CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY POLICY STATEMENT

This statement is about how SIS takes into account its economic, social and environmental impact in the way it operates its business. By demonstrating our commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility we aim to align our business values, purpose and strategy with the needs and requirements of our clients, whilst embedding such responsible and ethical principles into everything we do.  The elements of this statement cover our approach in dealing with our clients, suppliers and the local community principles, in an effort to support reducing our energy, procurement, transport, water use and other business usage to enable us to reduce our carbon footprint and environmental impact. ​

​Environment

​Protection of the environment in which we live and operate is part of SIS’s values and principles and we consider it to be sound business practice. Care for the environment is one of our key responsibilities and an important part of the way in which we do business.  
As part of this policy statement we as a company commit to: 

• Compliance with all relevant environmental legislation, regulations and approved codes of practice
• Protecting the environment by striving to prevent and minimise our contribution to pollution of land, air and water
• Seeking to keep wastage to a minimum and maximise the efficient use of materials and resources
• Managing and disposing of all waste in a responsible manner
• Providing training for our staff so that we all work in accordance with this policy statement and within an environmentally aware culture
• Regularly communicating our environmental performance to our employees clients and other significant stakeholders
• Develop our management processes to ensure that environmental factors are considered during planning and implementation
• Monitoring and continuously improving our environmental performance

The nature of our work as a Integrated Solutions Company means that we can inherently have an environmental impact. So bearing this in mind we will take careful consideration of environmental issues in all the services we provide and endeavour to reduce our environmental impact to as low a level as is possible. 

The Managing Director in conjunction with his Senior Management Team will ensure that the Company reduces the environmental impact on the Company by:

• Reducing all our transportation requirements wherever possible and utilising public transport and such facilities as telephone conference calls and video conferencing facilities 
• By using vehicles that are regularly serviced and checked with regards to their emission levels and economic use of fuel  Sourcing and buying locally to save fuel costs wherever possible
• Ensuring that all lights and equipment is switched off when not required  Ensuring that water is used efficiently
• Printing documents in mono and double sided wherever possible
• Recycling of all waste (shredding all business documentation) 
• Sourcing recycled materials wherever possible
• Working with like-minded suppliers who take steps to minimise their environmental impact

​Local Community 

The Managing Director in conjunction with his Senior Management Team will also ensure that our work with the local community involves: 

• Working and supporting local and national charities
• Encouraging volunteer work in community activities both locally and nationally
• Supporting local schools wherever possible

​Clients

The Managing Director in conjunction with his Senior Management Team will also ensure that we deal responsibly, openly and fairly with clients and potential clients by: 

• Ensuring that all our advertising and documentation about the business and its activities are clear, informative, legal, decent, honest and truthful
• Being open and honest about our services and telling clients what they want to know, including what we do to be socially responsible
• Ensuring that if something goes wrong we will acknowledge the problem and deal with it
• We will listen to our clients so that this can help us improve our services we offer to them
• We will ensure that we benchmark and evaluate what we do in order to constantly improve our competitive edge in the market place.

The managing Director in conjunction with his Senior Management Team will also ensure that we deal reasonably, openly and fairly with suppliers by: 

• Ensuring that we use local suppliers as much as possible
• That we will endeavour to pay on time
• Not expecting any discounts or rebates to have a detrimental effect on their business.

The operational and ultimate responsibility for the commitment to our corporate social responsibility principles lies with the Managing Director and Senior Management Team of SIS.  Every employee of SIS is expected to give their full co-operation to the above principles in their activities at work. Suppliers and visitors are also expected to apply our environmental principles  The effectiveness of the Policy Statement will be monitored and reviewed at least annually by the Managing Director to ensure the Company’s continuing compliance with any relevant legislation and to meet any new business requirements and to also identify any areas in need of improvement. We will also ensure that any changes are brought to the attention of our employees as necessary.