Corporate Social Responsibility

Everyone at Neales Waste Management, from onsite personnel to senior management in the boardroom, demonstrates a firm commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility by putting our good practice guidelines into action on a daily basis.

We shall:

• strive to improve our environmental performance through implementation of sustainable development and environmental policies;
• ensure a high level of business performance while minimizing and effectively managing risk;
• operate an equal opportunities policy for all present and potential future employees;
• offer our employees clear and fair terms of employment and provide resources to enable their continual development;
• provide safeguards to ensure that all employees are treated with respect and without sexual, physical or mental harassment;
• provide, and strive to maintain, a clean, healthy and safe working environment;
• uphold the values of honesty, partnership and fairness in our relationships with stakeholders;
• ensure our contracts clearly set out the agreed terms, conditions and the basis of our relationship;
• operate in a way that safeguards against unfair business practices; and
• encourage our suppliers and contractors to adopt responsible business policies and practices for our mutual benefit
• conduct our business in a responsible manner with due regards to the local environment.

Neales Waste Management turn up the heat

Blackburn’s Cathedral is going green with a little help from environmental business and friend of the Cathedral, Neales Waste Management.

Neales is funding a project to help the Cathedral become more eco-friendly, starting with a new combined heating and power system, which is also being part-funded with money raised from the landfill tax credit scheme.

The heating system is part of a £250,000 project underway at the Cathedral to allow them to produce all their own power on site, reducing their costs and carbon footprint.

Canon Andrew Hindley said: “We have a long standing relationship with Neales and naturally they were our first choice to help with this mammoth project.

“When they generously offered to donate 90% of the overall cost of the project we were delighted.”

The Blackburn-based waste management company has also had the challenging job of removing the historic Cathedral’s old heating system which needed specialist techniques due to asbestos contamination.

Canon Hindley added: “Neales’ specialist skills have also been invaluable as before the new system could be installed, the old plant room needed to be decontaminated from old asbestos used in the 1960’s; they have also disposed of all the pipes and materials from the old plant.”

Richard Matthewman, Managing Director at Neales Waste Management, said: “It was a pleasure to get behind this fantastic project at the Cathedral, we were happy to offer our specialist skills as well as financial backing.

“We are strongly committed to sustainable development and this project will bring the cathedral into the 21st century, as well as meaning it will be the first nationally with this energy efficient combined unit for heating and power.”

The new combined systems will provide heat and electricity to the Cathedral, when the Cathedral precinct development is completed it will also service surrounding buildings.

The Dean of Blackburn, The Very Reverend Christopher Armstrong said: “This project simply wouldn’t have been possible without the support of Richard and his team at Neales Waste Management.”

The Cathedral celebrated the new project with a special Green Harvest Service on 12th October 2008.