Our community investment journey & how our employees have been involved

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An Introduction to Seddon

Seddon a Brief History

1897 – brothers George and John Seddonstart out with a hand cart as builders in Bolton

1920s – John’s sons Ernest, Jonas and Frank come on board

1930s – expansion into Stoke-on-Trent

More than 110 years experience!

Family owned, Family Values

RespectTreat People as you expect to be treated yourself.

CommunicationYou must be open, honest and timely.

Integrity What we say we do.

Seddon Area Office

Seddon’s CSR Journey

The Seddon Corporate Social Responsibility Programme focuses on four key areas. These focus areas were chosen as these areas have a big impact on our business. The four focus areas are:

Joining BITC

Employee CSR Talks

CSR Manager

The Seddon Sustainable Programme focuses on four key goals and these goals have been broken down into key focus areas important to the business.

Next - How would we engage with our employees......

Employee Sustainable Conference

All Seddon offices and employees have been asked to play a part in helping the business achieve its’ sustainable goals. We have launched the Pledge Award to acknowledge every office that contributes to each of the four pledge areas.

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Employee CSR Report

Our Future Commitments

Target: 100% of employees to receive Health, Safety and Welfare training

Target: Divert 95% of our waste from landfill

Target: Provide every employee with the opportunity to perform 8 hours of voluntary work within the community

Target: Raise standards through the introduction of an in-house Seddon Ethical Sourcing and Procurement Accreditation Standard across the entire supply chain

Office Sustainable Champions

Communication has played an Important Role

Acknowledgement has played an important Role

Impact on the Community

Over £200,000 invested in 170 Sustainable ProjectsOver 5,000 hours invested in Sustainable Projects

75 Community Volunteer Projects took place£127,000 worth of investment through the Community Volunteer Projects£32,000 was donated to charitable causesEvery Seddon Office contributed towards our Sustainable Goals

Impact on the Business

Impact on the Business

Impact on the Business

Summary

•We weren’t getting the most out of our Community Investment Programme........

•BITC are the expert’s and supported in developing our programme further.......

•Involving our employees was key in developing a strategy as they are the one’s who would help us achieve our aim’s.........

•Communicating the impact and acknowledging the employees involved has been key!

•The Seddon Sustainable Programme is now owned by our employees and growing from strength to strength.........

•Our Community Investment Projects have had a positive impact on our business........

Engaging with employees has been key to our Community Investment success!