Traders & Contractors impact on the environment in a variety of ways, for instance through the purchasing of large amounts of materials, to the use of on-site equipment and transport emissions. Traders & Contractors can support wider environmental improvements by introducing energy efficient appliances into homes and ensuring new homes are built to high standards of energy efficiency or use green technologies.

The key environmental issues affecting your sector are: emissions from equipment and vehicles; the production impact of materials used on projects (e.g. metals, wood, equipment, aggregates, etc); waste disposal of spoil and other building materials; contaminated land treatment; and water discharges.

Listed below are links to detailed information on the most relevant pieces of environmental legislation affecting your sector.