The Company is very aware of our responsibilities to ourselves, as well as our responsibilities to others, acknowledging how we may impact upon the communities and the environment in which we operate.

Our core values encapsulate our business philosophy. We are an ethical business conducted with integrity, independent, with a true passion for the business, our employees and wider community. Our open, participative management style, challenges convention and rewards innovation respecting all stakeholders. Trust, honesty and integrity are paramount to our organisation.

In turn these core values are cascaded into our approach to Corporate & Social Responsibility, reflecting a commitment to encourage people to combine local ambition with community objectives and environmental awareness.

The company defines Corporate Social Responsibility as follows:

• We always aim to conduct business in a socially responsible and ethical manner;
• The environment as well as the safety of people enjoys our highest priority;
• Our company fully supports the existing human rights;
• We are keen to support and interact with the communities in which we work.

The company guarantees that all issues concerning Corporate Social Responsibility are supported in our day-to-day business activities and administrative matters. Furthermore it is ensured that all issues regarding Corporate Social Responsibility are in line with the company’s stakeholders’ interests. The company commits itself to being recognised as an organisation understanding and protecting Corporate Social Responsibility, and believes that in doing so considerable value will be added for its shareholders.

This policy relates to all activities dealt with by or on behalf of the company.

The company’s employees wholly embrace the considerations of Corporate Social Responsibility outlined in this policy. The company’s management team leads by example in this regard, as it continuously integrates those concerns into its daily business routine. The management team members make certain that proper organisational structures exist to identify, follow and manage Corporate Social Responsibility matters and performance pertinent to the business.