Corporate Social Responsibility.

Last Updated: Jan, 2025

1. PL Projects Corporate social responsibility.

PL Projects is a relatively new company with a developing reputation in the Project Management profession. Its unique operating culture has at its core the support and empowerment of its staff to provide long term careers and rewards.

It is recognised that in the world of business, nothing remains unchanged for very long and the original document created in 2013 needed to be extended. This 2025 statement seeks to provide a fuller view and covers it under the following headings:

Employees

PL Projects was very pleased to win the 2017 Calderdale Employer of the Year award and regard this as a measure of how highly we regard our employees. PL Projects is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and diversity in employment and recognises that this is essential to ensuring the success and growth of the organisation.

To this end, PL Projects makes every effort to select, recruit, support, train and promote the best candidates based on suitability for the job; to treat all employees and applicants fairly, regardless of race, sex, marital status, age, nationality, ethnic origin, religious belief, sexual orientation or disability; and to ensure that no employee suffers harassment or intimidation.

With respect to Disabled Employees, it is the policy of PL Projects to provide employment and to make reasonable adjustment to accommodate disabled persons wherever business requirements will allow and if applications for employment are received from suitable individuals. Should an existing employee become disabled, every reasonable effort will be made to ensure that their employment with PL Projects can continue on a worthwhile basis and that career opportunities are available to them.

Health and Safety

The health and safety, welfare and wellbeing of our employees is critical. It is the policy of PL Projects to create and, where possible, improve standards of Health and Safety. This in turn will lead to the reduction of hazards and risks and to a healthier and happier workforce. We ensure that the company complies with all relevant Health and Safety legislation. A detailed Health and Safety Policy Statement is held at the office at EWIC and displayed within our SharePoint site. Health & Safety policies are actively implemented under the aegis of one of the directors, appointed from time to time to take accountability for the role and for ensuring our policies, standards and procedures are followed in all environments in which we operate. As needs arise, external qualified support is drawn upon to guide the director.

The nature of the business means that we operate in many different client organisations. PL Projects makes every reasonable and practical effort to check that safe and healthy working conditions exist in all its offices and client sites. It is the duty of all employees to exercise responsibility and to do everything they can to prevent injury to themselves and to others. The policy standards and procedures are communicated to employees through contracts of employment, operating manuals, bulletins, our SharePoint site and staff training as appropriate.

Customers

PL Projects values each customer regardless of size and is committed to the development of mutually beneficial relationship. In addition, PL Projects seeks to be honest and fair in its relationships with its customers and deliver or exceed the standards of product and service that have been agreed by utilising both well trained staff and the integrated support available from our more experienced professionals.

PL Projects has for a number of years worked with a local university to provide a practitioner perspective for its students. On 25 May 2018 the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) became law. This means PL Projects continues to pride itself on ethical and responsible treatment of customers, suppliers and staff and has taken all necessary measures to ensure that we only process Personally Identifiable Information where we have a legitimate purpose to do so; for example, when somebody is employed by us or engages with us in a professional or business capacity.

We are totally transparent about the Personally Identifiable Information we process and provide individuals with the appropriate methods of controlling that information if they are legally allowed to do so. If we do store and process Personally Identifiable Information, we ask for consent to do this before we obtain it. To comply with the new regulations, we also explain how we collect, use and protect any Personally Identifiable Information that is provided to us. Such information needs to remain secure and confidential.

PL Projects is committed to ensuring the integrity and security of its business information. PL Projects’ policies and procedures are based on its requirements for a secure operating environment, an assessment of the risks that the Company faces and relevant legal and best practice requirements. Responsibility for information security sits with the local management teams with appropriate training and support provided.

Suppliers

PL Projects seeks to be honest and fair in our relationships with suppliers and subcontractors. It pays suppliers and subcontractors in accordance with agreed terms and has a policy not to offer, pay or accept bribes or substantial favours. Furthermore, PL Projects encourages suppliers and subcontractors to abide by the same standards and principles.

