ISO 14001:2000

Environmental Policy Statement

1. Portsmouth Aviation Limited (PA) is a mechanical and aeronautical engineering Company that offers a wide range of services to a variety of customers. We have strong links with United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, and in recent years PA has extended its customer base into other industrial sectors. The scope of the Environmental Management System includes design, development, trials management, project management, manufacture, survey and repair of airborne/aircraft equipment, aircraft ground support and handling equipment, NBC filters and filtration systems, practice bombs, provision of post design services in support of MoD contracts, and metal finishing, destructive and non-destructive testing and measurement on a sub-contract basis. A number of company activities are currently regulated under Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) and Local Authority Pollution Control (LAPC) by the Environment Agency and Environmental Health, respectively. Trade effluent is also subject to a discharge consent and is monitored and regulated by the sewage company.

2. PA believes that all aspects of its own operation should be carried out in such a way as to have a minimum adverse affect on the environment, and has therefore adopted the following environmental policy, which provides the framework for setting and reviewing its objectives and targets:

2.1 PA will assess all areas of its activities, products and services with respect to its impact on the environment, and incorporate those practicable procedures and controls necessary in its commitment to prevent environmental damage and pollution.

2.2 PA is committed to complying with all relevant legislation, and those other environmental requirements to which it may from time to time subscribe.

2.3 PA will set and review annual objectives and targets in its commitment to continual environmental performance

3. The key issues are:

3.1 To minimise and control the release of environmentally damaging substances to the surrounding area.

3.2 To monitor energy and water consumption and use this information to improve resource efficiency.

3.3 To monitor waste production and use this information to reduce the waste produced and to promote recycling and reuse of materials.

4. The Company will ensure that all staff are kept aware of this policy, and their individual responsibilities within it, by an appropriate programme of training and awareness enhancement.

5. This policy will be displayed around the site and will be available to the general public on the Company website at http://www.portav.co.uk.

6. In order to achieve these objectives it is the policy of PA to establish and maintain an effective quality management system based on the requirements of BS EN ISO 9000, and an effective environmental system based on the requirements of BS EN ISO 14001.

(Extracted from Environmental Management System Manual PA02 Document No PA02-1-5 Revision 1)