Environmental management is the keystone in our strategy to be more sustainable. From this we have built our approaches to carbon management, biodiversity and community. This basic discipline has remained critical to coping with the changes around us and delivering improved performance since the birth of Aggregate Industries.

When Aggregate Industries was formed in 1997, environmental issues within business were in their infancy, but by 1999 we had achieved our first certification to ISO14001. In 2007, we have environmental management system (EMS) certification across most of the business and we have kept this at a similar pace to the overall growth of the company.

The EMS has been modified as the world about us changes. In the past ten years we have responded to many new or amended pieces of legislation and to changing expectations of our stakeholders. Through our approach to environmental management we have established a level of expertise that has provided us with the confidence to influence the direction of the sustainability agenda. In particular, it is the ability to draw upon accurate and current data to support our position.

This basis is now crucial as we move forwards into markets where more, and more accurate, information on the environmental performance of our products is being requested.

We still have room to improve our performance but, with the structure of the EMS well established, we have a solid foundation from which to build. From our ability to address the shortcomings of newly acquired businesses to the introduction of new initiatives, we are ready to address the challenges of the world about us.

Key Achievements

BiTC Corporate Responsibility Index 2007

Little Paxton Quarry achieves certification to The Wildlife Trusts' Biodiversity Benchmark