Accreditations

Hardscape Products Ltd, founded in 1992 by Mathew Haslam, became an Employee-Owned business in July 2022. This has created an enduring ownership structure with tangible employee benefits, resulting in a long-term strategic view and increased business investment, for the benefit of our customers and business partners.

Further information: Employee Ownership Association.

Hardscape invested heavily in  2015/2016 installing an Integrated Management System to cover all of our core businesses processes, in order to provide high customer service levels whilst considering the environment in everything that we do.

Our efforts have seen us achieve ISO 9001 and in November 2016 the 14001:2015 UKAS accreditation via externally audited independent inspections, of which we are extremely proud.

In order to achieve this, organisations must demonstrate that they have systems in place to help minimise any negative effects to the environment, comply with any applicable legislation and regulations, and continually improve in everything that they do in relation to environmental matters.

Hardscape are members of the Stone Federation GB who are the official trade association for the natural stone industry. We are also representative on the Landscape Forum whereby the group is made up of members working within the landscape sector of the natural stone industry. The Forum’s regular contributors include British and international quarry operators and stone suppliers as well as sealant and mortar manufacturers. This mix of companies brings a wide-ranging expertise to the Forum and enables us to ensure that we are resourcing and promoting this sector of the membership effectively. 

The Federation co-ordinates all aspects of the industry and provides specifiers and users with a first point of contact for information, advice and guidance in sourcing an appropriate material and a reliable service. The Stone Federation represents employers, liaises with government on legal affairs, health and safety, technical standards, craftsmanship, training and education. Stone Federation GB provides a one-stop shop for product information, technical guidance and advice on all aspects of specifying and working with stone. 

Stone Federation Sustainability Statement.

We are members of the Stone Federation of Great Britain and have demonstrated our commitment to the Stone Federation Responsible Sourcing Pledge and Sustainability Statement, by proudly adding our name to the Ethical Stone Register.

There are three tiers of membership of the Register, Declaration, Verification and Accreditation and the requirements of each level are explained here.

At Hardscape we believe that climate change demands urgent and universal action. The Hardscape Group is proud to be joining more than 2,000 businesses working with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) to reduce their emissions in line with climate science.

The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) drives ambitious climate action in the private sector by enabling companies to set science-based emissions reduction targets.

The SBTi is a partnership between CDP, the United Nations Global Compact, World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World-Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

The latest climate science sends a clear warning that we must dramatically curb temperature rise to avoid the catastrophic impacts of climate change.  Science-based targets show companies how much and how quickly they need to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to prevent the worst effects of climate change.

The SBTi is the lead partner of the Business Ambition for 1.5°C campaign – an urgent call to action from a global coalition of UN agencies, business and industry leaders, mobilising companies to set net-zero science-based targets in line with a 1.5°C future.

The Hardscape Group has committed to reduce scope 1 and scope 2 GHG emissions 46% by 2030 from a 2019 base year, and to also measure and reduce its scope 3 emissions.

Hardscape’s net-zero science-based targets have been independently approved and validated through the SBTi using the target validation route exclusive to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

The construction sector has an important role to play in supporting local economies, and many organisations have a desire to work with local suppliers to support the communities in which they operate. Constructionline conducts verification checks for all the suppliers on their platform, so procurement teams can be sure that they are working with approved and accredited partners. In turn, local suppliers have access to a much broader range of projects in their area via the Constructionline platform.

The Common Assessment Standard, developed by Build UK, is a standardised pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) for the construction sector. PAS 91 is a common minimum requirement for construction procurement. With our Gold membership, Hardscape has gone above and beyond PAS 91 with our verified procedures. PAS 91 has now been withdrawn by the BSI, and is no longer endorsed by the UK Government, where the Common Assessment Standard is preferred.

The Common Assessment Standard also asks a more detailed set of pre-qualification questions for construction projects. The result is a greater level of quality and safety for building projects, aligned and recognised as sufficient for CHAS, Constructionline, and Achilles verifications.

As a member of the BSI (British Standards Institution), Hardscape are linked to a global leader in Standards. BSI is a byword for integrity and innovation, and its expertise is trusted worldwide. BSI work with over 70,000 organisations around the world working on Standards projects with them – from the world’s largest and most successful brands to small local businesses.

Hardscape benefit as members of BSI by being able to demonstrate their commitment to delivering excellence in all aspects. Allows for access to specific expertise when required, especially British Standards information. Also enables efficiencies when meeting UK and EU legislation requirements and delivering better quality products and services.