Environmental Policy

Fyfe Glenrock is totally committed to the highest possible standards with respect to its social, environmental and ethical responsibilities worldwide.

Fyfe Glenrock believes in and enforces the most stringent environmental standards at all its UK, European and Asian quarries, factories and depots.

Emission control and water management is carried out to the highest standards thus ensuring maximum protection of the local surroundings and to reduce its environmental impact. Fyfe Glenrock is committed to a proactive responsible treatment of the resources it uses and the environment in which it operates and an example of this is the modern water reclamation plant at its new £2m factory at Oldmeldrum which recycles 350,000 litres per day of water from the production process, including harnessing rain water run off which is fed into the water storage system.

Raw materials are extracted to minimise waste and whenever possible surplus material is used in alternative products and the final waste off cuts are crushed for aggregate to be used as sub base. In addition it has installed the latest in computer aided design equipment to ensure maximum yield from its raw material sources.

Fyfe Glenrock strives to reduce the impact of global transportation by transferring the bulk of its natural stone products by sea and furthermore it strives to reduce its use of road transport by its commitment to the use of ‘full loads’ whenever possible.

Fyfe Glenrock employs an independent inspector to enforce its environmental, social and ethical code in the Far East and has formed a Joint Venture company in India to operate its quarries and factories thus ensuring that direct management control can be achieved.

Fyfe Glenrock believes in encouraging trade with developing countries because this ensures the injection of much needed revenue into these regions which in turn supports and improves the standard of living and leads to the development of modern technologies and working practices which have a lower environmental impact.

These working and commercial relationships allow Fyfe Glenrock to influence and change local attitudes to both environmental and ethical matters resulting in lasting benefits to some of these deprived regions.