A sustainability journey
Steps to a more sustainable Future
At Howarth Timber Group we have made significant strides in instigating our sustainability journey. We are beginning to understand the requirements of us as a business to ensure sustainability is at the heart of everything we do and are actively engaging with stakeholders to make certain we can satisfy the needs of our customers from a sustainability perspective.
What we're doing:
- Adding solar panels to provide renewable energy. Currently at 20 locations around the country with the plans to install more.
- Switching our company car fleet to EV & Hybrid wherever possible
- Switching all lighting to LED either through retrofitting or replacement
- Trialling of electric side loaders instead of using conventional diesel
- Implemented a bespoke energy management system to track our utility usage more accurately across the Group. This will enable us to set intensity metrics and therefore set targets going forwards
- Developing a waste strategy to better quantify what happens with the waste we produce so we are able to ensure that we reduce the amount of waste going forwards
- Calculating the scope 3 emissions of our businesses to begin engagement with our supply chain
Responsibly Sourced Timber
Committed to our environmental responsibity
The Company is committed to purchasing all timber from legal and sustainable sources and seeks evidence of compliance from suppliers that they are operating in accordance with the laws of their country. The Company condemns illegal logging practices keeps informed of processes and changes in international legislation.