Corporate Social Responsibility Policy

Corporate Social Responsibility Policy

1st January 2021

1. Purpose

We seek to sustain a business that is successful and respected in its ethical standing by our stakeholders.  These include customers, clients, investors, regulators, suppliers and the community.  We embrace the role our business plays on a day to day basis in contributing to a better society.

2. Statement from the organisation

At Freemans Event Partners, we are committed to our corporate vision of acting responsibly for the long term in how we do business to help meet our ambition of being the best event partners in the UK.

We invest significantly to ensure that the environmental impact of our business is minimal.  We believe that being a responsible organisation means respecting the interests of all our stakeholders. This involves listening, actively responding to concerns, being honest in our expectations and being fair in the reporting of our performance.

We are determined to contribute to the communities in which we operate; and we are committed to reducing our carbon footprint and promoting sustainability.

In summary, our CSR policy reflects senior management’s overall commitment to high standards of integrity and ethical conduct.

3. Policy

We are aware that the running of our business will, in many ways, affect our place of work, the community and the wider environment in which we operate. We believe that the way we run our business can and should make a positive difference in these areas and we aim to ensure that continued efforts are made to achieve that.

Our corporate social responsibilities are identifiable in the following areas:

 Environment:

With regard to the business’ impact upon the environment, we are committed, amongst other initiatives, to:

  • efficient printing
  • reducing the amount of waste produced by the business
  • ensuring that water/electricity is used responsibly by our employees
  • recycling materials as extensively as possible
  • using technology to lessen the need for travel
  • using public transport or car sharing wherever possible when travelling is unavoidable

 Charitable/community work

We are keen to support and become involved in community initiatives and charitable work. We do this in the form of volunteering resource, sponsorship, donations to national and local charities which may be suggested by our teams, and the funding of community projects. Every suggestion is given due consideration.

Education

We recognise the importance of education in our community and supporting individuals during this process is key to advancement. We actively encourage our employees to take up training/development courses, often funded by ourselves, and we offer a number of work experience placements in partnership with local schools.

Our employees

We keep our teams fully informed of our policies and procedures and we encourage them to share their ideas with us on both internal processes affecting them, and the way our service is provided to customers/clients. We maintain an open and honest approach to all of our communications.

Equal opportunities

We are committed to providing an environment of equal opportunities for all members of our workforce.  No account of any of the protected characteristics set out in the Equality Act 2010 shall be taken to a detrimental effect in any decision involving recruitment, promotion, provision of facilities etc. See our equality and diversity policy for more detail in this regard.

Business partnerships

We will strive to engage with local suppliers and businesses where possible to meet the business’ operational needs, in order to support businesses within our area and decrease our carbon footprint.

We often support our clients with their ethical agendas.

In respect of our entire CSR initiative, we expect the same standards from our suppliers and business partners.

4. On-going commitment

We are fully committed to the principle of CSR and aim to ensure that no relevant policy decisions are made within the business, without first evaluating the potential CSR impact.

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