Guarding

‘Carbon Neutral’ firm

by Mark Rowe

FGH Security recently become ‘Carbon Neutral’ by partnering with the Woodland Trust’s Woodland Carbon scheme. The Lancaster-based guarding and event stewarding firm says this complements recently gaining Environmental Management Systems accreditation (ISO 14001).

David Hassall oversees the company’s Environmental Management System. He said: “This is a real move forward for us as a company and the industry as a whole. We think we are the only security company in the UK to currently be doing this and hope that others will follow suit. It also puts us on the same level as nationally recognised brand such as Waitrose.

“ISO 14001 looks at reducing or eliminating our environmental impact and as part of our system we are actively measuring our total emissions. The result of this is that we know almost exactly how much carbon we are releasing into the atmosphere and can therefore actually offset this amount to make ourselves carbon neutral. It’s something we should all really be proud of as a company and shows our commitment to sustainability.”

The firm says that it now offsets its measured carbon emissions each year. The Woodland Trust is to plant around 100 trees locally on the firm’s behalf.

About the firm

Visit http://www.fghsecurity.co.uk/about-fgh-security/.

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