CSR
Environmental Policy
Symphony recognises a responsibility to help its customers make the most environmentally positive purchasing decisions within the limits of current knowledge and to act itself in an environmentally aware manner.
Objectives
- To supply the least environmentally damaging products.
- To purchase and sell products which have been recycled, are reusable or are degradable.
- To seek out new environmentally sound products and encourage early introduction.
- To publicise our environmental policy to our customers.
- To pursue certification of environmental standards.
- To meet all requirements of relevant environmental legislations.
- To seek and reduce excess packaging.
- To reduce internal waste by recycling or increase efficiency.
Actions
To reduce the impact of Symphony's activities on the environment by:
- Purchasing low energy consuming lighting, computers, office equipment, electrical equipment and machinery.
- Encouraging Officers of the Company to purchase the most energy efficient vehicles.
- Making available refills or reuse products as many times as possible.
- Promoting paperless administration systems, e.g. EDI, CRM systems, the internet.
- Reducing repackaging by changing the unit of issue to manufacturers' pack size, where appropriate, and encouraging customers to purchase in those units.