Our Environmental Commitments
At Castell Howell we take our commitment to the environment seriously.
Here we share some of our successes and highlight our targets for the future
With the advice of Business In the Community and other partners, we’re working on our ambitious Net Zero Action Plan and have made progress in reducing our carbon, yet recognise that we have more work to achieve.
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Carbon Emissions
Our Carbon Net Zero Action Plan will launch in July 2021
35% reduction in CO2 emissions in 2020 compared to 2019
5.1% of energy used in 2020 was sourced from our own solar panels
Waste Reduction
Zero waste to landfill
Signatories of the Courtauld Commitment 2025
5 tonne of expanded polystyrene diverted for recycling
All plastic & cardboard sent for further recycling
Environmental Standard
Audited to ISO14001 Environmental Standard at all depots
Our Celtic Coast Fish division is working towards B Corp Certification for Environmental and Social Governance
Sustainable Supply Chain
Recent members to the Roundtable of Sustainable Palm Oil
Members of the WRAP Green House Gas supply chain group to standardise carbon accounting methods
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Packaging & Recycling Policy
A key principle of our environmental policy is to work with our supply chain partners and external contractors to reduce our impact on the environment, in terms of carbon emissions, water usage and biodiversity.
Changes we have made include:
> Management of polystyrene waste through the investment of a Styromelt Machine.
> Zero waste to landfill
> Reduction of packaging at our butchery. We have;
– Completed an environmental impact assessment on a key product line
– Use returnable crates instead of boxes for the transit and delivery of our meat
– Work with suppliers to introduce new packaging
Our long term plan will allow us to develop strategies as the business continues to evolve and we’re currently working to implement the following to further support our environmental commitments:
> Identify packaging that we want to phase out of the supply chain
> Work with WRAP to minimise packaging usage
> Complete environmental impacts for key food products
Read our comprehensive Packaging & Recycling Statement here
