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Interfuse Ltd is a full member of the Concrete Block Association (CBA) an associate member of the Builders Merchant Federation (BMF) and an associate member of the British Precast Concrete Federation (BPCF).
As a signatory of the BPCF Sustainability Charter, Interfuse Ltd aims to go beyond legislation, and proactively strives to improve the sustainability of its operations and products. Interfuse annually submits performance data to British Precast for publication in their annual Sustainability Performance Indicator reports.
The following figures highlight our performance compared to the BPCF Sector Performance for Concrete.
2018 |
Interfuse Ltd Performance per tonne of Concrete |
BPCF Sector Performance per tonne of Concrete |
BPCF Targets 2020 Compared to baseline year 2012 |
|
WASTE Solid Waste Recycled off Site (kg / tonne) |
5.94 |
2012 39.80 Kg/tonne |
2018 31.92 Kg/tonne |
Reduce overall Factory waste By 10% |
ENERGY Total Energy use / tonne product (kWh / tonne) |
28.92 |
50.6 (kWh/tonne) |
44.49 |
Reduce overall kWh / tonne of Energy by 10% |
CO² Total CO² / tonne product (kgCO² / tonne) |
6.23 |
14.22 |
10.0 |
Reduce CO² Emissions for Productivity by 20% |
WATER Mains water used / tonne product (litres / tonne) |
39.4 |
84.5 |
71.7 |
Reduce main Water consumption by 20% |
Haulage
The average Interfuse lorry carried 23 tonnes compared to the sector average of 18.32 tonnes concrete product per delivery (17.45 tonnes 2012). The average delivery distance for Interfuse was 44.6 km with a sector average of 102.2 km (148.1 km 2012). 100% of deliveries were made by Road.
RECYCLED AGGREGATES
Interfuse Ltd exceeded the Sector performance target of 25% of recycled aggregate during its production of blocks in 2018. Waste to landfill 0.01kg/tonnes of product sector target < 0.5kg/tonne.
HEALTH & SAFETY
Health & safety data is collected and reported through the Concrete Targets 2015 Scheme operated by the BPCF.
Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTI) |
0 |
Fatalities (Employees, Subcontractors, 3rd Party Workers) |
0 |
Lost Time Injuries (Employees, Subcontractors) |
0 |
Lost Time Injuries (3rd Party Workers) |
0 |
Silicosis |
0 |
EMPLOYMENT
The Company employed 35 full time equivalent staff in the year. Training is on-going and documented at Head Office for ISO 14001.