Key CR Successes

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Key successes in CRThe last year has been a seminal one for Mace Group in structuring our approach and creating wider understanding of the corporate responsibility agenda. Since late 2006 we have:

  • Established a CR Strategy Group chaired by Mace CEO, Stephen Pycroft
  • Become corporate members of Business in the Community (BITC)
  • Launched our CR policy across the Mace Group
  • Set key performance indicators and corporate targets for 2010 (see individual sections)
  • Undertaken a pilot study to assess the carbon footprint of four of our UK offices (London, Manchester, Birmingham and Edinburgh)
  • Committed to reduce our carbon footprint per capita by 10%, and to reduce water consumption by 5% by 2010 across these four locations
  • Created a new working partnership with Ethos Recycling Limited, a company with an unrivalled reputation in the UK recycling market. Where current levels of recycling from Mace site waste is estimated to be between 40-45%, Ethos has committed to doubling that figure to 88%.
  • Revised our employment terms and conditions. Consequently working hours have been reduced to 36.5 hours per week and pension contributions increased. Maternity and paternity leave allowances have also been increased.
  • Opened the Mace Business School, offering our suppliers a wide range of training services and solutions which will fulfil their needs to deliver value and improve performance.
  • Increased our charitable donations from £18k in 2005 to over £50k in 2006. Our 2007 activities will see us increase the amount of charitable donations we make further.
  • Re-instigated the company Give As You Earn scheme. The no of staff signed up has increased 17 fold on the numbers participating in 2006 and is now raising well over £25,000 a year in charitable donations
  • Established a Mace Charity Committee to formalise our charitable giving activities

Key priorities
Improve the measurement and reporting mechanisms within the group of companies to capture more data in the areas of impact and to more accurately chart our progress toward our objectives.

Create better visibility of the corporate responsibility agenda within the company and amongst staff.
Work with our supply chain to align our corporate responsibility principles with their own, as well as supporting our clients in achieving their own corporate responsibility objectives.