CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY
Our vision can be categorised under the following headings:
Work in partnership with local bodies to achieve joint benefits for all.
Encourage innovative approaches and continuing development of best practice.
To promote business activities that brings joint economic, social and environmental benefits.
Ensure that we have decent minimum levels of performance in areas such as Health & Safety,
the Environment and Equal Opportunities.
Encourage increased awareness, open constructive dialogue and trust.
Create a policy framework which encourages and enables responsible behaviour within our business.
We consider that by operating a clear Corporate Responsibility in our operations it contributes to success within our business as well as good for the wider society, creating pragmatic, market-orientated initiatives, bringing benefits to our Company and the wider community.
HEALTH AND SAFETY
CAPEFORD LTD considers Health & Safety as a core business value and we are committed to achieving the highest standards.
We believe that a safe and healthy working environment enhances quality, improves productivity and generates value for our customers. The wellbeing of our employees, people who work on our behalf and those who could be affected by our work is of the utmost importance to us.
Our Health & Safety Policy Statement details how we aim to achieve continuous improvement in health and safety management and performance. We work closely with All Day Safety, a Health and Safety Management Company who have a considerable amount of knowledge and experience in this sector.
EQUALITY AND INCLUSION
CAPEFORD LTD has a primary legal, social and moral responsibility to ensure that discrimination in employment does not occur.
CAPEFORD LTD is an equal opportunities employer and its policy is not to discriminate against prospective, current or former workers. To ensure positive, visible enforcement of equality and inclusion, the Company has developed equality, harassment, whistle blowing and grievance policies. These are set out in the Company Staff Handbook. The Managing Director and Head of Human Resources have overall responsibility for developing the above policies and ensuring they are enforced. Managers have a responsibility to promote and implement the policies in their duties and are responsible for communicating them to all staff, both potential and actual. Policies are issued to staff at recruitment stage through the Staff Handbook and regularly reinforced through site inductions, safety briefings and method statements. Changes to the Company’s policies are conveyed to Managers through internal training and subsequently conveyed to members of their respective teams.
Equality and Inclusion are promoted through employing a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community; providing fair access to learning and development opportunities to all workers; involving and communicating effectively with workers at all levels; providing fair and transparent pay and reward systems; and providing a work environment that values and respects the identity and culture of individuals.
These objectives are achieved by not tolerating inappropriate or offensive language or behaviour to other workers, clients or members of the public; providing flexible employment practices that respond to the needs of individual employees; identifying, promoting and rewarding good practice and challenging poor practices; supporting fellow workers and colleagues; and providing an accessible and confidential grievance procedure to employees, if Company policies are breached.
The Company proactively encourages supplier diversity in the procurement process for goods, works and services.
CERTIFICATION
We strive to maintain our excellent list of company certifications & accreditations.
Some of the certifications & accreditations we have attained to date:
CHAS approved, Member of The Contractors Health and Safety Assessment Scheme
SMAS approved, Work-safe Contractor member
Members of Constructionline
