Our Sustainability Policy
Scope
This policy applies to all Green Case (GC) colleagues, associates, secondees, agency staff and third parties who undertake activity for and on behalf of GC. It applies to the goods and services we procure, our direct operations and the services we provide to our customers. GC is committed to creating a sustainable society actively managing our operations in a way that balances our social, environmental and economic objectives.
Purpose
To provide an effective framework for realising GC’s commitment to creating a sustainable society by protecting and where possible enhancing our social, environmental and economic impacts, preventing pollution, reducing social inequality and driving sustainable economic development as part of a transition to a low carbon future.
All colleagues including associates, secondees, agency staff and third parties are responsible for ensuring that this Policy is adhered to. In addition, those colleagues who procure goods and services should follow GC’s Procurement Policy including the requirement to include social value and environmental considerations which mirror our sustainability objectives. As referenced, some activities within the scope of this Policy are covered by additional dedicated policies and procedures to ensure that the objectives of this Policy are delivered.
Policy
GC responsible company that works in partnership with others to enable growth, create jobs and improve the lives of residents and local communities. Despite being a relatively small business, we recognise that our activities have wide ranging and interconnected impacts on the economy, environment, and society.
GC is committed to contributing to a more sustainable society and to continually improve the positive impacts it makes by:
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ensuring compliance with all relevant legislation and standards, and the expectations of our customers and other key stakeholders,
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ensuring our systems and procedures prevent pollution, and minimise resource consumption,
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ensuring our colleagues and suppliers are able and are encouraged to support our sustainability commitments,
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ensuring we continue to develop services which meet the needs of those customers who are often less able to participate in mainstream services, and
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ensuring we continually review how we can make improvements to our sustainability performance.
In order for GC to realise these commitments, sustainability performance is driven by the company directors, through our:
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Shared values, namely: make a positive difference; empower people; do the right thing and build on success.
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Operating a green office with minimal paper use, zero single-use plastic, renewable electricity and energy efficient equipment
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Travel and Expenses Policy which encourages journey planning, use of alternative modes of transport
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Electronic and Confidential Waste Disposal Policy which covers reuse, recycling and the associated data security issues,
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Monitoring and reduction of our CO2 emissions,
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Inclusion of Social Value requirements into procurement.
To realise our sustainability objectives GC both recognises the need for and is committed to communicating these objectives to our suppliers, colleagues, customers and wider stakeholders. This is achieved via our procurement processes, and our existing communication channels to colleagues including the business plan, intranet, newsletters, team briefings and the staff induction processes.