Heritage Slate goes Carbon Neutral…
“Carbon neutrality means having a perfect balance between emitting carbon and removing it from the atmosphere. This can be done through different channels such as emission reduction, carbon sequestration and offsetting.”
Our Mission
HERITAGE SLATE ROOFING is officially a carbon-neutral company according to the Pathzero Carbon Neutral Trust. We offset the CO2 emissions caused by our operations through the Mount Sandy project which ensure permanent protection for a regionally and culturally important pocket of biodiversity-rich land in partnership with its Traditional Owners.
We are committed to strict measurement of our emissions and we have created an ambitious reduction plan for the next two years. We are the only slate installer company who invest to reduce and offset its carbon emissions.
Click below for further information on our Carbon Neutral Profile and project details where we offset out carbon.
In order to select the roofing material with the lowest environmental impact it is necessary to take into account several factors:
The embodied energy; the energy required to extract, process and transport the material and to deal with production waste.
The potential for recycling or reclamation. It is also necessary to take into account the ability to re-use the material when the service life of the original roof has come to an end.
The durability of the material. The cost and environmental impact should be measured over the service life of the product; the greater the durability the lower the impact.