AM-PM Security Surrey Ltd Sustainable Development Policy:
1: Recognises the interdependence of society/economy/environment.
2: Recognises our responsibility to future generations, both in AM-PM Security Surrey Ltd and the wider community.
3: Promotes strategies and ways of working which protect and conserve the environment wherever possible.
4: Supports AM-PM Security Ltd Equality and Diversity policy and its aim to work at cutting edge of Security.
5: Recognises the need to explore and promote the business case for sustainable development in seeking best value return on investment.
AM-PM Security Surrey Ltd acknowledges that both operational and strategic procurement decisions carry sustainable implications and recognise its responsibility to procure goods, services and works in a sustainable manner.
AM-PM Security Surrey Ltd will strive through its procurement strategy, policy guidance, and purchasing decisions, to reduce the adverse impacts of its procurement activities by:
1: Incorporating whole life costs and impacts of products in procurement decisions.
A: Encourage the procurement of products created from sustainable renewable or recycled resources and those requiring minimal transportation.
B: Encouraging the procurement of goods with minimal packaging or where unavoidable, packaging made from recycled or recyclable materials.
C: Promoting the procurement of products which have minimal environmental impact during their use.
D: Ensuring the prudent use of resources via the procurement process including the use of construction and refurbishment materials, utilities, paper, metal and wood where feasible.
E: Encourage the procurement of products that can be recycled or disposed of with minimal environmental damage.
F: Excluding environmentally damaging products where a viable alternative is available.
G: Establishing individual policies and guidelines for products that have a significant environmental impact.
2: Evaluating the sustainable performance of suppliers and contractors:
A: Ensure that suppliers and contractors are made aware of AM-PM Security Surrey Ltd sustainable procurement policy and that they themselves have compatible policies for managing their social, environmental, and economic impact.
B: Ensuring that sustainability criteria are incorporated in the award of contracts and written into all contracts.
C: Evaluating the sustainability credentials of suppliers and contractors.
D: Working with suppliers and contractors to encourage improvements in their sustainable performance.
E: Ensuring that suppliers and contractors are made aware of AM-PM Security Surrey Ltd equality and diversity policy and that they themselves have compatible policies for managing equality issues in their supply chain and business operation.
3: Raising awareness among employees:
A: Encourage internal purchasers to review their consumption of goods with a view to procuring less and less often
B: Providing training and guidance for all staff with procurement responsibility on the implications
of this policy.
AM-PM Security Surrey Ltd
01/03/2010