Harris Associates spreads some Valentine's love for the environment by achieving ISO 14001
Published: 14/02/2023
Harris Associates are pleased to announce that they have been awarded ISO 14001 certification for Environmental Management. ISO 14001 is an internationally agreed standard that provides companies with a framework to help identify, monitor, and control their environmental performance through efficient resource consumption and waste minimisation. The overall goal of this accreditation is to improve processes, develop best practices and push for continual improvement to reduce a business’s environmental impact while remaining commercially successful on the road to a sustainable future.
Part of the journey to achieving accreditation involved a mindset change to heavily reduce printing usage by over 70%, increased training budget for the team and a growth in positive feedback and testimonials for the business.
Chioma Ibe, Head of Marketing and Research at Harris Associates said “We are committed to improving our environmental performance and achieving ISO 14001 certification helps advance sustainable practices across all areas of our footprint, including waste, water, energy, and emissions. Adopting a formal EMS that is ISO 14001 certified ensures that we’re adhering to best practices that manage and minimise our impact on the environment. It is an important accomplishment and the direct result of the commitment and hard work of our teams.”
Harris Associates is soon launching a suite of new services aimed at helping their clients to shift to a more sustainable way of conducting operations, so it was important to ensure that their own house was in order beforehand. The company also expects the majority of companies they partner with to be certified, as it shows a commitment to sustainability issues, and ensures they have thorough processes and systems in place.
Harris Associates are an award-winning RICS building and project consultancy providing advisory, and project-led services at every stage of a building's life cycle, across commercial and residential sectors.
They specialise in Building Surveying, Project Management, Landlord/Tenant issues, and Cost Management and are one of the premier providers of façade and cladding assessment and remediation throughout the UK.
Harris Associates have an entire in-house façade team of chartered engineers, technicians, and project managers that work on projects of all sizes. Having overseen sixty-plus remediation schemes, they advise on compliance matters, carry out investigations, oversee and coordinate façade remediation work, compliance reviews, and EWS1 work and coordinate and deliver PAS 9980 assessments.
For more information, assistance, or advice please get in touch with Shaun Harris or Richard Stone
shaun@harrisassociatesuk.com richard@harrisassociatesuk.com or call 0203 195 0857 or 0161 615 3679.