Our commitment to the Environment

ISO 14001:2015 specifies the requirements for an environmental management system that an organisation can use to enhance its environmental performance and was first achieved by STL in 2022.

As a business, we believe that achieving such high environmental standards is not only the ethical thing to do but it makes business sense, driving down costs through increased operational efficiencies. We have a global customer base spanning several continents and increasingly, our customers also want to see us demonstrating environmental best practice.

As part of the journey to ISO 14001:2015, we have implemented new processes across our shop floor operations, such as:

• A complete review of our packaging process, ensuring we package in the most efficient way, recycle and work with customers to ensure re-use of packaging where possible.
• Improving oil waste management, ensuring oil waste is stored in a dedicated holding area ready to be collected and recycled.
• Trained spill kit operators now exist to manage and clean up any spillages along with investment in spill kit equipment in every factory to clean and dispose of spilt oil correctly.
• Calor, diesel and propane gas fuelling factory operations were relocated to optimum, secured environments and a full audit was conducted on supply chain partners such as Veolia, to ensure all waste is disposed of and recycled correctly.
• The installation of more energy efficient LED lighting within two factories and dispatch areas, as the company implements further efforts to reduce our carbon footprint.
• Currently feasibility studies are being conducted on the use of our roof space for PV cells to minimise the cost of electricity and cut emissions from carbon producing national generators.