Sustainability Support Services
RS Standards has 20 years of experience delivering sustainability solutions that work. We are an Irish company working across the island, the UK and internationally. We help organisations tackle sustainability priorities with services covering materiality assessments, energy audits, carbon footprint reduction strategies, circularity and waste management, and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) management.
As recognised service providers to the Enterprise Ireland sustainability programme we can support Irish companies in developing their company’s sustainability plan and to apply for Enterprise Ireland funding for Green Business Support.
Our track record shows we can build and implement plans that meet standards and get results. We focus on three clear areas, giving you practical support to hit your goals.
Green Support Services
We support numerous organisations on their green management journey; from calculating their carbon emissions baseline to assisting with net zero strategy, action planning development and Science Based Targets setting.
The key carbon planning support services that RS offers includes:
- Carbon Footprint Calculation
- Energy Audits
- Decarbonisation Support
- Environmental Management System Support
- Energy Management Support
- Carbon Reduction Road Map
- Environmental Footprinting
- Metering Opportunities
- Circular Econonmy Thinking
- Benchmarking
- Green Procurement
- Eco Design
- Communications
- Engagement
- Biodiversity
- Sustainable Packaging
- Sustainable Logistics
Contact us for more information on our Carbon and Climate related Services
Certified B Corporation (B Corp) Services
RS Standards help companies to become B Corps. We use our expertise and insights to guide you through the review and certification process. B Corp. is suitable for any type and size of organisation.
Certified B Corporations are businesses which have demonstrated the highest standards of social and environmental performance.
Performance is evaluated through the completion of an independently verified B Impact Assessment. Organisations complete the assessment, which comprises a series of questions which evaluates the social and environmental considerations an organisation has included within its day to day activities and management arrangements.
The questions assess an organisation’s impact on its workers, customers, community and the environment.
Organisations must achieve a minimum score and develop an improvement plan to progress for independent verification of its response to the questionnaire. Organisations must also amend their governance arrangements to include a commitment to balance profit and purpose.
Contact us for more information on our Certified B Corporation Services
Plastic Management (RPM) Services
As the key approved "Support Partner" to the RPM Program, we assist with supporting RPM members and other clients embedding responsible plastic management practices within their organisations.
We provide the following services:
- RPM Program Organisation Coaching
- Plastic Management Information Gathering
- RPM Baseline reviews
- RPMS development and implementation
- Group Facilitation (Sector Plastics Groups)
- Plastic Literacy Training ©
- Plastic Integration into Sustainability strategies
- Pre-Certification Assessment support
Plastic is one of the most versatile and useful materials available. From protecting food and consumer goods to electrical insulation to car components, it is inconceivable to imagine a world without plastic. However, an over reliance on so-called single use plastic, unnecessary plastic, combined with a throw away culture has led to a global plastic pollution crisis.
RS helps businesses become more responsible in the use of plastic via the RPM Program. New policies and directives are set to be introduced requiring extended producer responsibility and almost certainly increasing tax on waste. RS can help businesses get ahead of the curve.
- We can provide gap analysis against the RPM Standard, helping you identify ways to reduce and improve recycle rates, support business efficiency and reduce your plastic waste bill.
- RS can carry out a Baseline Review and establish a Plastic Footprint, giving a complete picture of the types, flows and end fate of plastic in your business.
- RS can set up Plastic Registers for businesses and business sectors providing a full account and inventory of plastic.
This gives a clear position on plastic, provides clarity for establishing actionable areas, hot spots and easy wins where plastic can be reduced or managed more efficiently and improve recycle rates.
RS can help you make positive change.
RPM is a Catalyst for Plastic Reduction, Reuse and Recycling
RPM uses a best practice standard for responsible plastic management and provides recognition via it’s RPM Trust Marks for businesses that raise awareness, implement a plastic management system and improve their reduce, reuse and recycle rates. RS will work with organisations on their journey from target setting to target achievements.
Our experience in sustainable procurement, resource efficiency, circularity and waste management means that we can identify actions to embed responsible plastic management practices throughout an organisation’s value chain.
Contact us for more information on our Plastic Management Services