Environment

As professionals and consumers we recognise our obligation to 'plan for the future' and work to reduce the impact that our business activities have upon the environment. We therefore take 'corporate responsibility' and the Government's commitment to the 'Kyoto Protocol' seriously. For us, as designers in the built environment, this means a number of things; it requires that we think strategically about the wider contexts within which our buildings are set, to ensure that they respond to the social and environmental concerns of our time; it also means deploying best-practice in sustainable design to ensure that our projects are ecologically sound. But most of all, it requires that we re-think our own working practices and attitudes as professionals. We are therefore developing and promoting these principles through our Quality Assurance System, as well as an on-going programme of Continued Professional Development.

 

ISO 14001 is an internationally accepted standard that sets out how to go about putting in place an effective Environmental Management System.

 

Certification to this standard enables DLA to demonstrate our commitment to the environment.