EnvironmentalStatement
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Gresham Office Furniture is an environmentally friendly company:
With a sensitive and responsive attitude to the effects that its manufacturing processes, waste materials and packaging may have on the environment. As a Company already accredited to BS EN ISO 9001:2008 we always aim for the best industry practice and pursue a policy that all products and processes conform to the latest appropriate United Kingdom and International standards. To further this commitment to the environment we achieved accreditation to BS EN ISO 14001 Environmental Management System in 2000, and have continued to demonstrate continual improvements in this field since inception.
The main elements in Gresham furniture are melamine faced chipboard with steel and alloy components. Other items include the use of Polypropylene edging as opposed to more harmful and less environmentally friendly Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC), cable ports and various minor components, all of which are bought in and are sourced from well-established reputable manufacturers.
The chipboard is manufactured from wood residues and soft and hardwood thinnings from sustainable sources with resins and processes conforming to the lowest European levels of E1 formaldehyde emissions. The majority of process waste from board production is disposed of by incineration to produce internal heating for the factory and offices, thereby reducing the need to burn fossil fuels with their known harmful emissions.
Gresham Office Furniture Limited has a similar policy of disposing of all other waste materials and has recently invested heavily into specialist compacting machinery ensuring that any waste is reduced by a ratio of 3:1. The use of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) normally found in glues are totally eliminated by use of water based adhesives. A program of continuous monitoring and improving all other processes is actively encouraged and supported by the Company. //Read Environmental Policy |
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