Capita and the Environment

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Summary

What the Vendor says about itself

As provider of key services to the public, we are committed to managing our business in a responsible manner and making a positive contribution to the wider community.

At Capita, we have identified the issues that most concern our business and the communities we serve. We are continuously improving the way we address and manage these issues.

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We recognise that improving our environmental performance is important for all our stakeholders, from our employees to current and prospective customers. We aim to minimise harmful effects whenever we can and will work to secure business benefit from environmental protection through a continuous improvement programme.

While many of our operations have only limited impacts, due to the service nature of our business, improving our environmental performance can also help us to uncover savings and reduce our operating costs. Issues such as climate change also carry considerable potential risk and Capita will only benefit from a holistic response to this challenge.

Environmental management

Environment is managed through the Group Safety, Health and Environmental team, reporting into a Group Board Director and committee of the Group Board. There is a full time resource managing the function, supported by a network of Safety Health & Environment site representatives.

Our structure

Our business operates from 250 sites in the UK, Ireland, Channel Islands and India. Many of these sites are not owned or managed by Capita, and we have limited control over them. Where we do manage the buildings we aim to adopt best practice in areas such as waste management, resources, energy use, transport and building design (in the case of a new build).

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Environmental Policy

We recognise that our day to day activities impact on the environment in ways which are positive and negative. We wish to minimise these harmful effects wherever and whenever practicable, and will work to secure business benefit from environmental protection.

Capita is committed to the prevention of pollution and will work to minimise the impact of its operations through a continuous improvement program.

In particular, we will:

• Comply with all relevant existing environmental legislation and other requirements
• Reduce harmful emissions wherever practicable
• Seek to reduce consumption of materials in our operations and promote recycling and the use of recycled goods
• Manage energy and water usage wisely in all our operations
• Incorporate environmental considerations into the procurement of goods and services

To achieve these we will:

• Allocate sufficient management resources to ensure effective implementation of the environmental policy
• Motivate and educate our employees to conduct their activities in an environmentally friendly manner
• Measure, monitor and report on key indicators of our environmental performance on an annual basis
• Review our policy on a regular basis to take account of new developments in environmental management and legislation, and also our stakeholder expectations
• Perform periodic audits of our activities to ensure compliance with company requirements, legislation and policy requirements.

Capita recognises that the effective implementation of the policy represents an opportunity to improve the performance of the Group by reducing environmental risks and impacts, and increasing the efficiency of our operations.

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Source

• 1. Society and the Environment

• 2. Capita and the Environment