business Management System (BMS) which integrates Quality, Environmental and Health and Safety. We have a corporate environmental policy and objectives which are monitored and reviewed.

What are we doing to combat climate change?
Climate change is a growing challenge for businesses. Capita Symonds is committed to promoting and delivering sustainability by adopting business activities and processes that meet our, our client’s, and our stakeholders needs while protecting, sustaining and enhancing the human and natural resources that will be needed in the future.

To promote this through the business there are Corporate Objectives set and monitored by the BMS team and externally for our projects and clients, a Sustainability Forum meets regularly with representatives across the business to ensure best practice and delivery of our objectives.

How are we managing waste?
Within our ISO 14001 Environmental Processes we actively manage our waste to minimise impact and purchase from sustainable sources where suitable. We also manage the resources we use, including the waste carrier, how we recycle or responsibly dispose of them and the final destination.

Environment Initiatives

Ten Green Things
This guide is an environmental initiative which was initially suggested by Jennifer Moye and produced by the Ecology team in Cwmbran. The guide outlines 10 green things that staff can do to save energy at work and 10 ten green things that the company can do to reduce energy consumption. This initiative was adapted throughout Capita Symonds offices.

Volunteering Projects
Capita Symonds get involved in many volunteering projects and mentoring across the business, from linking with schools, undertaking environmental regeneration projects and community clean up days.

The Blackburn office took part in a volunteer day at East Lancashire Hospice where they took part in gardening, painting and basic DIY in order to improve patient facilities. The event formed the latest Charity of the Year Initiative which is dedicated to supporting the Hospice through a range of projects and activities during 2008.

Think - Capita Symonds wide
Think 08 was an exhibition and conference about sustainability in the built environment and Capita Symonds was a Platinum Sponsor, alongside the likes of Atkins, Gardiner & Theobold, Balfour Beatty and Gleeds.

Find out more about Capita Symonds at Think 08

For the first time we have consolidated our sustainability credentials and experience under one banner and coordinated an event which truly reflects the diverse range of services we provide.

Find out more about Sustainability at Capita Symonds

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