Social and Environmental Policy

BiP is committed to leading, participating in, informing and influencing the environmental performance, policy and practices of all parties through the channels of influence we control or contribute to.

Good environmental practice is an integral part of the company's day-to-day management and activities. The office environment is demanding on resources, including energy, water, paper, equipment and other consumables. In this regard, as part of BiP's green housekeeping policy over recent years, the company has placed particular emphasis on conservation and demand management.

In addressing the social, economic and environmental issues that underpin our values, we:

• are conscious that our business affects the community and we actively encourage dialogue with and contribute to the community for our mutual benefit.
• support and encourage our employees to help local community organisations and activities in our region.
• recognise that our business affects the environment and that we should continuously strive to use resources more efficiently and reduce pollution and waste.
• recognise that our social, economic and environmental responsibilities to our stakeholders are integral to our business and we strive to demonstrate these responsibilities through our actions and within our corporate policies.
• will encourage suppliers and contractors to adopt responsible business policies and practices for mutual benefit.
• maintain open dialogue with all stakeholders to ensure that we fulfil the requirements outlined within this policy and take seriously all feedback that we receive from our stakeholders.
• strive to improve our environmental performance through implementation of our Sustainable Development and Environmental policies and the creation of working environments more conducive to innovation.
• seek to ensure a high level of business performance while minimising and effectively managing risk.
• will register and resolve customer complaints in accordance with our published standards of service.
• will be open and honest in communicating our strategies, targets, performance and governance to our stakeholders in our continual commitment to sustainable development.
• seek to contribute to social inclusion and the reduction of poverty through paying fair wages, developing employee skills, providing opportunities for disadvantaged groups and young workers and by striving for continuous growth in employment.
• recognise our investment in skills development, life-long learning and employability are needed so we remain competitive in the marketplace.
• ensure that our employee contracts will clearly set out the agreed terms, conditions and the basis of our relationship and we maintain a clear and fair employee remuneration policy and forums for employee consultation and business involvement.
• we celebrate and respect the ethnic diversity of our employees and operate an Equal Opportunities policy for all present and potential future employees and provide resources to enable their continual development.
• will provide, and strive to maintain a clean, healthy and safe working environment and strive to ensure that all employees are treated with respect and without sexual, physical or mental harassment.
• will benchmark our progression and measure our performance in search of continuous improvement.