Sustainable Procurement Policy

3D Personnel Limited is committed to addressing sustainable procurement by adopting the key elements of sustainability, namely, environmental quality, social justice, and economic prosperity.

We recognise that the products and services we procure have both environmental and social impacts and are committed to addressing these through our procurement procedures. Our policy for sustainable procurement will be to acquire products and services that meet the Customer's needs, deliver long term value for money, maximise social and economic benefits, and minimise damage to the environment and health.

In order to ensure effective implementation of our policy and giving due consideration to market and economic availability, our aims and objectives are to:

• Procure from ethical and legal sources
• Include sustainability criteria when appointing the services of Sub-contractors
• Influence Clients and Designers when specifying materials to encourage the specification of materials with a recycled content, or materials that can be easily recycled at the end of their useful life
• Stimulate and support innovation that provides more sustainable solutions
• Encourage the reuse of materials as a first priority in preference to the purchase of new materials
• Require that all members of the supply chain comply with relevant legal requirements according to industry guidelines and standards, and be able to demonstrate compliance
• Request details from Sub-contractors regarding environmental policies, management systems, environmental breaches, and assess this information as part of our Company approval process
• Use local suppliers and Sub-contractors where possible to minimise the environmental impact associated with transportation and to support the local economy
• Purchase timber that has been certified as originating from a responsibly managed forest, and verified as such (e.g., FSC certified)
• Aim to avoid the use of materials and substances with hazardous properties, and processes that could cause damage to the environment and health
• Collaborate on sustainable procurement opportunities throughout the supply chain and through membership of trade associations, sharing best practice
• Promote awareness of this policy amongst Employees and supply chain

The Company recognises the important role it has to play for the achievement of a more sustainable future and will implement this procurement policy as an element within our overall sustainability strategy.

The Board of 3D Personnel Limited is fully committed to ensuring that 3D Personnel Limited complies both with the letter and spirit of the principles in the Sustainable Procurement Policy. For that reason, Mr Damian Doherty has been appointed by 3D Personnel Limited with the responsibility and authority to oversee and drive our Sustainable Procurement Policy.

For and on behalf of 3D Personnel Limited,

Mr Damian Doherty

Director with responsibility for Health and Safety 

3D Personnel approach to sustainability

3D Personnel recognise that all of our community from large organisations down to SME’s and individuals must play their part to ensure that we create a society which embraces sustainability, recycling and the careful use of our planets scarce resources.

3D Personnel takes a holistic approach to sustainability through a range of approaches including:

• Internal processes to promote sustainability and to encourage recycling in our own offices;
• Identify resources and measures to support our continued development in relation to sustainability; and
• Achieving external accreditation to confirm our actions are meeting our objectives

Internal Processes

3D Personnel provides recycling facilities at all its offices and encourages staff and visitors to recycle wherever possible to reduce the impact of our offices on the environment.

We promote the use of digital resources including the development of our own candidate App to allow digital on-boarding and timesheet processing to almost eliminate the need for printing in the office, to the point where our printing and postage costs in 2022 were just 0.013% of turnover!

Continued Learning

3D Personnel is a member of The Sustainability School which was launched in 2012 as a free learning environment, upskilling those working within, or aspiring to work within, the built environment sector on a range of topics including Sustainability, People Management, Fairness Inclusion & Respect (FIR) and Digital skills.

Assessments allow members to identify shortfalls in skills and membership gives access to thousands of learning resources and CPD-accredited content with the resource library includes content in a variety of different formats including:

• E-learning Modules (CPD accredited)
• Events and Workshops (CPD accredited)
• Videos
• Web links
• Document/Presentations
• Tool
• Case Study

External Accreditation

In January 2023 3D Personnel achieved accreditation for ISO14001:2015! 

ISO 14001:2015 specifies the requirements for an environmental management system that an organization can use to enhance its environmental performance and helps an organization achieve the intended outcomes of its environmental management system, which provide value for the environment, the organization itself and interested parties.

The accreditation and the regular associated reviews and audits ensure that 3D Personnel continues to:

• Enhance its environmental performance;
• Fulfils its compliance obligations; and
• Achieve its environmental objectives

In addition, 3D Personnel are members of ConstructionLine, CHAS, SMAS, Builders Profile and Once for All which undertake annual assessments which include elements in relation to Sustainability, and which ensures that 3D Personnel is always being assessed and reviewed against the latest industry thoughts and developments.