Mace Group

The emergence of climate change, greenhouse gas emissions and damage to our ecosystems and natural resources have been common political and social problems for several years now. The publication of the Stern Report makes it clear that we cannot continue to use energy and resources in the current manner without significant changes to sea levels, temperature, air quality and habitats.

Mace Group has for many years taken steps to minimise our environmental impact throughout our operations, and our Environmental Management System (EMS) and Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) policies have reduced the effect of our activities to a considerable degree. However, we know in this area we must do more if we are to contribute effectively to the national and global sustainable development movement.

Office operations
Each Mace office has a CR co-ordinator who is tasked with driving environmental improvements. In the past we have worked with The Carbon Neutral Company to provide an analysis of existing energy consumption in our London, Birmingham, Manchester, and Edinburgh offices, together with a range of energy-saving ideas and tools to reduce our overall carbon footprint. In 2010 we plan to extend the measurement across the remainder of our UK office and international operations.

Recycling now, constructively
It is an unavoidable fact that the nature of our business demands a high use of energy and fuel, and has a direct impact on local environments. But Mace seeks to make a difference through the managed minimisation of these impacts, ensuring that we have procedures in place to ensure we are at the forefront of sustainable working practices and responsible operations.

In 2009, Mace signed the WRAP Halving Construction to Waste Landfill Commitment. Since then, we have been working in partnership with WRAP to advise on procurement and behavioural change that enables organisations to significantly reduce the percentage of waste sent to landfill, with an accompanying increase in the reuse and recycling of materials.

Mace achieves an average of 80-85% diversion of waste from landfill by implementing best practice management techniques, this level is significantly above recognised good practice levels. 

New construction processes
Mace has been at the forefront of the industry's efforts around sustainable design, and we use existing standard tools, such as BREEAM, to ensure our projects consider their effect on the environment at the earliest stage, and maintain this focus through procurement, construction, refurbishment, maintenance and post-occupancy phases.

At Mace we are acutely aware of our responsibilities in climate change terms. While we will always use energy, we are determined to find more sustainable methods of procuring and using the energy we need to manage our businesses and services, and ensure that we contribute fully to the wider environmental cause.
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