The information security noted in the section on ‘customers’ above also applies to our suppliers. When dealing with both its customers and suppliers, PL Projects’ reputation is one of its key assets. Adhering to the highest standards of integrity, personal conduct, ethics and fairness is deemed to be of vital importance. It is a keen supporter of the ethical dimension of the Association for Project Management.

Environment

Environmental savings make good business sense. Our primary objective is to minimise our carbon footprint and any negative impact we may have on the environment. PL Projects is committed to the following:

Meeting or exceeding the requirements of relevant legislative, regulatory and environmental codes of practice.
Identifying, reducing and disposing of waste arising from our operations in a manner that minimises harm to the environment and prevents pollution of land, air and water.
Reducing the consumption of energy and water and using renewable and/or recyclable resources wherever practical.
Encouraging our suppliers and subcontractors to implement good environmental practices and procedures which support our own objectives and targets.
Encouraging staff to use public transport when possible.
Taking responsibility for the maintenance and revision of our environmental policy, which is reviewed on a regular basis, in order to set environmental objectives and targets for continuous improvement, as we fully recognise the need for sustainable development.

Community

PL Projects aims to make the communities in which we work better places to live and do business. It endeavours to be sensitive to the local community’s cultural, social and economic needs and to protect and preserve the environment wherever it operates. Its office is housed within the Elsie Whiteley Innovation Centre which is a subsidiary of the Halifax Opportunities Trust. The income from rental of our office space and meeting rooms goes towards supporting the important charitable work that the Trust does in Calderdale. We look to support this charitable work wherever possible.

2. Environmental policy.

At PL Projects, we are committed to minimising the impact of our business activities on the environment. Environmental savings make good business sense. Our primary objective is to minimise our carbon footprint and any negative impact we may have on the environment. PL Projects is committed to the following:

Meeting or exceeding the requirements of relevant legislative, regulatory and environmental codes of practice.
Identifying, reducing and disposing of waste arising from our operations in a manner that minimises harm to the environment and prevents pollution of land, air and water.
Reducing the consumption of energy and water and using renewable and/or recyclable resources wherever practical.
Encouraging our suppliers and subcontractors to implement good environmental practices and procedures which support our own objectives and targets.
Encouraging staff to use public transport when possible.
Taking responsibility for the maintenance and revision of our environmental policy, which is reviewed on a regular basis, in order to set environmental objectives and targets for continuous improvement, as we fully recognise the need for sustainable development.

Action statement

At PLP, our values are important in guiding us to:

Create healthy and innovative work environments.
Reduce waste and operational costs and increase productivity through resource conservation.
Operate profitably.
Foster a culture of involvement in sustainability through employee engagement.
Enable our customers and suppliers to become more sustainable through their engagement with us.

Specifically, PLP will:

Increase the flexibility with working from home to reduce fuel consumption and staff travelling time.
Promote greater use of public transport and cycling.
Continue to procure recycled materials as much as possible.
Educate employees on sustainability for both home and work through a combination of employee communication, webinars and on-site presentations.
Challenge our suppliers to operate sustainably and reduce waste.
Continue to work to reduce our overall carbon footprint.
Report results of our sustainability initiatives to employees, executive management and other stakeholders at least annually.

Our Commitment & Scope

This policy will apply to all training events hosted by our organisation and all work undertaken for clients where we can control or influence the relevant factors. This is assumed to include events we host and pay for, including sponsorships. Staff and contractors are expected to uphold objectives under this policy to the fullest extent possible within prevailing budgets and to inform management of any barriers to achieving goals.

We acknowledge that we have a limited influence over third parties whose events we may attend but do not organise or whose premises we may work in but not control. While we cannot manage the decisions of these parties, we commit to educating them of our policy and encouraging them to align operating practices with policy objectives.

Our attention to environmental, social and economic responsibility includes working within the law and voluntarily exceeding legal requirements in order to be innovative and demonstrate leadership on the issues that are important to us and our stakeholders. As we design training events, execute client briefs and evaluate our success we are able to choose every day in big and small ways how our actions and words build a better quality of life for our employees, clients, event participants and suppliers.

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