Making a difference
Kenny Waste Management recognises that it is a part of, and has responsibilities towards, the communities it operates in. Over the last 35 years we have operated to the highest standards of business integrity, guided by a mindset of “it’s not just about what you achieve, but how you achieve it that matters.”
Today, we have placed being a Responsible Business at the heart of our business plan and our strategic goals. We are dedicated to addressing the key social and environmental issues of our time by collaborating with commercial, voluntary and charity partners.
Our Journey To Net Zero
Kenny Waste Management want to be part of the solution. Our Carbon and Sustainability Action Plan (KWMAP) is aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and is focused around four central pillars – Our Planet, Our People, Our Partners and Our Community. We have already taken steps to reduce our carbon footprint by, for example investing in LED lighting, holding virtual meetings to reduce business mileage and investing in lower emission, cleaner fleet vehicles but we know that there is so much more to do.
Read “Our journey to net zero” statement for an overview of our commitments.
Our Approach
We want to maximise our impact, and know that working with others is central to that. Those with expertise or direct experience of a particular issue are best placed to inform the solutions designed to address them.
We will also spread the message about the power of adopting positive business practices to a range of stakeholders, including customers, suppliers and employees.
Our Action
Through our Corporate Responsibility work, we are improving business processes, developing our culture and sharing our experiences and knowledge with stakeholders.
We are also working with a range of partners to deliver direct community investment and eliminate waste to landfill, and have started a Social Enterprise scheme designed to place a wide range of disadvantaged people into work.
Our Impact
Our responsible business initiatives will result in real value being added to the lives of all our stakeholders and are critical to our future success. We have a strategy based on measuring outcomes, as well as activity and will be transparently sharing these results.
We use the UN Sustainable Development Goals as a framework to plan, deliver and report on all our responsible business initiatives.
We are committed
We are committed to having a positive impact across all parts of our business: in our workplace, within our supply chain, in our local communities and in the environment. These four pillars are the guiding principles of our Responsible Business strategy, with each pillar having equal importance. They are critical to our future success; if one fails, they all fail.
Our Planet
Our Partners
Our People
Our Community
Trusted By
Salford Foundation: Our charity partnership has helped us refine our own policies and deepened the connection between our social enterprise and local community.
Woodland Trust: We are always looking to improve our environmental impact. Since 2018, we have been teaming up with the Woodland Trust to address our own carbon footprint.
Slave-Free Alliance: We understand the waste management sector has been targeted by organised criminal gangs to supply hidden exploited labour and we are determined to prevent this occurring within our business.
Social In Salford: We’ve been part of the Salford community since 1985. We have pledged our contribution to the 10% Better campaign to maximise local benefit.
Living Wage Foundation: Our people stand at the heart of our success. Paying our employees the Living Wage, based on the real cost of living, is good for business and it’s the right thing to do.
We Are Wellbeing: Our partnership enables our managers to further support their teams and maintain good levels of health and wellbeing.
We treat waste as a resource. Working closely with Lovell to bring our waste management expertise to their 15-year regeneration project in East Manchester resulted in 99.86% of waste diverted from landfill. As the project reached completion, we even breathed new life into a dilapidated site cabin. Read our case study which embodies our core values.
Please fill out the form to learn more about our commitment to corporate responsibility or how we can help your organisation through in-kind support employee volunteering.
Social Value
We have always been committed to making a difference to society and leaving a legacy. For decades, we have sought opportunities to change lives and to deliver high value to the communities in which we work. Looking back, a Social Value mindset sat at the core of our work, before it was so clearly defined by a framework of Themes, Outcomes and Measures. Today, we actively look for positive social and economic outcomes during the delivery phase of a project.
We embed Social Value through a range of policies and procedures that complement our wide business strategy and objectives. Importantly, we have adopted a consistent set of measures and metrics that can be transferred and benchmarked over multiple projects. The criteria is flexible enough to take into account any project-specific objectives that relate to the location, local demographic or nature of the project.
Our activity finds a balance between immediate impact and long-term change, with a focus on employability (training, employment and work experience), community support (volunteering, site educational visits) and environmental protection (emissions, recycling).
However, addressing many of society’s inequalities cannot be tackled alone and we have a number of working partnerships in place with our trusted waste partners, suppliers and customers to ensure that we can widen the impact of our work at all levels.
