Our vision
Our products are built for tomorrow and we’re focused on protecting tomorrow in the way we work. As such, we’re positioning ourselves to be the greenest environmentally friendly supplier to the building services industry..
We’re always forward-thinking and constantly strive to improve the industries we serve and make our industry better. If we can achieve this, we will play a part in improving the environment and ensuring a prosperous future for the planet.
You can see our ambitions in our strapline “Built for Tomorrow”, which highlights the future focus of what we do and how we do it. To get there, we had to transform – one of the most important stages was to transform into a carbon neutral organisation.
Aligning our efforts with UN Sustainable Development Goals
We made the decision to align our sustainability initiatives to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), to help up further identify our priorities for action going forward.
Good Health and Well-being
Internal review of our facilities and introduce regular initiatives to improve staff care
Gender Equality
Promote gender equality and remove any barriers to any jobs across our organisation
Clean Water and Sanitation
Improve across all our global touch points, including through Brymec Foundation
Sustainable Cities and Communities
Work as a sustainable supply chain partner, providing sustainable mechanical solutions to buildings
Responsible Consumption and Production
Continuously work to further reduce waste, consume less packaging, and increase recycling
Climate Action
Become carbon neutral and seek out carbon offsets
Partnerships for the Goals
Ensure we reach neutrality and set a new goal to go beyond with a carbon reduction company
Getting the carbon neutral process started
We began by commissioning an independent audit of our greenhouse gas emissions against the WRI/WBCSD Greenhouse Gas Protocol and ISO 14064-1. After working out our emission levels with our auditors, we identified the steps we needed to take to become carbon neutral and set a target date.
Our supply chain model gave us the perfect platform.
Our innovative Brymec Breeze supply chain model means we are involved in considerably less product movement than our competitors who retain a traditional model. In turn, this lessens the environmental footprint of our supply chain. The only warehouse our products will pass through is our own.
Our Environmentally Friendly Business Model
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Actions we have taken so far
Working with our external auditors we identified opportunities to reduce our carbon emissions and reduce energy usage.
Electric charging points in the car park, for staff and visitor usage
Full Plastic Reduction scheme in place across all products
Removal of plastic cups and cutlery in the canteen
All internal lighting is automatic LED
Cycle rack provided and all staff encouraged to ride to work
Efficient Air Source Heat Pumps installed
An additional 50% thermal insulation installed at our Gatwick warehouse
Lessening the environmental impact of our supply chain and logistics
Our Supply Chain
We have worked collaboratively with our supply partners to:
- Develop sustainable product
- Improve the manufacturing process of our branded products, to lower emissions, waste and water consumption
- Increase controls on sustainable and safe waste management
- Ensure our partners adhere to our ESG and labour standards
- Ensure manufacturing lead times are aligned with demand planning to avoid the use of air freight
- Reduce the usage of single-use plastics
Logistics
Nearly 100% of deliveries via our dedicated fleet of well-maintained vehicles adhere to local emission regulations.
Strive to replace older vehicles with new electric options where possible.
The few deliveries we don’t make directly are done by trusted partners who adhere to our carbon neutral standards.
Making the case for change in the industry to achieve better environmental sustainability.
Our packaging
We have been working closely with our packaging suppliers to ensure that we only utilise packaging which is recyclable or biodegradable.
- We are working to have all plastic moved over to oxo-biodegradable
- We decided to remove all unnecessary plastic from packaging and products
- We are working with our suppliers to help us switch over to fully oxo-biodegradable pallet wrap
FSC®️ Certification
With project specifications and industry standards continuously evolving, and to align with our carbon neutral status, Brymec obtained FSC Certification.
Brymec supports FSC’s vision to highlight the true value of forests so society can recognise them worldwide. When a customer sees the FSC ‘TickTree’ logo, they can be confident when buying the product, it means there was no harming the world’s forest.
Look out for our FSC ® certified products.
Carbon neutral certification
In June 2022, Brymec Ltd gained certification as a Carbon Neutral business.
We don’t consider our certification as the end of a process, rather it’s the beginning of a long journey. We must continue lessening our impact on the global environment for the world to thrive in the future.
To measure our continued commitment against set benchmarks, we have implemented a process of annual environmental audits. To continue to drive us on our mission, we have also launched a staff Environmental Champions programme. Our Champions will be tasked with monitoring our adherence to Carbon Neutral and leading our continued improvements going forward.
