Environment

Much of the work we carry out has a direct impact on improving the environment and social conditions for communities around the UK. However, we recognise that our activities, and materials used can potentially have a detrimental effect in some areas.

With this in mind we became one of the first civil engineering companies within Great Britain to attain the international standard for Environmental Management Systems - BS EN ISO14001.

This was accomplished in 2001 using ‘Project Acorn’ which offered a new, five level approach to implementing an Environmental Management System (EMS).

It provided a framework for developing systems for the management of environmental issues within individual companies.

It was a joint initiative by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Transport, the Environment and the Regions (DETR), British Standards Institution (BSI) and the consultancy firm 14000 and ONE Solutions.
Bethell was selected to become one of the 50 ‘fast-track’ companies who were given extra support to progress through all five levels of the model within the time frame of the pilot programme.