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Building Pathways to New Beginnings for Prison Leavers
The greatest waste in life is wasted potential. For many prison leavers, the chance to make a fresh start—through stable employment and a fair wage—can be the difference between reoffending and reintegrating into society. Unfortunately, many employers are hesitant to offer these opportunities due to perceived risk and lack of knowledge. At Kenny […]
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Mental Health at Work: We Joined Morgan Sindall’s MHFAiders Training
At Kenny Waste Management, the mental well-being of our team is a big priority. Thanks to the generosity of one of our valued partners in the construction sector, Morgan Sindall, we’ve taken another meaningful step toward enhancing mental health support in the workplace. Mental health challenges affect 1 in 4 people each year, and […]
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Celebrating Social Enterprise Success with Morgan Sindall
Kenny Waste Management is proud to announce that our Social Enterprise has been honoured with the Social Enterprise Company Award 2024 at Morgan Sindall Construction’s North West Supply Chain Event! This prestigious recognition celebrates our leadership role in both social value and environmental responsibility. Founded in 2018, our Social Enterprise was created with a clear […]
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Regenerating Green Space in Little Hulton, Salford
In August, Little Hulton saw a fantastic display of community spirit as local businesses, charities, and volunteers worked side-by-side in an ongoing effort to repurpose the disused car park in Peel Park. Our staff volunteers joined forces with CommUNITY Little Hulton, RHS Community Gardening, and the Salford Employment and Recruitment Hub, helping create a new […]
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Strongest Summer on Record from Our Commercial Waste Division
July marked a major milestone for the Commercial Waste division at Kenny Waste Management, as we experienced our busiest month ever. In tandem with record-breaking volume, we achieved our highest-ever Reliability Rate, boasting more than 99% service reliability! This success was driven by the dedication, skill, and relentless innovation of the entire Commercial Waste team, […]
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Discovering Your Future: Gaining Real-World Experience
Progressing from high school to college is a significant step in any young person’s life, filled with decisions that shape your future career. This summer, Sam Wildman took an important step in her own journey by completing a four-week work experience placement at Kenny Waste Management. Work experience is an opportunity for young people […]
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Unlocking Your Career Potential Through Work Experience
This summer, Louise Austin, a soon-to-be Business and Finance student, spent three weeks gaining hands-on experience with Kenny Waste Management’s HR team. We caught up with Louise to discuss her journey and the insights she gained during her placement. Q1: What has your work experience placement involved you doing? Louise: Loads! I’ve mainly been […]
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New Waste Laws in Wales: Business Update 2024
As of Saturday 6th April 2024, businesses in Wales, including public sector organisations and charities, must comply with new workplace recycling regulations. Understanding the New Recycling Policy The goal of the new Welsh policy is to enhance the quality and quantity of waste recycling, which is a key part of the Welsh government’s commitment […]
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Leadership in the Waste Sector: IWD2024
For International Women’s Day 2024, we had the privilege of sitting down with Lauren Ball, our S.H.E. and Transport Manager here at Kenny Waste Management, to learn from her leadership experiences and insights as a woman in the waste management sector. As our custodian of Health & Safety excellence within the company, Lauren’s journey from […]
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New Environment Agency Unit Founded to Uncover Waste Criminal Finances
Waste crime costs the UK economy approximately £1bn per year, through harmful activity such as fly-tipping. The Environment Agency’s new Waste Crime Unit is set to ensure that waste crime doesn’t pay. Illegal operators frequently charge less for waste services because they cut corners, such as pollution prevention measures. The new Unit will carry […]
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Waste Sector Apprenticeships
Apprenticeships offer the opportunity to gain hands-on experience, all while studying for a chosen career. In 2024, Kenny Waste Management is building partnerships to help our team to provide meaningful apprenticeship opportunities in the waste sector. We were delighted to welcome Simon and Amber from Tameside College to our Materials Recovery Facility (MRF), […]
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Thriving Community Transformation in Little Hulton
This year, braving some very unpredictable weather, our team joined hands with local charity CommUNITY Little Hulton to revitalize a dull, disused car park into a thriving green space. Working alongside likeminded local businesses, ForHousing, Liberty, and Seddon, our team of staff volunteers tackled the task of clearing and removing waste, setting the stage […]
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Amber Waste Wood; RPS291 & RPS250 Explained
The effects of the withdrawal of RPS250 by the Environment Agency (EA) have been temporarily amended by the introduction of RPS291, as of 2 November 2023. These amber items of waste wood can now be mixed with non-hazardous waste wood and treated as non-hazardous. The EA will withdraw this RPS by 1 October 2024. However, […]
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