Senator heads sustainability drive

The Senator Group has joined the Design Council to promote best practice in sustainability among its national network of design specialists, staff and former clients.

Its environmental management division, Sustain, enforces sustainable measures throughout the business and offers innovative recycling solutions to its clients and competitors.

“Britain is known for its excellence in manufacturing. It would be fantastic to show the world that we are also leading the way in meeting global standards in creating fantastic products at no cost to the environment.”

The company presented key actions that the design and property sector can take to meet these increasingly stringent targets in a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) presentation to the largest network of policymakers, designers and educators in the country at the Senator Group’s Lancashire headquarters.

Head of design for the Design Leadership Programme, Sonja Dahl said: “We thoroughly enjoyed our experience with The Senator Group yesterday; it was fantastic to explore how one of the UK’s biggest manufacturers of furniture has capitalised on sustainability and made it an integral part of their service offer. Lessons can be learnt for all UK manufacturers.” The session looked at the importance of achieving accreditation such as the ISO 14001 waste reduction and environmental commitment certificate, in addition to BREEAM accreditations, Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) and the Ska sustainable fit-out certification.