The MJ Quinn HSQE Team is a highly qualified unit, consisting of 3 Chartered Members of the Institute of Health and Safety (CMIOSH), Safety Practitioners (Tech SPs) and field teams of auditors and inspection officers, who are all members of IOSH with NEBOSH qualifications.

Supporting the team are a highly motivated administration team, monitoring workloads and compliance management.

MJ Quinn currently hold the following HSQE certifications:

• ISO14001 Environmental Assurance
• ISO45001 Health and Safety
• ISO9001 Quality Assurance
• Safe Contractor Approved
• Refcom F-Gas Certificated
• JIB Registered
• NICEIC Approved Contractor
• CHAS Accredited Contractor
• BAFE Fire Safety Registered
• ECA Registered

MJ Quinn recognises the importance of, and is committed to, the safeguarding of human health and the environment. Our environmental and sustainability objectives are a central part of how we function as we recognise our business has both direct and indirect environmental impacts.

To identify opportunities and drive progress our environmental policy and ISO 14001 certified Environmental Management System provides the framework to:

• Manage environmental risk
• Minimise or mitigate environmental impacts
• Remain compliant with all applicable legislation
• Develop and promote environmental awareness
• Establish environmental responsibilities at all levels, and
• Report on environmental performance

Encouraging and supporting our partners in their contribution to managing environmental impacts is important to us, whether that be through increased reuse and recycling, choosing web conferencing over business travel, smarter planning (e.g. job clustering), and training provision. 

Our array of services covering telecoms (e.g. full fibre network build) and critical infrastructure & energy comprises a large and complex nationwide operation requiring nearly 2000 commercial vehicles and diverse material consumption. This means that working to reduce our emissions and supporting a circular economy are the biggest ways we can reduce our environmental impact – and we are increasing our efforts to do so.

We manage our other environmental impacts and risks with equal attention, such as reducing waste, tackling air and noise pollution, preventing and being prepared to manage harmful incidents (e.g. spills), and protecting native biodiversity.

How we use, design, or update our fixed assets offers further scope for improved energy and environmental performance. So far, we have done so through improvements including installing low energy lighting with passive infrared sensors within our premises, with active plans to implement solar arrays on our headquarters and EV charge points to support our fleet transition objectives.

Achievements:

• Development and implementation of our Sustainability Action Plan, which has given us the framework to set and achieve targets for environmental, societal, and economic sustainability.
• Through reduced energy and fuel consumption MJ Quinn has achieved carbon footprint reduction with 1485 tonnes of CO2 emissions saved between July 2021 and March 2023.
• We have set a pathway for Net Zero operations to align our carbon saving targets with those required to support the COP21 Paris Agreement and limit global warming to 1.5°.
• Carbon accounting undertaken with monthly reporting, which provides us with a baseline to set any carbon reduction targets – it also ensures we have the information required for statutory carbon disclosure. 
• Trial use of electric vans undertaken to inform future fleet decarbonisation plans.

• 7% improvement in landfill diversion rates bringing waste generated during our operations to 91% diverted from landfill.
• We install low energy lighting with PIR controls in our buildings, which means significantly lower energy consumption (up to 60%), less waste due to longer lasting bulbs, and reduced emissions.
• We have removed all hand towels in favour or air dryers. Through reduced consumption of this product, savings will be made by avoiding emissions usually produced during production, distribution, and disposal (roughly 1.2 grams of CO2 per sheet).
• Video conferencing and hybrid working when suitable to reduce travel.
• Paper use reduction through advances in digital applications. This is demonstrated by paper orders not increasing despite the business almost doubling in size when comparing 2021 and 2022 figures to date.
• Successful renewal of ISO14001 – international benchmark of environment management systems – certification for further year.

Aspirations:

• Decarbonisation of owned assets by:
• Switching to 100% renewable electricity supply;
• Increasing EV charge points at our sites to support fleet ambitions;
• Installing solar PV arrays with battery storage, and;
• Removal of gas fired boilers.
• Convert our fleet to electric or zero emissions vehicles to levels sufficient to support our net zero ambitions.
• Grey fleet (employee commuting) decarbonisation by implementing schemes such as ULEV salary sacrifice.
• Achieve net zero operations by 2035 and net zero for our supply chain by 2050.

• Removal of all single use plastics from our offices.
• Bring landfill diversion to 100% and further improvement of recycling rates.