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Sovereign Group is committed to taking all practical steps to minimise the environmental impact of its procedures at every stage, from the factory itself to materials, transport, energy management and of course recycling. For example, the Group:
Recycles 100% of aluminium removed from site and 100% of all PVC-U, glass and steel waste from the factory.
Has set a target in its Environmental Action Plan to recycle 100% of PVC-U and 80% of steel from site within five years.
Fully supports the WRAP good practice. The Waste and Resources Action Programme is a major Government programme established to promote sustainable waste management by tackling the barriers to waste minimisation and increased recycling.
Recycles or re-uses office and packaging materials wherever possible.
Uses a manufacturing plant heating system that operates on a carefully managed and monitored environmentally friendly system.
The Sovereign vehicle fleet is progressively changing to environmentally friendly fuels.
Sovereign Group is actively pursuing the BS EN ISO 14001 accreditation and has worked on a number of environmental reviews. Where appropriate Sovereign Group, encourages maintenance regimes among clients, identifying where existing frames can be given new life with the replacement of hardware, gasketry and sealed units. Where this is not appropriate, the Group aims to use one of VEKA’s associate recycling specialists.
The group’s PVC-U system supplier VEKA is the only such manufacturer in the world to have its own purpose-built, ‘closed-loop’ window recycling plant. Established in 1993 at a cost of £25 million, the VEKA Umwelttechnik factory at Behringen in Germany recycled 26,000 tonnes of PVC-U in 2004, of which 20% was from PVC-U windows. VEKA’s environmental credentials made it one of the first in the industry to earn BS EN ISO 14001. VEKA is also among the leaders in the development of material formulations supporting the Vinyl 2010 agreement towards eliminating the use of heavy metal stabilisers by the year 2010. At point of publication, some 40% of VEKA’s output uses calcium/zinc stabilisers.
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Sovereign Group Limited has built its excellent reputation for Quality and Reliability by always striving to provide products and services that fully meet our customer’s needs.
We organise our activities and aim to meet requirements first time, on time, every time. We provide excellent value whilst achieving profitability for the Company.
We provide a Quality service by training and educating our staff who consistently work to high standards. Audited procedures are followed and employees are encouraged to contribute suggestions for improvements.
Our Management System is independently assessed and meets the requirements of ISO 9002: 1994, certificate number FM 22336. It includes Installation of Glazing Products on certificate number FS 22896. We have also attained Kitemark Licence No. KM 30554 for Hermetically Sealed Double Glazing Units in accordance with BS 5713:1979, and KM 22910 for Plastic Windows in accordance with BS 7412:1991 and KM 36632 for Enhanced Security Performance in accordance with BS 7950:1997. In addition, we have gained British Board of Agrement certificate number 87/1819 on a range of products in the VEKA PVCu system ranges.
Our philosophy of continuous and never-ending improvement forms the basis of the Company’s drive towards Total Quality Management.
