NEBOSH is the leading examination board for health, safety, and environmental management.  The company is currently reaping the benefits of completing the ISO14001:2015 accreditation process. This new accreditation process has reduced the environmental impact of its Leicester headquarters.

NEBOSH is the provider of health, safety and environmental qualifications that are recognised around the world. The NEBOSH Green Team were the leaders in the work to get the company to the right standard for the accreditation. The team led research to identify and implement the behavioural changes required to deliver a substantial environmental improvement. Although these behaviors were relatively simple things to change, the affect has led to a reduced gas usage of 13% at the NEBOSH head office and cut the amount of water used by the company. NEBOSH now also recycles 78% of its waste.

Other ways of gaining the accreditation have been improving business practices so that they are carried out in a more sustainable way. Practices such as double sided printing has reduced paper use by 18%. Staff are also encouraged to take laptops in to meetings to further reduce paper usage.

A key part of the ISO14001:2015 accreditation scheme is continuous improvement. Therefore, the NEBOSH has been set quarterly KPIs as targets for the employees to aim for. 2017s focuses will focus on reducing the company’s miles traveled and change NEBOSH’s attitude towards travel. Reducing the miles covered by the team includes holding webinars in order to reduce travel to meetings. The ISO14001:2015 accreditation expects organization to consider any and all environmental issues that could be relevant to their operations. These aspects of environmental sustainability can include air pollution, water, sewage and waste management. Other factors include soil contamination, mitigating climate change and adaptation and resource and efficiency. These requirements are above and beyond current and future statutory and regulatory requirements.