as required by the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. It sets out the general policy for protecting health. safety, and welfare of our employees at work and others who may be affected by our undertaking. It describes the organisation and arrangements for putting policies and procedures into practice. An independent health and safety advisor checks and updates our policy annually, and carries out inspections and spot checks on our sites locally and nationally.

which commits our organisation at all levels to ensure that we create a climate of excellence not only in our products and services, but also for our employees, persons affected by our activities, and the environment. We will manage our activities to minimise wherever practicable their effect on the environment and adopt the principle of BATNEEC (best available techniques not entailing excessive costs). In this we are committed at all levels and within all functions of the organisation to continual improvement. We recognise that this will only be achieved through regular monitoring of our environmental performance against objectives regulated by a committed management system.