Sustainability Policy

The MotivAction Group plc is committed to working with our staff, clients, venue partners and suppliers to promote a fully integrated sustainability agenda.

We endorse the Brundtland Commission’s definition of sustainable development as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. We have a moral duty to act; it makes good sense, from an environmental, ethical and business perspective.

Our needs converge across three distinct areas – economic growth, environmental protection and social equity. For each area we have set specific goals and to deliver these we will:

set continuous improvement targets by which our performance can be
measured, demonstrated and publicly reported;
identify opportunities and take action where practicable to improve sustainability and to meet legal obligations;
identify and mitigate adverse impacts and risks;
embed sustainability policy and practice into all of our management systems for operating, maintaining, renewing and enhancing our service offering, including standards, processes, procedures and assurance;
and provide appropriate advice, awareness and competency to our people, our clients, our partners and our suppliers.

Sustainable

Economic

For MotivAction, economic sustainability is about the marketplace in which we operate, meeting and wherever possible exceeding the expectations of all stakeholders. To do this we know that we must provide outstanding service and value to our clients as well as creating professional and mutually beneficial relationships with our supply chain, earning and maintaining their trust and respect.

Goal	Strategy
To maintain a robust business module	to be cash positive to employ systems and processes designed for a scalable business to maintain a healthy balance of income between individual clients, industries, and sectors to ensure each key relationship is maintained by more than one member of staff to maintain a high level of repeat business
Drive growth through brand reputation and loyalty	to create an agile, dynamic, adaptable and CLIENT FOCUSSED business to create relationships with partners in providing tangible business solutions to innovate products and services
Drive quality of delivery	always striving to exceed our clients' expectations to foster strong partnerships with suppliers and venues to trade in an ethical manner with transparent reporting to promote and deliver an uncompromising level of health and safety

Environmental

For MotivAction, environmental sustainability is about achieving more with less resource; committing to reduce, re-use and recycle and specifically in that order, thereby reducing our carbon footprint and where possible enhancing the natural surroundings in our working environment.

Goal

Strategy

To reduce consumption, to minimise our carbon footprint

to reduce waste and consumption of materials, water and energy
to increase the use of sustainable materials
to seek out opportunities for virtual meetings
to offer our clients alternatives to travel including flights
to promote environmental awareness and educate audiences where feasible within our product offering
to comply with and strive to exceed all relevant environmental legislation, regulations and approved codes of practices
to use eco-friendly cleaning products in our premises
to suggest venues and locations local to audiences, accessible via public transport and welcoming to guests arriving by bicycle or on foot

Social

Workplace
To be a successful company, we believe we need to inspire and excite our people, attract and retain talent and reward for the contribution our people make and the value they add.

Goal	Strategy
To have fully engaged employees	to conduct a regular staff survey and act on feedback to invest in the development of our own people to increase leadership focus amongst our people
To recruit and retain high potential and high performing individuals	to blend experienced leadership from MotivAction with great people from outside the Company to aim to provide remuneration packages that are competitive and match local market conditions to actively facilitate the career development and training of high potential employees to provide a working environment fit for an industry leader to make MotivAction a great place to work to promote a vibrant learning culture
To be known as a great developer of both leadership and industry relevant skills	to use training and development as a strategic investment and a way of shaping culture and behaviour in the organisation to enable employees to further develop their professional and personal skills to develop high quality, accredited training
To maintain a safe and healthy workforce	to promote safety and well-being amongst all employees to provide support to employees and their families, during times of need
To promote equal opportunities	the Company is committed to providing equal opportunities and recognises the contribution made by all staff to be respectful of individuals human rights

Community
We have a responsibility to the local community and strive to win the confidence of our neighbours by the manner in which we conduct ourselves and our activities from our home base in rural Hertfordshire. In addition we have a responsibility to the wider community and public for the local environments in which we operate.

Goal	Strategy
To be recognised as a good corporate citizen	to be legally compliant with all and any legislation and strive for constant improvement in standards to promote and deliver an uncompromising level of health and safety to align our charitable giving with the Company’s activities and actively encourage our people to get involved with charitable work support local, fair trade and ethical suppliers through purchase of recognised products

General

It is intended that this policy should cover all aspects of our corporate social responsibility.

All of our Company Policies are reviewed at least annually by the Board of Directors.

This Policy includes simple summary statements. For more detail and further information on this and our other policies, please visit www.motivaction.co.uk

This Sustainability Policy applies to the whole Company and is considered at all times wherever we are and is constantly under review. The performance against our Sustainability target is monitored monthly by the Management Board.