Swish Environmental Actions

Swish achieved ISO14001 Environmental Management Certification in 2007. Since that time Swish has continuously improved the environmental performance of its manufacturing and distribution operations.

2014 Report

Swish Building Products is an industry leader in the efficient production of cellular PVCue and PVCu products. We recognise that it is becoming increasingly important to use our material and energy resources more efficiently, effectively and with greater regard to the environmental effects that flow from their use.

The Swish Resource Use Policy sets out the company’s commitment to reducing and refining its use of resources based on the principles of Vinyl Plus, the European PVC industry’s own commitment to meaningful environmental action over the period to 2020.

In 2007 Swish achieved ISO14001 Environmental Management Certification and as a result has improved its performance in terms of production efficiency and waste management. This in turn has led to significant reductions in energy inputs, water usage and scrappage rates during manufacture. Improvements in our transport efficiency have led to better levels of service and reductions in fuel usage.

These represent the most obvious and effective actions that the company could take in the short to medium term in order to make meaningful reductions in resource use.

The Company's Environmental achievements during 2014 and since 2008 look like this:

  Elements 2014 Actual Change since 2008 2015 Target
Direct Impacts Fixed (Production) Electricity, Gas, Heater Fuel -6.5% -32.2% -3%
Moving Impacts (Transportation) Transport Vehicle Fuel, LPG -5.8% -15.0% Benchmark
Combined Fixed and Moving   -4.2% -29.3% N/A
Water Consumption of water -8.2% -61.7% Maintain
Production & office waste Primarily card, poly, paper, wood and metal 21.3% 113.7% Maintain
General waste Unsorted waste -51% -50.7% -10%