Environmental Policy
The management of Woburn Safari Park recognises that our daily activities impact on the environment with the most significant effects resulting from waste production and disposal, energy consumption and water usage. We are committed to managing our activities and operations responsibly to minimise our environmental impact.
The scope of our environmental management system includes all the Safari Park’s activities and services in relation to the welfare and conservation of our animals as well as facilitating educational and recreational visits to the park.
We are committed to:
- Continually improving our environmental performance in relation to our activities.
- Complying with relevant legislation and with other aspects of our business to which we subscribe or over which we have influence. For example, Zoo industry standards.
- Preventing pollution.
- Reducing energy consumption by introducing energy efficient lighting, heating and other equipment where practicable and incorporating energy efficiency measures, where possible, into any new building designs.
- Reducing the amount of waste disposed to landfill by adopting the waste hierarchy principles.
- Training staff to increase their awareness of environmental issues relevant to our activities.
- Educating guests to the Park about environmental issues and how they can use our lead in their daily lives to improve their own environmental performance.
- Reducing water usage, some through the re-use of some of the waste water produced and through the recirculation of water around the grounds.
- Increasingly using fair trade suppliers.
To help us meet the above commitments, we are adopting the methodologies laid down in ISO 14001.
This policy will be reviewed annually and is communicated to all staff members. It is also displayed on all notice boards and on our website.