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At Medical Services, we're committed to environmental awareness and maintaining the highest levels of environmental responsibility. This commitment to the environment has been recognised - we were recently given BS EN ISO 14001 accreditation (Environmental Management Systems).

 

So what exactly do we do?

TRANSPORT

 

 + We conserve fuel through enhanced vehicle design and maintenance
 + Carry out preventative maintenance inspections on vehicles, to reduce fuel emissions
 + Conduct research into use of alternative fuels
 + Run the largest cycle courier network in London
 + Trialling zero emission electric motorcycles
 + Largest fleet of hybrid cars in the UK
 + Implemented 'Corning DuraTrap AT filters' in all new diesel vehicles to meet our strict emission control policy

 

WASTE MANAGEMENT


 + We reduce the production of waste in all activities
 + Dispose of unavoidable waste in the right way
 + Recycle whenever possible, and reuse materials when possible
 + When available and economically viable, use recycled and refurbished products

 

  ENERGY

 + We conserve energy through best practices in building design and construction
 + Maximise energy conservation with lighting, heating and ventilation systems
 + Switch off all computers and peripherals at the end of the day
 + Reduce paper waste by electronic invoicing email whenever possible

 

PURCHASING


 + We use environmentally friendly products whenever possible
 + Make suppliers aware of our environmental concerns
 + Try to influence the environmental policy of suppliers