Overview of Health & Safety Policy Objectives
The Director recognises that there is a responsibility to ensure that all reasonable precautions are taken to provide and maintain working conditions which are safe, healthy and comply with all statutory requirements and codes of practice.
The company will, so far as is reasonably practicable, pay particular attention to:
- The provision and maintenance of systems of work that are safe and healthy.
- Arrangements for ensuring safety and absence of risks to health in connection with the use, handling, storage and transport of articles and substances.
- The provision of such information, instruction, training and supervision to ensure the health and safety at work of employees and others.
- The control of the place of work maintaining it in a safe condition.
- The provision of a safe means of access to and egress from the place of work.
- The maintenance of a working environment that is safe, without risks to health and provides adequate facilities and arrangements for welfare at work.
Environmental Policy
Introduction and aim
Toojiprint is a printing company operating from a site in Gloucester. Examples of our products are newsletters, brochures, business cards, variable data printed matter and other associated products. We recognise that our operations result in the generation of waste. It is our aim to reduce the environmental impacts of our business and to operate in an environmentally responsible manner. This policy describes how we will achieve our aim.
Responsibility
The Director is responsible for ensuring that the policy is implemented. However, all employees have a responsibility in their area to ensure that the aims and objectives of the policy are met.
Current Practice
Since our conception in 2006, we have implemented the following in our aim to reduce the environmental impacts of our business and to operate in an environmentally responsible manner:
- By using London EDF, a ‘Green’ Electricity Supplier
- Employing a Recycling Company to collect & recycle all paper waste on a weekly basis which is collected in special bins provided
- Waste Management in practice - Incorporation of ‘Speedflow’ software into the pre-press process which checks all files and artwork for errors prior to printing thus eliminating the need for re-printing should a mistake be found and minimising the wastage of paper, ink & electricity
- By ensuring staff switch off their PCs each night and by utilizing energy saving settings such as ‘sleep mode’ during the day
- By the nature of Digital printing itself which is a clean process emitting no chemicals or bi-products.
Targets
To maintain our aims, we have set ourselves the following targets for forthcoming year:
- Investigate the use of recycled packaging
- Encourage the use of recycled paper in manufacturing by specifically targeting companies & agencies in which this would be most appropriate such as Environmental agencies & National Trusts etc.
- Explore the possibility of recycling consumables for example, refilling of ink cartridges rather than disposal.
- Define good housekeeping for paper and ink use, ensure all new employees receive training in good housekeeping and incorporate this training into the induction programme for new employees.
Monitoring and auditing
Our current practice ensures that progress against these objectives is an ongoing process. Targets for the following year will be discussed in monthly management meetings and in our weekly ISO meetings, especially in the run up to preparation of ISO 14001.
Environmental Policy Action Plan
- Continue using London EDF, a ‘Green’ Electricity Supplier
- Continue using Recycling Company to collect & recycle all paper waste on a weekly basis using special bins provided
- Waste Management in practice - Incorporation of ‘Speedflow’ software into the pre-press process which checks all files and artwork for errors prior to printing thus eliminating the need for re-printing should a mistake be found and minimising the wastage of paper, ink & electricity
- By ensuring staff switch off their PCs each night and by utilizing energy saving settings such as ‘sleep mode’ during the day
- By the nature of Digital printing itself which is a clean process emitting no chemicals or bi-products.
- Investigate the use of recycled packaging
- Encourage the use of recycled paper in manufacturing by specifically targeting companies & agencies in which this would be most appropriate such as Environmental agencies & National Trusts etc.
- Explore the possibility of recycling consumables for example, refilling of ink cartridges rather than disposal.
- Define good housekeeping for paper and ink use, ensure all new employees receive training in good housekeeping and incorporate this training into the induction programme for new employees.
Target for ISO 14001 Accreditation – 3rd quarter 2007