Aspect & Impact Statement
- Organization Name: RFL Property Services Ltd
- Date: 1st July 2024
- Scope: All activities, products, and services of RFL Property Services at Main Office and client sites within the scope of the management system.
Background:
Our largest areas of impact on the environment are on our client sites and in the options and solutions that we design and develop for our customers. In consideration of this RFLPS will work to deliver the actions detailed in the RFL Green Plan that fall within its scope of operations or other client's environmental plans and objectives.
Specifically our capital projects teams will take a whole life costing approach that incorporates sustainability principles in all refurbishment and new building projects.
We are also committed to delivering the requirement of the NHS 2020/21 planning guidance that all new NHS buildings must be designed to be carbon neutral.
Key Actions:
- Create a sustainable capital projects process to ensure sustainability is maximised on new builds and major refurbishments
- Create a set of scalable sustainability aims for all capital projects and major refurbishment
- Design our capital projects and major refurbishments to be usable during future projected weather profiles such as extreme heat
- Deliver new buildings that are rated "Excellent" by BREEAM, and "Very Good" for major refurbishments
- Review design briefs to ask for low carbon, low environmental impact proposals and solutions from suppliers and partners.
Aspect Identification and Impact Assessment:
The procedure for Identification of Aspects and Impact Assessment is detaled here
Responsibilities:
It is the responsibility of all employees to adhere to the mitigation measures outlined above and report any environmental concerns to the designated environmental management representative.
Review and Revision:
This aspect and impact statement will be reviewed and, if necessary, revised annually or more frequently if significant changes occur within the organization's operations or the regulatory environment.
| Version | Date | Title | Author | Approver | Review Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1 | 01-05-2024 | Aspect & Impact Statement | Nigel Walker | Draft | |
| 0.2 | 01-07-2024 | Aspect & Impact Statement | Nigel Walker | Draft | |
| 1.0 | 13-08-2024 | Aspect & Impact Statement | Nigel Walker | ISO Accreditation Project Board | 13-08-2025 |
Changelog
| Version | Change(s) |
|---|---|
| 0.1 | Initial draft |
| 0.2 | Added context, made relevant ref. to Green Plan, linked to Trust docs. |
| 1.0 | Final version approved by Project Board 13-08-2024 |