Corporate & social responsibility (CSR)

As a first class health and social care provider, Care UK is committed to environmental best practice. We will do our best to minimise the environmental impact of our healthcare activities. To ensure that we achieve this goal we are committed to the continuous improvement of all of our operations. This will be undertaken through the identification and implementation of environmentally responsible practices and procedures in order to reduce the overall environmental impact of the organisation.
 

• CSR is about our commitment to behave ethically.
• It is how we contribute to economic development while improving the quality of life for our health and care staff and their families, as well as the local community and wider society at large.
• CSR is an issue in which we all have a stake.
• Our actions today will influence the lives of future generations through, for example, trying to protect the environment.
• CSR is about changing the way we conduct our business.
• CSR needs to be embedded in an organisation’s culture in order to influence actions and attitudes.

Energy efficiency

We will assess our group energy use and design a programme, with targets, to reduce the amount of energy we use in our units, homes and offices.

Business travel

We are currently assessing the environmental impact of our business travel in order to explore the potential for new green business travel polices and processes.

Waste & recycling

We will prepare a plan to reduce waste from our units, homes and offices.

Water use

We are continually working to improve water use efficiency by setting measurable targets.

Responsible procurement and supply and contractor standards

We are introducing a benchmarking system when sourcing both supplies and services. This is a key commitment in the procurement process. We have developed our guidelines, working in partnership with suppliers, to integrate them into our green procurement process.

Employee involvement

We aim to fully engage our staff in our CSR commitments, rewarding best practice and green initiatives.

Encouraging healthier lifestyles

We provide lifestyle information about such issues as diet, exercise and smoking. We aim to improve the wellbeing of our service users, patients and staff.

Working with the community

Engagement with local communities is a vital part of the CSR development programme. This helps us to build stronger, better teams. Our staff continue to make a difference – they have supported over 40 local and national charities during the past year, raising over £20,000.

Fundraising activities have ranged from sponsored walks to bike rides in Vietnam and Cambodia. With our pound-for-pound matched funding programme, we have doubled the impact of these activities.

For more information

For more information on our corporate and social responsiblity practices, please contact us.