Sample Environmental Policy Statement

An environmental policy statement is the communication of your policy internally within your organisation and externally to your customers and suppliers. Once you have understood the principles involved and have accepted responsibility for the pollution generated by your Company, the first step on the journey towards sustainability is to create a written commitment in the form of an Environmental Policy Statement. This should acknowledge the reasons for doing it, be specific and achievable and clearly written for an audience of staff, suppliers, customers and general public. It must be signed by a senior executive to demonstrate that it is a Company Policy and reviewed at regular intervals.

Like your policy it should be concise and probably on one sheet of A4.

Sample of an environmental policy statement

XYZ Limited is committed to leading the industry in minimising the impact of its activities on the environment.

The key points of its strategy to achieve this are:

• Minimise waste by evaluating operations and ensuring they are as efficient as possible.
  
• Minimise toxic emissions through the selection and use of its fleet and the source of its power requirement.
  
• Actively promote recycling both internally and amongst its customers and suppliers.
  
• Source and promote a product range to minimise the environmental impact of both production and distribution.
  
• Meet or exceed all the environmental legislation that relates to the Company.
  
• Use an accredited program to offset the greenhouse gas emissions generated by our activities.

Signed by Senior Director of company

Courtesy: www.environmentalpolicy.org.uk