Redbridge Lakes –
Environmental Action Plan November 2011
Overall responsibility for actions:
Date for next review:
What
Gordon Bullock
November 2012
Benefits
How
Target
By whom
& when
Initial Implementation of Environmental Policy
Brief team re policy
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Publicise new policy
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Gets team on side
Demonstrates you are
serious about intentions
Invites team to
contribute ideas to help
business operate more
efficiently
Fulfils part of your policy
commitments
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Enhance relationships
with the Borough
Attractive to
environmentally aware
clients
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Hand a copy of policy to everyone on the team to read through
Outline reasons for the policy and benefits to Redbridge Lakes. For example:
o Should help the team to identify and focus on potential cost savings and
efficiency gains (eg. reducing waste to landfill, site consumables etc)
o Commitment to demonstrable environmental management is helpful to
enhance customer/public/community/borough relations
o Any future tenders for grants may require Environmental Policy
Explain the continuous improvement focus (a requirement if you ever went down
the ISO 14001 track)
Make it clear that you welcome any suggestions in terms of how things can be
done differently
Load Policy Statement onto website
Contact the Borough’s Environmental section and forward them a copy of your
policy and bio-diversity plan to demonstrate how your approach is consistent with
their Environmental Strategy and the Redbridge Bio-Diversity Plan
Email all customers and suppliers to inform them of environmental position
Briefing
completed
Gordon
Early Dec
2011
Policy
uploaded
Communicatio
n with
customers
Gordon
Late Jan
2012
Policy Aspect Implementation
Measurement of baseline
data
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Measure your use of
resources over a few
months of winter and
summer seasons to
identify issues, trends
and opportunities for
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Use spreadsheet to gather and enter all of your resource usage data for a couple
of sample months of winter and summer
Analyse for trends and any issues, identify opportunities for improvements
Set targets for reduction from baseline across all areas
Complete
baseline input
Gordon
By mid
summer
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Reduction in energy
consumption
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Reduce, recycle and
compost waste
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reduction
Helps you to focus your
efforts in priority areas
Reduced energy costs
and CO2 emissions
Reduction in waste to
landfill
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10% reduction
in energy use
year on year
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Continue to adjust and refine solar power and heat pump system to achieve
optimal performance
Team to start switching off printer at nights/weekends (obtain a timer if necessary)
Replace existing landfill bin with landfill and mixed recycling bin
Build compost on site for food and fish waste and distribute composted material
around plants as appropriate [Work now underway]
Implement new process to conduct yearly waste audits to monitor progress
Recommendat
ions reviewed
and
appropriate
actions begun
Review
annually
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Implement bio-diversity
action plan
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Encourage greater biodiversity at Redbridge
Lakes
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[Action plan points as to be provided by UEL]
Review environmental
legislation
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Ensures compliance as a
minimum
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Use legislation web tool such as: http://www.environmentagency.gov.uk/netregs/help/124894.aspx?dm_i=2WX,LABZ,4DPAZF,1Q6KF,1
Gordon
Gordon
Implemente
d by Jan
2012
Gordon
Gordon
Feb 2012