As a trusted Cemetery or Burial Ground, demonstrate how you are helping to save and improve the environment
Let us guide and support you to ensure your cemetery or burial ground has a positive impact on the environment
Designed for Cemeteries and Burial Grounds
Specifically designed for both public and private cemeteries and burial grounds.
Customers value sustainability
More than ever, the public are expressing their desire for greener funerals, holding a Greener Globe Funeral Award demonstrates your commitment.
Reducing costs
The Greener Globe Cemetery and Burial Ground Sustainability Audit helps you reduce the use of resources, manage your grounds sustainably and reduce the impact of grave digging – increasing sustainability and reducing costs.
Important environmental spaces
Cemeteries and burial grounds are important for the wide range of habitats they can provide to local wildlife. Making them species rich areas, especially within the urban environment. In addition, the planting and maintaining of trees, shrubs and grasses can make them important carbon sinks.
Proudly demonstrate you are part of the solution
Over 70% of councils have declared a climate emergency and many private companies are recognising the need to become more sustainable. Cemetery and burial ground managers recognise the importance of their role to support the environment. When you adopt a Trusted Cemetery and Burial Ground Environmental Policy and complete our Sustainability Audit Questionnaire, it will demonstrate to your communities that the culture of your organisation is aligned with theirs.
Award levels
We recognise that there are many different forms of cemetery and burial ground. These range from large traditional cemeteries with facilities, for example offices, chapel, toilets, catering etc, to natural burial grounds whose impact on the environment is restricted to grave digging, grounds maintenance and memorialisation. To meet the needs of both groups we have developed two distinct audits reflecting the range of services provided. The Burial Ground Audit covers the core areas of service delivery, this is ideal for natural burial grounds and the smaller cemeteries operated by Town Councils, whilst the Cemetery Audit covers the wider range of areas relating to larger organisations.
Burial Ground Audit Sections
Organisational Culture
Administration
Grave Digging Process
Waste
Grounds Maintenance
Memorialisation
Cemetery Audit Sections
Organisational Culture
Administration
Supply Chain
Grave Digging Process
Premises
Waste
Grounds Maintenance
Memorialisation
Step 1 - Bronze
Adopting an environmental policy is an important first step for any business seeking to be more sustainable. It demonstrates that the organisation is committed to operate in a manner which reduces its impact upon the environment. We recognise this is a key step by granting holders of an environmental policy the Cemetery Bronze Award. If you do not have an environmental policy, adopt our own straightforward Trusted Cemetery and Burial Ground Bronze Award Environmental Policy designed especially for you.
Bronze
Step 1
Adopting and implementing the Trusted Cemetery and Burial Ground Environmental Policy
Step 2 - Complete Sustainability Audit Questionnaire
Completing the Sustainability Audit Questionnaire enables you to quickly examine all parts of your business to identify the areas which are already sustainable and those where further work is required. The Audit is scored by ISO 14001 qualified auditors resulting in Silver Gold or Platinum Awards.
Silver
Gold
Platinum
Step 3 - Improvement Plan
In addition to receiving your award, you will receive your own bespoke improvement plan to guide you on your journey to lessen the impact of your business on the environment.
