Sustainable Safety
Bull Products is committed to sustainable safety. Bull is on a journey to reduce its carbon emissions and eliminate its impact on climate change.
Our objective is to be carbon neutral by 2030. The leadership team at Bull has always been dedicated to ethical and socially responsible business practices and our environmental commitment is determined and focused.
Over time, we will reduce the energy we consume and secure energy supply from sustainable sources. We are changing the way we work. We are focusing our business development on greener and more sustainable products and services.
Bull is leading the way in the market in driving sustainability initiatives to create a zero carbon fire safety industry.
Sustainable Safety – How can we help?
Bull’s sustainable safety strategy has seven key elements all focused together to create a zero carbon business by 2030. Three elements of our strategy directly help carbon reduction for our clients. These include:
Sourcing and Manufacturing – Bull are committed to manufacturing products in-house to avoid unnecessary transportation costs. Our manufacturing is done following the principles of lean processes which minimise waste and the excessive movement of raw materials, work in progress and finished inventory. Raw materials and components are sourced from local suppliers whenever possible.
Refurbishing and Recycling – Bull already has a range of products and services designed to reduce waste and maximise recycling. The business is committed to re-furbishing products when it is safe and practical to do so. Fire extinguishers, alarms and first responder stations are re-furbished for reuse.
Fleet Management and Operations – Bull reduces the number and average distance of journeys by deploying local, multi-disciplined engineers supported by a network of regional storage and distribution centres.
Energy Consumption
The power consumed by buildings is a major cause of global warming. Minimising consumption will play a key role in the journey to zero carbon. Bull Products already deploys LED lighting in all its offices and warehouses in Hereford. During 2022, Bull commissioned a professional energy survey of its estate to develop a further action plan to reduce energy consumption.
In addition, the business will invest in energy efficiency training for all staff, as small changes in behaviour can have a big impact on energy consumption.
Fleet Management & Operations
We employee multi-disciplined engineers who are able to service both fire extinguishers and alarms in one single visit, significantly reducing unnecessary mileage. Storage and distribution centres, along with field service engineers, are dispersed across the U.K. to reduce journey lengths and the excessive movement of products.
Currently the company fleet is fuelled by petrol and diesel. As vehicles are ready to be changed, where possible they will be replaced by hybrid or electric vehicles.
Energy Consumption
The power consumed by buildings is a major cause of global warming. Minimising consumption will play a key role in the journey to zero carbon. Bull Products already deploys LED lighting in all its offices and warehouses in Hereford. During 2022 Bull commissioned a professional energy survey of its estate to develop a further action plan to reduce energy consumption.
In addition, the business will invest in energy efficiency training for all staff, as small changes in behaviour can have a big impact on energy consumption.
Sourcing and Manufacturing
Bull Products is committed to manufacturing products in-house to avoid unnecessary transportation costs. Manufacturing at Bull products is done following the principles of lean processes which minimise waste and the excessive movement of raw materials, work in progress and finished inventory.
Raw materials and components are sourced from local suppliers whenever possible. All suppliers have to complete a sustainability audit in order to be a preferred Bull supplier.
Refurbishing and Recycling
Bull already has a range of products and services designed to reduce waste and maximise recycling. The business is committed to re-fursbish products when it is safe and practical to do so.
Fire protection equipment is re-furbished to reuse the majority of the original product to produce a finished product in perfect condition.
Storage and Re-Use
The scrapping of safety products when a development is completed is too frequent and a waste of resources. Bull’s asset management solution enables products to be stored in a safe and secure environment when a site completes, then delivered when required by a new site.
Products included in Bull’s asset management system are serviced, cleaned, certified and securely stored. Bull also offers installation and commissioning of many products in its range. Reusing products through asset management makes ecological and financial sense.
Industry Leadership
The management team at Bull Products will influence and lead environmental initiatives within the fire safety industry to ensure the entire sector can become zero carbon by 2030.
The commitment to zero carbon has been culturally ingrained in the Bull business, with representation within the senior leadership team along with sustainability being a standing agenda item for monthly board meetings.
Measurement
When companies work with Bull Products, they will have access to statistics and information showing the reductions to carbon emission resulting from the business relationship. These saving can be expressed in a number of ways, examples are shown below:
1022kg of C02 saved
£12,301 saved in energy costs
Equivalent savings of 3,500 miles traveled by car
1,560 trees planted
123 products reused
“Bull Products is on a journey to reduce its carbon emissions to zero by 2030. The directors and management team are focused on taking incisive action to protect the planet now and for future generations. We are taking incisive action to reduce the environmental impact of our business through a range of initiatives, not least changing the way we work and the products and services we deliver to also reduce our clients’ carbon footprint.”
Company Director & Shareholder
Bull Products