Environmental Management Standard (EMS) Scope
Colebrook Bosson & Saunders Ltd operates an EMS designed around the requirements of ISO 14001; the scope of this EMS covers the Design and Sale of Ergonomic Office Furniture Accessories and the provision of technical advice on ergonomic workstation solutions using equipment from the current product range.

The core activities contained within this scope have been identified as:

• The design of new products;
• The management of their manufacture by third party subcontractors;
• Conducting Sales prospecting and the development and support of on-going customer relationships;
• Receiving Processing Orders and Invoicing of customers in receipt of goods;
• Purchase of goods and services and payment of subcontractors and suppliers; and
• The management of the premises in which the above activities are conducted.

The scope of this document and the environmental aspects described herein are to be reviewed on a half yearly basis.

1.1 Environmental Policy (4.2)
The following policy has been written at the request of the board to ensure our company behaves as a responsible “Global Citizen” and promote sustainability in our business. At its core lie the following aims and objectives. The aims and objectives of the company’s environmental policy are to:

• Reduce consumption of key resources by our core business activities:
  • Energy used in heating, cooling and lighting of our offices;
  • Our Consumption of Water;
  • Direct or indirect consumption of fossils fuels for power, the transport of people and goods in the provision of our services where we are able to influence these areas; and
  • Designing flexible, robust products that use a minimum amount of material.
• Reduce the amount of waste generated by our core business activities, specifically as a result of:
  • Sales Activities
  • Back Office (Order Processing, HR, Finance)
  • New Product Development Activities
  • Selling high quality, robust products that seldom need replacing.
• Reduce the production of pollution during the manufacture of our designs through appropriate process selection in our designs.
• Reduce the introduction of potentially hazardous materials into the environment by careful material selection in our designs.
• Ensure that our customers can easily dispose of our products in a way that minimizes their impact on the environment. We aim to do this through:
  • Effective Communication
  • Design for Disassembly and Recycling
  • Clear Labelling of our products material contents.

This forms part of our business strategy as we recognise that without producing long-term environmental sustainability in our activities; our markets will not persist and our business will fail.

We hold a commitment to ensure that all of our offices exceed the minimum legal requirements for energy efficiency, waste disposal and recycling and that all subcontractors are required to comply with their local specific local geographic legal requirements relating to:

• Air Emissions;
• Disposal of Liquid Effluents;
• Disposal of Waste Products; and
• Ethical treatment of Employee’s including their safety, welfare and remuneration.

The company has a commitment to continuous improvements in its efforts to reduce resource consumption, waste production and pollution as a part of its ISO 14001 policy.