Environmental and Sustainability Policy

Applies to

Policy statement

Shinezone aims to reduce the environmental effects of cleaning operations while maintaining safe, hygienic and effective outcomes. Decisions should consider chemicals, water, energy, transport, equipment life, packaging, waste and purchasing.

Objectives

• Prevent pollution
• Meet environmental and waste obligations
• Reduce avoidable chemical use
• Use accurate dilution
• Reduce water and energy use
• Reduce unnecessary single-use materials
• Increase durable and reusable equipment where safe
• Segregate waste correctly
• Use authorised waste providers
• Reduce unnecessary journeys
• Monitor performance
• Encourage supplier improvement
• Train staff

Operational controls

Maintain an approved product list, controlled dilution, environmental hazard assessment, safe storage, spill controls and review of lower-impact alternatives.

Use the minimum effective water quantity, report leaks, plan for sites without water and prevent inappropriate discharge.

Group work geographically, plan routes, maintain vehicles, avoid unnecessary idling and prevent transport spills.

Apply the waste hierarchy: prevention, reuse, recycling, recovery and disposal where safe and lawful.

Targets and monitoring

• Single-use plastic reduction target to be approved
• Route-mileage reduction target to be approved
• Environmental training target to be approved
• Dilution-compliance target to be approved
• Track product use, dilution exceptions, waste records, spill incidents, mileage, equipment replacement and staff training

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