SUSTAINABILITY
PEOPLE & PLANET
New environment and sustainability initiatives reflect ‘we care’ principles at Palace Chemicals.
that they have relevant policies in place to protect the people involved in their processes and the planet. It also seeks to support any measures that its partners are taking to manage their own carbon footprints.
Palace’s aim is to reduce its own and its partners’ carbon footprints, thereby improving its overall sustainability impact on the planet.
Having gained ISO 14001 BSI accreditation for Environmental Management Systems nearly 20 years ago, and eliminating waste to landfill, the team continually searches for ways to further reduce the company’s carbon footprint and create superior manufacturing systems and better working conditions.
In 2024 the company installed 842 solar panels, and these now supply more than 75% of the company’s production processes. Additionally, the rest of Palace’s energy requirements are from a provider which only supplies renewable energy, meaning that all the energy the company uses for its production processes comes from renewable sources. Meanwhile the company’s vehicle fleet now includes an increasing proportion of electric vehicles.
Palace also focuses on the sustainability of its products and packaging. For example, the EXTRA-LITE range is an addition which is designed to meet the needs of the modern tiling market where lightweight easy-to-use products are in demand.
The EXTRA-LITE range is a sustainable choice, since it contains more than 40% recycled material, comprising sustainable raw materials taken from low carbon production processes. The company also offers a range of six different levellers, all of which now include recycled content.
The company’s research and development team continues to focus on new and innovative solutions designed to reduce the overall environmental impact and carbon footprint. This is evidenced by sustained investment and the recruitment most recently of a dedicated research cementologist who has joined the team.
More than 840 new solar panels, a change to renewable energy sourcing and a major investment in sustainable packaging – these are among the recent environmental initiatives at Palace Chemicals.
Palace’s continual investment in its production facilities is designed to help serve customers better, while striving to reduce the company’s carbon footprint. It is also very careful in its manufacturing processes, particularly with regard to the raw materials it uses, to minimise its environmental impact.
Palace’s work in this area has certainly not gone unnoticed, as the company has just won the category for Sustainability Initiative of the Year at the prestigious annual DIY Week Awards.
For Palace, sustainability is about a lot more than product formulation. It is part of the company’s ethos to assist and advise customers on how to use adhesive products in an environmentally sensitive way. It does this by promoting the benefits of effective environmental management, while also ensuring responsible procurement by only trading with suppliers that comply with sustainable social and ethical business policies.
In this way Palace manages its supply chain to ensure full compliance with all environmental and social standards. The company actively audits all of its supply chain partners to check
18
www.tomorrowscontractfloors.co.uk
Palace also works hard with its packaging suppliers, and has converted over two million containers, so they are now produced entirely from post-consumer recycled plastic (PCR). Additionally, it has removed more than 80,000 composite paper sacks from its waste system, with almost 100% of its raw materials now handled via a fully automated bulk transfer system. This innovation alone has resulted in a huge reduction in waste as well as reducing the volume and frequency of transportation to and from the plant.
www.palacechemicals.co.uk
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44
