Environment and social responsibilities statement

Camplings Ltd and its' parent company The Swiss Laundry Ltd recognise the responsibilities and social duties it has to look after the environment, its staff, customers, neighbours and community.

We are committed to policies that minimise the adverse impact of our activities and aim to deliver on this promise in all parts of our operations. To ensure the effective implementation of this policy, we have given clear responsibilities and accountabilities to our executive directors against which they are measured.

What we're doing and what we've done?

We believe actions speak louder than words and so here is a summary of what we’ve done.

• Investment
• Laundries are heavy users of energy to heat water and iron linen. Modern equipment is energy efficient and we are committed to continue investing.
• 80% of machinery is less than 5 years old
• We aim to replace our vehicles every 7 years and have been purchasing euro 4 classification ahead of the legal requirements.
• We continually train our staff and employees
• We maintain our buildings and surroundings with our own permanent staff
• Our board is prepared to make long term decisions and will continue to consider the wider effect of business decisions
• Recycle/re-use/Reduce
• Our business is all about restoring linen to a reusable quality. It is our core activity and a philosophy we run throughout the organisation
• Our washing machines recycle water
• Our driers are designed to finish at the optimum moisture content level
• Our packaging is constantly under review and excess is retained and re-cycled
• We do not yet have our own water treatment plant, but we know about them and want one
• Energy reduction
• We re-use heat energy and circulate exhaust energy back into our process
• We carefully plan our distribution and monitor vehicle fuel economy
• We have signed up to an energy monitoring scheme whereby we are judged on a programme of continuous improvement against a base year of 2008
• We recognise that we have a lot more work to do
• Staff Charitable activities
• We are proud of the energy and enthusiasm our staff put into raising money for good causes
• We support their activities and generally match fund their success from our profits
• We select annually a charity to support