MASONRY SUPPORT SYSTEMS
Pictured left to right: Jemma Ison (Keystone Group Sustainability Manager), Kyle Alexander (Project and Engineering Manager), Andy Sharlot (Chief Designer), Andy Neal (Managing Director), Oliver Ball (Operations Manager) and Stephen Jennings (Financial Controller).
Andy Neal, Managing Director of IG Masonry Support.
“We switched to 85% recycled stainless steel and reduced our landfill waste to 0%.”
business’s CO2 emissions. We further reduced our emissions footprint by changing to a ‘green’ utility supplier and swapping diesel trucks for an electric fleet. Our purchase of less energy intensive fibre laser cutting machinery has also reduced material waste. The introduction of our carbon neutral programme coincided with the launch of B.O.S.S A1. an ultra-lightweight brick on soffit system. As a component building part, its carbon neutral status was important to us. Its certification soon led to the company’s carbon neutral classification in June 2021. Achieving this required us to do our homework to fully establish what carbon neutrality actually consisted of, as well as understand the legislation behind it. For this we recruited a Sustainability Manager from within the company. Having a staff member trained by external bodies to ensure companies within our group were fully-versed in carbon neutral legislation was an important step for us. In terms of our offsetting initiative, rather
than simply plant trees, we’ve invested in long-term sustainability energy programmes. Hence, our commitment to wind and solar schemes. Through our acquisition of a gap analysis template, we hope to demonstrate how such schemes are significantly reducing our offsetting requirement less and less each year. FOLLOWING THE SCIENCE Our actions do not stop there. We are following Science-Based Targets Methodology, which has achievement parameters of between five and 15 years into the future. This process is being carried out alongside collaborative workshops with the British Standards Institution, which have helped sculpt a sustainable culture into IG Masonry Support. It’s helped form an approach to sustainability that focuses on optimising our social, financial and intellectual capital, as well as our environmental wealth. These key elements ensure our strategy is inclusive, reflects our company values and importantly, will be successful. It is our
mid-term aim to reduce our Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by 76%, which covers direct emissions from owned or controlled sources, and indirect emissions from the generation of purchased electricity, steam, heating and cooling consumed by the reporting company, respectively. I believe we attained carbon neutral status sooner than anticipated because of the company’s inherent desire to do the right thing, rather than wait to have measures forced upon us. Whether it’s achieving ISO 9001 certification or matters related to any form of industry compliance, our approach is always the same. We don’t carry out these processes as a box ticking exercise by rushing to get all the paperwork the day before the auditor comes in. We have a dedicated sustainability team set up who are passionate about driving this forward. We do it properly because we want to advance our business’s carbon zero status, the quality of our product and help facilitate a sustainably-built environment for future generations.
For more information, contact IG Masonry Support by emailing info@igmss.co.uk or call T: +44 (0)28 8676 0334 www.igmasonrysupport.com
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