Encirc Achieves Gold Level in Business and Biodiversity Charter
Encirc’s factory in Cheshire has achieved Gold Level in the Business and Biodiversity Charter awards presented by Business In The Community. The award serves as a recognition of the site’s ‘commitment to responsible business practices that improve biodiversity conservation’. It is one of the few sites in England to have achieved the accolade, which is not typically awarded outside of Northern Ireland.
To achieve the award Encirc had to demonstrate its action plan to address and improve its impacts on biodiversity in the Cheshire region, including the impact on wildlife.
Matt Tait, Chair of the Biodiversity Committee at the Cheshire plant was delighted with the award: “To achieve Gold Level with our first application was a fitting reward for our very proactive Biodiversity Committee at Encirc. We have also received great support for our activities from the executive committee and Aimee Brown did a superb job in bringing together all the strands of the application to meet the criteria for the accreditation.”
Central to the Encirc’s biodiversity mission is the on-site, 2km Woodland Walk, a haven for all things living. Undermanaged for many years, the Woodland Walk has now been transformed. Trees were planted by a cross-section of employees as part of a project to offset the carbon footprint of people attending a trade show. The walk was further developed and extended; picnic benches were installed while an open meeting space was developed. The company has also partnered with Mersey Forest and local ecology groups to better understand what is living in the area.
