Sustainability & Diversity

Browns believes that by investing in the wider environment and local community it will provide better quality services to our clients and be a more successful business.

Our commitment to sustainability includes the welfare of our personnel,  our impact upon the environment, our approach to purchasing and procurement and working with the local community.

Our achievements include:

• Working with our clients to identify innovations to projects such as recycled aluminium cladding
• Continually striving to implement further sustainability initiatives on our construction sites such as rainwater harvesting, aggregate recycling & waste recycling
• Sponsor of the Young Persons Work Experience H&S Initiative, ran by the HSE and Stockport Borough Council
• Working with Barnsley Construction College with an initiative to support the students enrolled on the National Construction Diploma Course and provide teach training placements
• Providing work experience for Special Needs Students from National Specialist SEN College (Gorton Education Village)
• Establishing sustainable purchasing policies
• Supporting the Governments Construction Skills – Women into Work – Sector Pathway Initiative, by providing mentoring support to ladies in the construction industry
• 100% of the business operating under an accredited ISO 14001 management system
• To date Zero prosecutions relating to environmental incidents