Quarry Tours Educational Visits and Guided Tours Visit to a Purbeck Dimension Stone Quarry For many years now Suttles have provided guided tours of their Purbeck Stone Quarries in Swanage, Dorset. The tours are of a working Purbeck Dimension Stone Quarry. Purbeck stone is used as a building stone, and the cut stone may be polished…
The first of two new lorries is out on the road! We are constantly looking to update our fleet of lorries and plant to keep up to date with latest technologies. Helping to Reduce Emissions Our new Volvo lorries are for the delivery of our loose stone products. These new lorries are replacing older models,…
In our quest to reduce our carbon footprint at every one of our sites, where possible we aim to: ⬇️ Reduce ✅ Re-use ♻️ Recycle 👏🏻 Some examples of how we achieve this are: ⚡️ REDUCE our carbon emissions via use of electric vehicles, we even have some electric plant! The welfare units at each…
We’re over the moon to have been shortlisted for the Dorset Business Festival Awards! Plugged as ‘Celebrating Excellence in the Dorset Business Community’, it is an honour to have reached the final three in our category. The award we have been shortlisted for is the ‘Environmental Impact Award’; this award celebrates a business leading the…
We are proud to be helping to pave the way in the reduction of carbon consumption! ⚡️ Not only have we adapted the way our business premises run and how we travel, we have also been installing infrastructure to help others too! 🚗 Our recent site at Crescent car park included 19 EV parking spaces.…
We are delighted to have received our ‘Level 3 Sustainable Business Award’ from Litter Free Dorset! So, who are Litter Free Dorset and what does that mean? Litter Free Dorset – Land, Coast and Sea is a strategic approach to creating better quality local environments for everyone in Dorset, exploring and realising the social, economic…
Suttle Stone Quarries Further Reduces Carbon Impact with Investment in New Lorries Helping to Reduce Emissions In our drive to reduce our emissions to Net Zero by 2040, Suttles have invested over £290,000 in 2 new Volvo lorries for the delivery of our loose stone products. The new lorries are replacing older models, and are…
In its drive to become carbon neutral, Suttle Stone Quarries has invested in an extensive combination of measures, upgrading its equipment and processes as part of its ongoing decarbonisation strategy. It has succeeded in reducing its carbon footprint by almost 400 tCO2e since 2018 and its most recent measures have led to savings of nearly…
Seven months ago Suttle Projects completed a job at the River Hamble Harbour Master’s Office. The brief was to refurbish the seawall which was in desperate need of repair and to include a cast concrete face to encourage biodiversity by mimicking a natural rock face. Engineer Nick olds recently went back to visit and to…
Low Carbon Dorset have named us as one of their Low-carbon heroes! The following are extracts taken from Low Carbon Dorset’s case study on us: “Since acquiring Swanworth Quarry in 2011, Suttles has been making significant progress in reducing the environmental impact of their operations. The Dorset based firm has already invested in the electrification…
