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New Zealand’s special environmental, social and cultural qualities are central to IsecT Ltd., being a significant factor in our decision to live and work here. We embrace our environmental, social and cultural responsibilities and operate the company as far as possible in a sustainable, eco-friendly manner to minimize our impact on the natural environment. This policy is an integral part of our business strategy and operating methods.
Our policy is to:
Minimise energy and water consumption in our buildings, vehicles and processes in order to conserve supplies and minimise consumption of natural resources, especially non-renewable resources; Reduce office waste at source and reuse or recycle as much of it as possible, disposing of any unavoidable waste safely and responsibly; Continuously monitor and where necessary improve the level of air, water, noise and light pollution from our premises, aiming to minimise the impacts from our current and proposed/future operations on the environment; Purchase eco-friendly products and services where practicable; Ensure that employees understand and comply with this policy; Encourage our business partners and other organizations to adopt similar environmental policies; Report on our environmental performance and review this policy annually.
Through 2009, we intend to make the following improvements to our environmental performance:
Plant trees and other plants to reduce our net carbon footprint; Reduce our use of packing, paper and power where possible (e.g. turning off PC monitors, chargers etc. while not in use and using low-wattage lamps and equipment); Recycle more office waste (particularly paper) to reduce waste disposal; Minimise business travel by using electronic communications where practicable and/or combining trips; Investigate the feasibility of using solar energy for water heating, office cooling and/or electricity.
[This policy is also available as a PDF document but please avoid printing unnecessarily!]
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