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Howdens Joinery Ltd, the UK’s number one trade kitchen supplier, has announced its commitment to maintaining carbon neutrality for its manufacturing operations at key sites in Howden and Runcorn by achieving carbon neutral certification from the Carbon Trust.

Established in 2001, the Carbon Trust works with businesses, governments and institutions around the world, helping them contribute to, and benefit from, a more sustainable future through carbon reduction, resource efficiency strategies, and commercialising low carbon businesses, systems and technologies. The Carbon Trust:

• works with corporates and governments, helping them to align their strategies with climate science and meet the goals of the Paris Agreement

• provides expert advice and assurance, giving investors and financial institutions the confidence that green finance will have genuinely green outcomes

• supports the development of low carbon technologies and solutions, building the foundations for the energy system of the future over 300 staff, representing over 30 nationalities based across five continents.

The certification Howdens Joinery Ltd has achieved confirms that its Yorkshire (Howden) and Cheshire (Runcorn) manufacturing sites meet the requirements of the internationally recognised PAS 2060 standard for carbon neutrality. Manufacturing operations at both sites constitute 40% of Howdens Joinery Group Plc overall Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions. In 2021, these sites manufactured over 4.2 million cabinets.

Rob Black, Director of ESG at Howdens said, “Our ESG vision to be the UK’s leading responsible kitchen business means that we are committed to reducing our impact on the environment in all areas. Carbon reduction has been embedded within our operational plans for many years and we are proud to have held the Carbon Trust Standard for carbon reduction for the last decade. We’re delighted to have achieved our Carbon Neutral certification and can proudly say that we continue to look for new ways that will contribute to our sustainability effort as a company.”

Hugh Jones, Managing Director at Carbon Trust Advisory said: “Howdens have been certified to the Carbon Trust Standard since 2012 and this year, we have worked with Howdens to verify their emissions at their Howden and Runcorn sites.

We are delighted to confirm the two sites have met the requirements of PAS 2060 for carbon neutrality. This builds on Howdens efforts in reducing carbon emissions year-on year and further demonstrates their commitment to progressing on their sustainability journey.”

For more information about carbon neutrality certification, please visit: www.carbontrust.com/

HAVING continued to expand its service offering over the past year, leading supplier of specialist building products PermaGroup has expanded its team too as part of its ambitious growth strategy.

The building products specialist has kicked off the new year by recruiting across several divisions, from accounts and customer service to operations and commercial, following a year that saw demand soar for all building products.

The company has taken on a range of experts to fill new and existing positions at the head office in Alfreton. These include: Neiah Slater, customer service advisor, Lee Bingham, operations manager, Charlotte Caddick, telephonist, and Rob Hunt in PermaRoof Commercial. technical manager. The expansion of the team comes off the back of two consecutive record years for PermaGroup, which has led to exponential growth.

Adrian Buttress, managing director of PermaGroup, said: “We’re proud to be starting the new year with such strong additions to the PermaGroup team. Our priority is to ensure we hire the right people for the role that are not just experts in what they do but are passionate about what we offer. The latest people to join PermaGroup exemplify our company culture and I’m thrilled to welcome them to the team.”

“We’ve really focused on what areas of the business we can improve with regards to recruitment. For example, taking on extra support in customer service was essential to enhance our customers’ buying journeys, and Lee joining as operations manager ensures the efficient delivery of our products. Our goal is to maintain quality as we expand, and not lose the fantastic experience we offer customers, merchants and stockists from start to finish. With more than 20 years of experience in senior logistics roles, operations manager Lee Bingham is responsible for the safety, efficiency and performance of both the warehouse and transport aspects of the business. He was brought on to prepare for, and support, the further growth planned for this year.

Lee said: “I was drawn to the company due to its rapidly expanding customer base, reputation in the industry and recent award wins. Adrian’s aspirations are amplified by the rest of the team, and I knew from this I’d be working in an ambitious and rewarding environment. Since starting my position I’ve found there to be a really strong team spirit, and I look forward to implementing new processes that will build on the existing foundations and improve our capabilities as an operations department.”

Adrian added: “This is just the start of our plans for 2022. We have exciting goals we want to achieve, but we can only do it with a strong team behind us, which is what we have. We’re looking forward to developing as a business and aiming for a third record breaking year.”

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