When many of their clients started asking suppliers about their environmental practices, Home recognised the need for more formal systems. As part of a long term strategy they formalised and extended their environmental management system (EMS) with the help of outside consultants Zero2050.
The process was embraced by staff and the EMS now covers all aspects of their business. It aims to monitor environmental performance and target ongoing improvements through structured processes. So successful has this been that Home decided to seek accreditation to the international environmental management standard ISO14001 through an external audit process. Accreditation was achieved in April 2011.