ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIAL & GOVERNANCE (ESG)

We are committed to building our business through sustainable growth to ensure we have a lasting positive impact on our environment and society. As a result, we have begun our journey to Net Zero and continue to build our roadmap toward a sustainable future.

We have partnered with Inspired PLC to measure our carbon balance sheet and set our Net Zero target. We will be reviewing the level of our Scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas emissions that will then form part of our long-term objective to be Net Zero by 2050.

ISO 14001

We are proud to have achieved the environmental standard ISO 14001 across the Bowers Group business. As we take our environmental responsibility very seriously, we are committed to continued improvement in key areas of efficient energy use and to minimising waste and pollution.

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY STATEMENT

Bowers Group Senior Management is committed to managing its business in an environmentally responsible manner. The company designs, manufactures and distributes products with both sustainability and life cycle principles at its heart.

To achieve this, Bowers Group Management will:

• Comply with all compliance obligations, where these relate to our environmental aspects.
• Provide employees and others with the required resources for the Environmental Management System (EMS), including support and direction to fulfil the requirements of their roles.
• Maintain registration to the environmental management standard BS EN ISO 14001:2015 as defined within the scope of our Integrated Management System (IMS).
• Assess and consider the environmental impact including pollution prevention, of all our activities at every opportunity and use the environmental management system to provide a framework for the setting and reviewing of environmental objectives and targets, to help support our continuous improvement.
• Minimise waste to landfill by reducing our waste generation and segregating and recycling waste where reasonably practicable.
• Use energy, water, materials, and other natural resources as efficiently as possible, and where reasonably practicable use consumable items with long term sustainability.

This policy is documented, implemented, maintained, and communicated to all employees and sub-contractors working for or on behalf of Bowers Group. Employees and sub-contractors are expected to co-operate and assist in the implementation of this policy, whilst ensuring that their own work, so far as is reasonably practicable, is carried out without risk to themselves or others or the environment.

The policy will be continuously reviewed to ensure it reflects current business activities and is displayed in a prominent position within the organisation and in an area accessible by the public.

Signed on behalf of the Bowers Group Directors.

Martin Hawkins

Managing Director