Earlier this year Casella Measurement have achieved ISO14001 accreditation, and are the first in their sector to achieve this environmental accolade. Many companies are now demanding that their supply chain partners comply with this standard, so achieving it has not only improved our environmental impact, helped to reduce waste and costs but has also given us a major competitive edge.

Casella Measurement has been supplying scientific instruments since 1799 and customers have included Dr Livingstone and Charles Darwin. Now Casella Measurement has achieved its own evolutionary triumph and has become the first company participating in the region-wide Business Environmental Training Initiative Plus (BETI+) to achieve ISO 14001 certification.

The fact we managed to go through the whole process from start to finish in just over ten months is also testament to the determination of the whole company to make a statement about our commitment to the environment. “People are generally aware of their own environmental impacts – they’re switching off lights and recycling at home. We aimed to make them bring this behaviour into work,” says Mark Thomson (Environmental Officer).

Following environmental awareness training, the company’s water use went down by a massive 75%. Looking at environmental issues has also become evident in other areas. Re-designing just one set of packaging has yielded financial savings. Removing foam and using card has not just reduced the size of the box by 60%, but also reduced production costs by over 80% per unit and that’s without taking into account the reduction in shipping costs.