Verder Launches Supplier Checklist for Sustainability

Verder, renowned for product innovation in industrial pumping solutions, is committed to helping water companies meet their environmental responsibilities with the launch of a supplier checklist to help clients choose the
most sustainable pumping solutions.

Mike Heap, Sales and Marketing Director of Verder comments: “As an industry at the forefront of climate change that contributes around 1% of national GHG emissions*, it’s no surprise that things are changing quickly in the water sector. Many of these developments are driven by legislation. For the first time ever, OFWAT has included a requirement within the Periodic Review 2009 process for all water companies to report not only on their
operational carbon footprint, but also the embodied carbon impact of their operations and investment decisions. As a supplier, Verder is committed to helping water companies meet these requirements by supporting the supply chain across the four key areas: operational, embodied, supply chain and product carbon foot printing.

“Verder’s heritage in pumping innovation has taught us that if we’re not part of the solution, then we’re part of the problem. So to make it easier for water companies to scrutinise their supply chain and be carbon pro-active, we have prepared a supplier checklist. The checklist includes questions such as, has sustainability been designed into the product components themselves? Do the design features include total air gap separation which means pump and drive are totally separated to eliminate potential for cross contamination of product and make maintenance easier? Are the products from your suppliers designed, manufactured and supported from the UK for improved carbon footprint?

The Verder Group has a major ongoing commitment to research and development and all activities are performed to help ensure we are being environmentally responsible. To demonstrate our commitment to this we
have achieved ISO14001 – a recognised standard for an organisation’s environmental management system, and work closely with authoritative national institutions such as TNO (the Netherlands Organisation for Applied
Scientific Research) and the German Jenoptik and the University of Leeds (UK). We take our environmental responsibility seriously and want to help clients in all the industries in which we work including water to embrace more sustainable solutions that are better for industry and our planet.”