Compliance Statements

Environmental Policy Statement

We believe that businesses are responsible for achieving good environmental practice and operating in a sustainable manner.

We are therefore committed to reducing our environmental impact and continually improving our environmental performance as an integral and fundamental part of our business strategy and operating methods. 

It is our priority to encourage our customers, suppliers and all business associates to do the same. Not only is this sound commercial sense for all; it is also a matter of delivering on our duty of care towards future generations.

Our objectives are to...

• Wholly support and comply with or exceed the requirements of current environmental legislation and codes of practice.
• Minimise our waste and then reuse or recycle as much of it as possible.
• Minimise energy and water usage in our buildings, vehicles and processes in order to conserve supplies, and minimise our consumption of natural resources, especially where they are non-renewable.
• Operate and maintain any company vehicles with due regard to environmental issues as far as reasonably practical and encourage the use of alternative means of transport and car sharing as appropriate.
• To use where possible, digital delivery methods so as to reduce our carbon footprint.
• Facilitate home working and providing staff and contractors with the means to remote access information securely - provided that security and confidentiality is not comprimised by such.
• Encouraging car sharing schemes for office based workers, and the use of public transport as a preference.
• As far as possible purchase products and services that do the least damage to the environment and encourage others to do the same.
• Assess the environmental impact of any new processes or products we intend to introduce in advance.
• Ensure that all employees understand our environmental policy and conform to the high standards it requires.
• Update our Environmental Policy annually in consultation with staff, associates and customers.

Equal Opportunities Statement

Fresh Air Group (Fresh Air Studios Ltd) is an equal opportunities company.

Fresh Air Group aims to create and sustain an inclusive work environment which provides equal opportunities for everyone.  Irrespective of ethnic or national origins, sexuality, colour, race, religion, gender, disability, age or marital/civil partnership status.

Aims

The Fresh Air Group Equal Opportunities Policy imposes rights and responsibilities for every member of staff and freelance contractors. Everyone has a right to fair and dignified treatment. This means that no-one will be discriminated against nor harassed. Every member of staff and freelance contractor has an obligation to ensure fair and dignified treatment. The contribution of everyone will be valued and everyone will be treated purely on their merits. Everyone must act fairly, within the policy and the law. Failure to do so may lead to disciplinary action

Application

Fresh Air Group is committed to encouraging all staff to make full use of their skills and talents to reach their full potential. Everyone will have equal access to training, support and opportunities for promotion within the business. We will encourage the development of the individual's skills and knowledge for use in their work.

Staff and freelance contractors who believe that they have experienced unfair or unlawful discrimination or racist or sexist abuse or harassment should raise their concerns through the management of Fresh Air Group, as detailed below.

Fresh Air Group will make all staff and freelance contractors aware of this policy when they commence their employment or contract with the company. 

Complaints Procedure

In the first instance any member of staff should contact the Managing Director if they fell that they have experienced unfair or unlawful discrimination or racist or sexist abuse or harassment.  If a member of staff or freelance contractor does not feel able to do this should speak to another member of the management team.

Where appropriate, a full enquiry will be conducted into the compliant and if it is considered that the behaviour of the individual is unlawful, unfair or unacceptable, disciplinary action will be taken by Fresh Air Studios against that individual.

All staff and freelance contractors are subject to the disciplinary rules and should remember that unfounded allegations of unfair treatment can themselves be distressing to the recipients of such complaints.