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from waste to resource FCC Environment Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2015 Contents Introduction Doing the right thing 04 Foreword 33 Integrated Management System 06 What we do 34 Contributing to communities 08 Who we are Forward thinking Highlights and challenges 39 Introduction 16 11 Contract wins and renewals 41 Industry opinion 08 People focus 13 Infrastructure investments Who we are Appendix People focus 42 Appendix 1: 17 Health and safety Waste management methods 20 Equality and diversity 43 Appendix 2: 22 Competence Carbon emissions Management System 23 ABCD Awards Environmental commitment 25 Regulatory compliance 26 Reducing our energy use 32 28 Land restoration Doing the 30 Energy crops right thing 04 06 Foreword from What we do 10 24 Paul Taylor Highlights Environmental and challenges commitment 38 Forward thinking 2 — 3 FCC Corporate Social Responsibility Report Foreword Paul Taylor As one of the UK’s largest waste management Chief Executive Officer and recycling businesses, our corporate social FCC Environment responsibility is a meaningful gauge of FCC Environment’s sustainability. Over the last five years we have Will demand curtail, or will increased We look ahead to the future with transformed our safety culture, recycling to meet the demands of the enthusiasm, despite the uncertainties improved our standards of working, Circular Economy Package mean our we face: not least the British £20m made strategic investments in European neighbours need more fuel referendum on EU membership; infrastructure, supported local to keep their lights on? the possible adoption of the We are planting communities, developed new revenue Circular Economy package; and energy crops to turn In the meantime, we continue to look streams and significantly reduced its undetermined impacts on the our closed landfills into ahead and provide leadership in the the environmental impacts of our marketplace. sector. We have a number of energy abundant sources of activities. from waste facilities in the pipeline With these factors compounding the renewable fuel, and in All of this reflects how our core in Buckinghamshire, Worcestershire effects of austerity, the coming years 2015 alone contributed values are driving change within our and an expansion at our Eastcroft will demand a solid and sustainable more than £20 million organisation, and it is rewarding to be plant in Nottingham, as well as a new business model. Corporate social part of a workforce that acts sincerely combined heat and power project responsibility is a good place to start. to local communities. on these values. in Edinburgh and Midlothian. We are So for now, let’s reflect on our planting energy crops to turn our Our successes have, in some cases, progress over recent years and closed landfills into abundant sources been in spite of a challenging continue to set the bar ever higher. of renewable fuel, and in 2015 alone economic and political backdrop, contributed more than £20 million to with commodity price volatility and local communities. light touch legislation leading to a lack of confidence in the market. Re-use continues to play a vital role The resulting shortage of inward in reducing waste and benefitting investment, certainty and direction, society. We have added to our re-use means we are likely to encounter more portfolio with new ventures in Hull challenges on the road ahead. and Ipswich, and are planning even more in 2016. Our pioneering work The debate about the adequacy of the in this area has been recognised with UK’s waste processing infrastructure a National Recycling Award, along capacity has become further with charity partner Abacus and HMP complicated by questions around Rochester. the export of refuse derived fuel. 4 — 5 FCC Corporate Social Responsibility Report Business waste solutions Green energy FCC What we do Business waste solutions We continue to invest in Environment FCC Environment is offers services for our and expand our range of — 2,449 business and industrial treatment technologies The business one of the leading customers to help them to recover as much clean in numbers FCC Environment employs 2,449 people waste management save money, waste less and energy as possible from across England, recycle more waste material Scotland and Wales at and recycling — — more than 200 sites businesses in Britain. Municipal services Waste processing Municipal services helps We process all our We reclaim the value in household and business waste local authorities serve their customers’ waste, including communities with long- chemical and hazardous 6000 through recycling, waste processing and green energy programmes. Our activities contribute to the UK’s resource and short-term contracts for waste, in a safe, secure and collecting, recycling and sustainable way avoiding We manage waste and energy security, and reduce the climate change for more than 6,000 impacts of managing waste. treating household waste landfill where possible business customers We drive behavioural and technological change, helping — and 60 local society reduce waste and manage resources sustainably. Appendix 1 (see page 42) shows how authorities we are recovering more and more Recycling value from waste. Our recycling and composting technology extracts the maximum value from the waste we collect, 8.3m with the minimum effort In 2015 we managed 8,311,639 tonnes of waste for our customers 6 — 7 FCC Corporate Social Responsibility Report Our values — Delivering clarity and Who we are direction Our business values give clarity and direction to our strategic priorities and everyday working practices. Operating according to these values enables us to deliver on our corporate social responsibility commitments, maintaining high standards for our workforce, our customers, and the communities we work with. Safety, Health, Environmental and People Environmental Doing the Forward Quality Policy Statement 2016 focus commitment right thing thinking Our corporate social responsibility Valuing and investing in Our focus on managing Delivering high quality We look ahead, prepare activities are underpinned by our Safety, the people who work for us resources sustainably services is the foundation for change, challenge the Health, Environmental and Quality Policy is vital if we are to provide means it is important that of a secure and successful status quo, and provide Statement 2016, approved by FCC’s Board our customers with the we lead by example with future, and we pursue leadership to drive a more of Directors. To view the policy in full best possible service activities that conserve and continual improvement resource-efficient future please visit www.fccenvironment.co.uk protect the environment in everything we do 8 — 9 FCC Corporate Social Responsibility Report Other new Contract wins and renewals contracts Highlights and investments Hull and East Riding South Ribble of Yorkshire Our new contract with South Ribble Suffolk County Council We have celebrated some Our new 10 year contracts Borough Council commenced in June Transfer station and haulage of residual waste commenced in April 2015, seeing 2015. During the seven year contract major successes in 2015, from investment in excess of £4.5m and we will help the Council save £4.2m. — the redevelopment of our Wilmington Meanwhile, the Council has pledged Luton Borough Council contract and award wins to waste transfer facilities. We are now to invest £1.5m in next year’s budget Integrated waste responsible for the management of for five new wagons, creating a fleet management service the opening of new re-use extension 13 household waste recycling centres of more environmentally friendly and waste processing centres and the onward treatment of domestic waste collection vehicles. — waste from East Ridings Council. Thurrock Council Treatment and disposal Oxfordshire — Falkirk Two waste transfer stations, at Conwy In May 2015, we launched a new seven Sutton Courtenay and Dix Pit are Green waste treatment year kerbside contract, collecting now operational, handling around the contents of residents’ recycling 45,000 tonnes of Oxfordshire County — boxes, textile sacks and food waste Council’s residual waste per year. Buckinghamshire containers. We have developed a new The 25 year contract will see the sites County Council depot to house the collection fleet at bulk up municipal waste for onward Biowaste Bonnybridge, with Falkirk Collections transport to an energy recovery — and Transport Manager Willie facility. Oxfordshire County Council North Yorkshire Patterson and his team transferred formally sent its thanks to FCC County Council from their previous location at Environment’s team for how smoothly Disposal and asbestos Greengairs Landfill. the change to the new contract was disposal managed, in recognition of the on-site — Torfaen team’s hard work. Rushmoor Borough Council Our new contract with Torfaen Glass recycling County Borough Council includes the — operation and management of a new Norfolk County Council household waste recycling centre and Interim treatment, waste transfer station at Panteg Way, transfer and haulage New Inn, Pontypool. The seven year — contract commenced on 1 April and will see us help the Council to achieve Carlisle Council Collection of recyclables its ambitious recycling rates. During the first year of the contract a 75% — target has been set, increasing to Merseyside Recycling 80% in years two to four and 85% in and Waste Authority year five. Interim treatment 10 — 11 FCC Corporate Social Responsibility Report