CSR & Sustainability

/CSR & Sustainability
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CSR & Sustainability

  • Best practices are applied and are followed strictly by management throughout
  • Procurement of material from sustainable and environmentally friendly suppliers
  • All material is only procured from reputed suppliers
  • Material such as sand, metal, bricks and earth are strictly purchased from suppliers that possess valid environmental and transport licenses
  • Prior to purchasing material, test reports, technical data sheets are analysed to check material standards and random tests are carried out check on quality
  • SIEM discourages the use of certain types of timber like kumbuk, etc.
  • Pre- cautions are always taken to prevent the contamination of ground water from chemicals
    • All sites are regularly cleaned
    • All waste is separated and reusable material is stored separately
    • Waste material is then taken away by local authorities to facilities for recycling
  • Re-use of material with long lifespan. E.g.:- Reuse of plastic at sites such as pipework, scaffolding boards (Wood & plastic)
  • No printing of unnecessary documents & e-mails to reduce paper usage
  • Timber off cuts that cannot be reused are provided free of charge to various organizations of firewood
  • Steel & aluminium offcuts are sold for recycling
  • The surrounding community is given preference when hiring staff at each site for each respective job & then are added to the SIEM database for future reference
    • Donation of books for children by SIEM to ARMOUR LADIES CLUB for their ‘Annual Book Distribution 2018’
    • Donated a wheelchair beds to Sri Lanka ARMOURED CARP
  • SIEM donates a meal on the last day of the month to a children’s orphanage in Nawala

Net Metering at head office;

Net metering is utilized by SIEM for its consumption and the excess
electricity in turn is supplied to the national grid as part of SIEM’s green initiative.