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Focussing on the ethics of our business, employees, partners and suppliers


By supporting a sustainable economy, we ensure that as we grow as a company we also engage our customers and suppliers through our ethical business practices.

Inclusive growth

 

As we continue to grow and succeed as a business, we recognise that have the opportunity and responsibility to have a positive impact on smaller enterprises and our nearby communities. Therefore we work with many small and medium-sized enterprises, social enterprises and ones owned by minorities.

 

We’re a company that believes that business can and must be a force for good. This means that our stationary spend supports positive social change – from teaching kids in the UK employability skills, to providing mainly women in the developing world with micro loans to develop their own businesses.

 

Also, our security services provider is one of the largest social enterprises in the UK. They believe in creating a fairer society, supporting people and their local communities.

Sustainable supply chain

 

We put sustainability at the heart of everything we do – and want our suppliers to do so too! We want to make sure we’re supporting businesses that share our sustainability vision.

 

All suppliers must agree to our Code of Conduct and Terms & Conditions, which contain legally binding sustainability commitments. We assess all suppliers on the basis of the sustainability risk they pose, and we engage “sustainability critical” ones further; we assess them using Ecovadis, engage them in reviews of their performance and report our activity regularly. In this way we ensure that our supply chain upholds our standards for environmental, social and economic sustainability.

‘Supply chains are the source of both our biggest sustainability impacts and significant opportunities, so we have made our Supply Chain programme an integral part of our sustainability strategy, which is founded on this belief.’

Chief Procurement Officer

Blogs

| Craig Minter

Unmasking greenwashing: Five tips on how to avoid it
Greenwashing is commonly used to refer to any claims of environmental benefit that are more focused on saving money or increasing revenue for the business. Read more to find out how your organisation can avoid doing this.

| Craig Minter

Achieving Net Zero: effective supply chain engagement and collaboration

Businesses need improved access to more reliable data, as well as much greater collaboration with suppliers throughout the supply chain ecosystem. We outline the critical steps to achieving both of these objectives.

| Avinash Lunj

Integrating digital technologies to deliver environmental benefits through Smart Mobility Solutions
The world is at a critical place where the transition to net zero isn’t a lofty aspiration, it’s a need. The road to net zero is a journey we’re all in together.

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