- Conference
- 2018 Water, Environment & Transport Conference
- Date
- 7 February 2018
- Decision
- Carried
This Conference calls upon the Water, Environment and Transport Service Group Executive to further develop the excellent “Water at Work” campaign that they launched in 2009, which sought to extend access to drinking water at work from mains supply sources.
In order to keep workers healthy at work, we expect that all our employers covered by the Water, Environment and Transport Service Group take steps to ensure that their employees are suitably hydrated during the working day.
However, in 2018, it remains the case that many employers in many workplaces still supply access to drinking water from less sustainable options than from mains water. This presents a significant environmental challenge, largely associated with the fact that this drinking water is supplied in single-use plastic vessels of varying sizes.
In order to reduce the carbon footprint and minimise the environmental impact of employers in our Service Group when providing access to drinking water, we call upon the Water, Environment and Transport Service Group Executive to build upon their excellent work to date in this area and to develop a campaign to deliver ‘Sustainable Water at Work”, where possible working with like-minded organisations in order to achieve this aim.