Caring for people and the planet
We conscious our duty of care extends beyond our own team, to others working on construction sites. It also extends past manufacturing and our own operations, having implications for the wider environment. We take both safety and sustainability seriously, and take all necessary steps to look after both.
Health & Safety
Our goal is to keep everyone safe. As expected for a company involved in manufacturing and active on construction sites across the country, we have our own strict set of policies and procedures. To ensure we are held to account and do not let any other aspect of the business influence policy, our Health & Safety Management Group is led by an external, independent expert. The work of this group is clear. To ensure best practice as standard and mandate change as necessary. Helping to reduce risk further, our ability to fabricate many facade elements off-site reduces the number of people and time required on site. Possible on a large scale, off-site fabrication also reduces waste on site and installation can be planned around other work for greater operational ease.
We are SiteWise Green certified and hold all applicable insurances.
Sustainability
We use what is commonly known as ‘green aluminium’. Aluminum may be considered ‘green’ when it comes from smelters which run on electricity sourced from renewable resources, such as the hydroelectric power that feeds Tiwai Smelter in Southland. When aluminium is produced in such smelters, the emissions are typically around ⅓ of those from smelters powered by electricity from fossil fuels.
The benefits of aluminium grow exponentially over the totality of its life, which is considerable. Over 75% of all aluminium ever produced remains in use today. The reason for this is that aluminium is infinitely recyclable. What’s more, recycling aluminium uses 90% less energy than the original production process. All of the offcuts and swarf from our manufacturing process go on to be recycled.
Our Aluminium Waste: What Happens Next?
Waste is certainly unavoidable in manufacturing. There may be a few exceptions but for the most part, making something means making waste. When this happens, it's what we then make of that waste which is important.