Gloucester, UK: P&M Group, which includes composite panel supplier, ISD Solutions, has appointed Joanne Moore as group sustainability manager.
Moore will work with Andy Moon, group chairman, to implement Project Acorn, a programme to improve the company’s sustainability performance throughout its operations and supply chain.
Specific measures include: greenhouse gas emissions benchmarking and reduction plan; full supply chain audit and best practice review to bring in line with sustainability policy; a roll out of social value activities to encourage the next generation of the construction industry; and a measurable waste reduction programme including a drive for the re-use of materials.
These will take place throughout the group, which alongside ISD Solutions contains PLG Insulations, doors and metal fabricator QuayTherm Manufacturing, a division in Australia and Midlands-based installations specialists Tysoe Holdings.
Moore said: “Clients are increasingly demanding subcontractors who fulfil certain environmental, social and governance criteria. So while this is the right thing to do, it makes business sense as well.”
Wylde Connections is advising the company on its sustainability project. Denise Taylor, managing director, Wylde Connections, said: “We believe that businesses can make a real difference when it comes to being better for the planet.”
“We are engaging with businesses for several reasons – because they are under pressure from supply chains and contractors, they’re losing opportunities by not being compliant, they want to improve their reputation, or they simply want to do the right thing.
“The P & M Group chose to talk to us for all the right reasons, based on ethics and a concern for the global environment while simultaneously recognising the business benefits of sustainability.
Andy Moon, chairman, P&M Group, said: “As a relatively small player in an industry of giants, we recognise the limited impact that our actions will have, but also how we must all play our part. We firmly believe in the saying “mighty oaks from little acorns grow”, hence the name of our programme.
“In recent years we have developed a burgeoning reputation for pioneering standards among our community of construction subcontractors. Our standards and quality, alongside our project planning resources place us in the top echelon in the construction industry.”
