Policy and Scope 

Effective management and continual enhancement of safety, health, environment, quality, energy, carbon reduction, and responsible obtaining is of key importance to the sustained success of our business. Our sustainability policy which is regularly reviewed and communicated to employees, contractors, visitors, key stakeholders and our supply chain to inform and promote wider adoption of responsible practices. 

As a minimum, we comply with all applicable legal and regulatory requirements. Co-operation in the effective implementation of the policy is a condition of employment, partnership and supply. 

Business and product innovation 

We will ensure continuous business and product innovation by: 

• Engaging with our stakeholders to encourage innovative development of our procedures and services systems to continually improve our sustainability performance. 
• Informing our clients about the functional, environmental and safety performance of our products. 
• Adopting a systematic and integrated approach. also complying with regulations and policies.

Health, safety and wellbeing 

We are motivation to ensure Azurite Health is a safe and healthy place to work by: 

• Reducing risk in the workplace through monitoring performance and with the implementation of best practice. 
• Developing and applying action plans to ensure the health, safety and mental wellbeing of our employees. We have enhanced occupational health observation for their benefit. 
• Committing to the frequent improvement of the suitability, adequacy and effectiveness of the occupational health and safety management system. 

Environmental responsibility 

We are dedicated to good environmental practices as part of our whole approach to corporate and social responsibility. We identify that we have a responsibility to minimise our impacts on the environment as much as possible, and to conduct our business in a way which contributes to the sustainability of the environment in which we work and deliver our services, whilst continuing to deliver a high quality service to our clients. Our policy is to take the environment into account in all appropriate decision making, not only in compliance with UK and EC legislative and statutory environmental requirements (which we view as a minimum standard), but in recognition that a quality environment should be available to all, not just to those who can afford it. Our commitment, therefore, is a proactive and anticipatory approach, which embraces:-

• Sustainability has developed and upheld in all our activities.
• Conservation of energy, both in the home office and whilst site based.
• Use of renewable resources and the sustainable management of our resources.
• Recycling of resources wheresoever possible to a higher standard.
• Compliance with UK and EC legislation as a minimum, relating to the protection and preservation of the environment, transfer of waste, prevention of pollution to the environment, preservation of trees, plants and wildlife.
• Assessment of the environmental impact of our proposed actions upon the end users and society as a whole. 

Whilst we are a private company, we do not seek to make a profit at the cost of environmental quality. We therefore incorporate environmental concerns into our business planning process. 

As Azurite Health grows, we thrive to engage relevant elements of environmental authorisations/standards such as ISO14001 and the Carbon Standard into our internal policies for our day-to-day operations.

Staff members sub-contractors, suppliers and clients are made aware of the company’s environmental policy as part of the induction process and regular updates are provided via inclusion in the company staff handbook. All employees are aware of the role they are required to play in implementing the policy and are encouraged to identify opportunities to continue to minimise negative environmental impacts.

Being a great member of the community

We are committed to making a positive contribution to the local communities by our operations and ensuring transparent communication to all our stakeholders by: 

• Developing a social value policy outlining our commitment
  to managing and measuring the social value our organisation is creating. 
• Identifying and consulting with local community stakeholders close to our operations. 
• Having a programme of employee volunteering days to work on community projects. 
• Providing employment, economic activity using local sourcing and local businesses where practical, and building our own business on the basis of responsible practices.

Fairness, inclusion and respect 

We will be a fair, respectful and inclusive company, encouraging a culture that values openness and transparency and recognises individual achievement by:-

• We strive for the fair treatment of all our employees and everyone in our supply chain. 
• Equal opportunities for all employees, contractors, volunteers, agency workers and consultants 
• Valuing our workforce and, by recruiting, selecting and developing our employees, contractors and suppliers, to ensure they are appropriately skilled and competent to carry out their roles. 
• Committing to the consultation and participation of workers and workers’ representatives through formal mechanisms.