Carrington Workwear and the Environment
High environmental standards provide the foundations which are essential for long term growth.
Our commitment to reducing our impact on the environment plays a major part in the way we develop and operate our business.
We firmly believe that good environmental performance and efficient use of resources make for a better business.
We recognise the benefits for all of integrating environmental strategy into our business, we do this by:
- Measuring, reviewing and continuously improving the environmental impacts of our operations
- Using resources efficiently and minimising waste wherever possible
- Eco-innovating our production processes and products
- Working with our suppliers, customers and employees to promote good environmental practice
Our parent company Pincroft Dyeing & Printing Co. Ltd is certified to the international environmental management standard BS EN ISO 14001:2004 (view certificate)
Environmental initiatives in the manufacturing of our products include:
- Energy Saving
- Installation of one of industries largest heat recovery systems, recovering waste heat from waste water and atmospheric releases to heat clean process water.
- Annual saving of natural gas of > 750,000 cubic metres
- Reducing CO2 emissions by more than 4,000 tonnes per year (read more)
- Water Use
- Water for all wet processes has been reduced to well below industry benchmarks by investing in the best available equipment, use of greener chemistry and 'smart' use of water
- Reducing effluent production by more than 50,000 m3 per year
- Resource Efficiency
- By investing in chemical recovery systems, chemical substitution and process optimisation we have realised significant reductions in the use of products
- Chemical consumption reduced by more than 100,000 tonnes per year
- Waste Minimisation
- Our purchasing policy means that waste is kept to a minimum and where possible all remaining packaging is re-used or recycled, these ideals are passed onto our supply chain. As a result of these measures significant amounts of waste have diverted from landfill.
