Witham awarded ISO 14001 Environmental Standard

In an industry where traditionally additives, chemicals and fossil-based products and energy are essential to the manufacturing process, we have challenged ourselves to ensure wherever possible the environment is at the heart of our activities. We are working extremely hard to create a “greener culture” within our business.

Our aim is always to operate within a climate of excellence. That means not only the best performing products and service but also our methods of manufacturing, energy use, waste disposal, packaging, fuel efficiency and welfare of those affected by our activities are being constantly monitored. As part of our commitment to put the environment at the heart of what we do, we have developed an award winning range of Environmentally sensitive products, all designed to help reduce lubricant impact and also are investing in unique, award winning technology to drastically reduce our carbon footprint.

We were therefore thrilled to recently be awarded with the ISO 14001:2015 Standard. ISO 14001 is an internationally agreed standard that sets out the requirements for an environmental management system within a business or organisation. This accreditation confirms the enhancement of our environmental performance, fulfilment of compliance obligations and achievement of environmental objectives. We are delighted to have been awarded this standard, which also will go alongside our existing certification of quality management: ISO 9001:2015 and our Royal Warrant, which all showcase the standards of excellence that we operate within.

New environmental aims and objectives for 2021

We are not resting on our laurels though, the ISO standard is a crucial measurement of how we operate with the Environment, but we also have a huge passion to improve things further and continually develop new ways to reduce our impact and increase sustainability, not only for ourselves but for other businesses and the lubricant industry as a whole.

Our aims and objectives:

• To become the first global lubricant manufacturer to blend with a carbon neutral footprint
• To reduce fuel usage and emissions from our transport fleet by between 5 – 10%
• To replace plastic packaging to packaging made from recycled materials and measure the reduction
• To monitor and record energy savings used by our unique ultrasound method of manufacturing, using energy dashboard and energy audit findings
• To promote more of our environmentally sensitive product range, such as Barn Paint (water based low VOC), Prolan (lanolin and NSF approved), Bio Lube and Hybrid products wherever possible as part of the Group’s marketing strategy.

To read more about our company commitment to reduce our impact on the environment and see our range of environmentally-friendly products, please click here.