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Scan Alarms are conscious that our day to day business activities and those of our suppliers can have an impact on our environment. Whether that be our own energy consumption and efficiency, the materials we purchase from our suppliers or our policiy to deal with waste management.
We pro-actively took the decision to seek the help of professionals in identifying not only our environmental impact but in planning to systematically reduce this impact for the benefit of all. As a construction industry related service provider in Northern Ireland we teamed up with Nvirocert for their help in our quest and have been awarded the Nvirocert accreditaion for implimentation of a certified environmental management system. Having achieved this accreditation the work has only just begun. To maintain this accreditation we must continually strive to lessen our environmental impact with ongoing measures and regularly demonstrate this to Nvirocerts assessors.
NVIR-O-CERT has been developed by the Construction Employers Federation (CEF) and is supported by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) and the leading environmental professional body, the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA).
The scheme provides a route for smaller construction related companies to achieve environmental accreditation whilst helping larger companies to distinguish themselves as environmental leaders. The scheme aims to keep paperwork to a minimum and instead focuses on good environmental performance in practice.