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Environmental Responsibility UK
Eco-Management and Audit Scheme
Pachacuti has been audited against EMAS EU Environmental regulations. There are less than 100 EMAS accredited organisations in the UK.
The EMAS Regulation was first introduced 1993 to further the goal of sustainable development, which is integrated into the European Union objectives. EMAS, the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme, is designed to improve companies’ environmental performance. Its aim is to recognise those organisations that go beyond minimum legal compliance and continuously improve their environmental performance. Participating organisations are required to produce a public environmental statement which reports on their environmental performance. After an intial review, an environmental programme and environmental management system is established for the organisation. Audits are carried out every three years and a public environmental statement is produced.
Pachacuti is on the EMAS register
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/emas/about/participate/sites_en.htm
Direct environmental aspects
Pachacuti has identified the direct and indirect environmental aspects of our business activities by reviewing environmental legislation, Eco-mapping of our premises, analysing material flows and speaking with all stakeholders.
The direct environmental aspects over which we have significant management control include the following; energy usage, CO2 emissions from travel and shipping, water usage, waste generation and use of packaging materials.
Our most significant environmental issue is the use of airfreight for bringing our products into the UK. We aim to lower our CO2 emissions by shipping 25% of goods within next 3 years.
In April 2009 we switched our supplier of electricity to 100% renewable and are looking for new “greener” suppliers for our gas and telephone.
Pachacuti has instituted a comprehensive recycling program at our premises and we reuse and recycle at least 95% of all packaging used in our business. We currently use cardboard which contains an average 59% recycled content and during the coming year we will source 100% recycled material.
We have installed compact fluorescent lighting throughout our offices, warehouse and shop.
Indirect environmental aspects
Indirect aspects of significance which we have identified include delivery of our products, producer activities and product life cycle including customer care of the product.