About the FSC

Our Commitment to the Environment

The following are the main elements of our Environmental Policy. The FSC:

• is committed to Bringing Environmental Understanding to All. It will take cognizance of the ethical implication of pursuing its mission and corporate objectives;
• will comply with environmental legislation and, in areas where legislation is inadequate, approved codes of practice. It will co-operate fully and maintain open relations with all regulatory authorities;
• will assess the environmental aspects of its products, project, policies and operations, with a view to reducing and controlling environmental impact;
• will, wherever practicable, seek for continual improvement in its overall environmental performance, based on assessment and identification of priorities for improvement;
• will foster an understanding of the environmental issues arising from its operations amongst its employees, members, customers, partnership organisations and the local community.
• will seek, as far as it is practicable, to require its suppliers and contractors to contribute to meeting the environmental aims of the organisation;
• will report publicly on its environmental objectives and performance through its Annual Report.

Eco-Centres

As part of our commitment to the environment, all of our Centres are registered under the Eco-Centres award. For more details contact Head Office

One example of the practical results of Eco-Centres is at Blencathra where staff calculated that carbon dioxide emissions from heating and lighting the Centre have reduced from 337 to 232 tonnes per year over the last 5 years. Even the reduced total would require the planting of over 300 trees to offset, but the Centre made a start by planting the first fifty!

By joining an FSC course you will see examples of how we can help to reduce human impact on the environment in our day-to-day life and we hope that you will put some of these into action when you return home.