ACTIS proves its environmental credentials
ACTIS achieves ISO 14001 certification and targets further
reductions in its environmental impact
WILTSHIRE, 22nd OCTOBER 2008: In line with its commitments to make
products that benefit the environment, and to reduce the
environmental impact of its manufacturing operations, ACTIS
Insulation is delighted to announce that it is now certified to the
international Environmental Management Standard ISO 14001.
Achieving the standard has involved ACTIS identifying the impact of
its activities on the environment and putting in place actions to
reduce these impacts as part of a continuous environmental
improvement plan. It has also involved environmental awareness
raising and training for its staff and contractors.
Over the last five years the company has made many changes to its
manufacturing process and now manufactures all the components of its
innovative multifoil insulation products at its modern, fully
integrated production facilities near Toulouse, France. This gives
it full control over the environmental impact and quality1 of the
manufacture of its products.
“Achieving certification to ISO 14001 clearly demonstrates our
commitment to on-going improvement in our environmental performance.
It is an important step for us as we continue to research and
develop insulation products that benefit the environment throughout
their life cycle” said Matthew King, Manager UK and Ireland, ACTIS
Insulation Ltd.
ACTIS’ environmental credentials include:
Optimising the management of waste through:
The installation of waste sorting equipment in its factories
Recycling of pallets at all production sites
Investment in machinery that can reuse almost all production waste
so that off cuts are recycled back into the production process –
giving a wastage rate of almost zero
Reducing energy consumption by, for example, planning production
runs to avoid the need to keep stopping and restarting machinery
Environmental benefits of ACTIS insulation include:
Action against all forms of heat losses in buildings and to take
account of climatic conditions variations (temperature, wind,
moisture) so that customers save energy on heating in winter and
cooling in summer
Easy installation with very low wastage during installation
Durability with long lasting insulation performance
For ACTIS, the environmental policy extends to protect the health of
its users:
Design and manufacture of products that preserve the interior air
quality
Products that don’t cause any skin irritation
Products that are light and easy to install
As part of its drive for continuous environmental improvement, ACTIS’
environmental targets for 2009 include:
Completing a lifecycle analysis of the environmental impact of its
products, with a view to identifying ways to further reduce its
environmental impact in the future
Analysing the energy consumption of each machine at its
manufacturing facilities with the aim of reducing energy consumption
by ten percent for each square metre of product made
Identifying additional reductions in waste at all of its factories
Exploring ways to increase the amount of raw materials sourced from
renewable sources used in its products
Committed to innovation, every year ACTIS invests five percent of
its turnover in research and development (Euro 15 million since
2003) to promote innovation and performance and its R&D department
researches how to incorporate environmental management into its new
products.
The company has two test laboratories and two test sites in France
with 12 buildings where it tests its products in full sized
buildings which demonstrate the effectiveness of its insulation
under real conditions, rather than relying only on laboratory tests.
The company is using the results of these comparative tests in real
conditions to understand more about the specific physical attributes
of its products and to develop new holistic solutions to enable the
construction of the low energy buildings that will be needed in the
future.
ACTIS has offered thin multifoil insulation for more than 11 years
in the UK. Easy to install, this insulation offers excellent thermal
performance in summer and winter and enables insulation specifiers
to make the best use of living space, particularly in loft
conversions and historic buildings, due to its thinness.
Achieving certification to ISO14001 is part of ACTIS’ long term
commitment to the environment, both in terms of production of its
existing products and also in terms of research and development for
the insulation products of the future.
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