As a company we are constantly reviewing and improving our performance in
Corporate Responsibility.
Corporate Responsibility is about examining the economic, social and environmental impact of our day to day business practice. We attempt to minimise the negative effects and maximise the positive.
Our concentration
broadly covers 4 areas:
• Suppliers
• Employees
• Community
• Environmental
Suppliers
Our selection criteria for suppliers considers
their being –
• ISO 9000/2001 approved
• Local to our premises
• Those who have a sustainable environmental
policy
Our contention is that suppliers who follow these criteria are generally more reliable and professional, whilst guarding heavily against waste. Much of our own materials processed in our factory have been reprocessed and where materials cannot be reprocessed we ensure that their disposal carries no ‘toxic’ dangers.
Employees
We value our employees and we endeavour to be flexible and considerate with combining work and lifestyle.
Separate rest areas, internal and external are made available for staff. All staff are assessed bi-annually and full analysis of their wants and desires are taken into consideration. Every member of staff has access to further training and both external and internal training is constantly being carried out. Training covers a wide gambit from forklift driving, speaking in public, presentation skills, languages, project management, software programming, using ‘Office’ software and sales and marketing.
Staff are encouraged to ‘grow’ both in skill sets and personal confidence, being mentored as appropriate.
We also promote evenings out together, team building days and mutual consideration.
Environmental
Many of our internal files are ‘on their last legs’ before they
are disposed of – we reprocess paper as well as returning empty printer ink cartridges. We only
change our mobile phones every 5 years as we are conscious of the heavy wastage associated with mobile phones.
All our production off-cuts are separated for waste or reprocessing disposal.
We operate a strict ISO 900/2001 policy to make sure that the minimum possible waste is incurred through set procedures and strict quality management.
As well as protecting the environment these policies also improve our ‘bottom line’ enabling us to continue improving our performance.
We are conscious and proud of the way we manage and control our business and have high regard for our Corporate Responsibility/Governance.
Issued 20/06/2006. Updated 03/07/2009.
