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	has pledged the following actions:

	Environment
	Level 1
	Recycle toner cartridges
	Save paper costs by buying recycled paper and reusing discarded paper for notes
	Install a water saving device
	Lengthen the life of toner cartridges by adjusting printer settings to default print on both sides and in draft quality
	Minimise energy costs by ensuring that all equipment and lights are turned off (ie not left on standy) when not in use
	Ensure all light bulbs are energy efficient
	Recycle old computer equipment by giving it to local charities or community groups
	Reduce energy bills by turning down the heating when it is not needed and always ensure that this is done before opening a window
	Inform staff whether agenda and minutes will or won't be available at meetings to avoid duplication of printing
	Limit use of disposable goods eg: pens, in favour of reusable ones
	Use environmentally friendly cleaning products
	At Christmas, make a donation to charity rather than sending cards
	Give an active preference to products with minimal packaging
	Level 2
	Promote alternative transportation for staff and provide incentives eg: carpools, cycling, walking, public transport
	Provide cycle rack facilities and sign up to the Inland Revenue bicycle scheme
	Switch to a green energy supplier
	Communicate your environmental practices to customers, staff, investors and suppliers
	Have a clear environmental policy with responsibility at board level
	Sign up to the Mayor's Green Procurement Code
	Level 3
	Work with suppliers to improve environmental impact at all stages of the supply chain
	Take steps to improve your environment outside your business premises

	Workplace
	Level 1
	Cut recruitment costs by advertising vacancies through local Job Centres
	Accommodate flexible working for employees that need to work from home or have flexible hours
	Consult staff and support a charity of the year, maybe one that is directly relevant to your business
	Eliminate smoking from business premises and provide information on stop smoking programmes
	Buy fairly traded tea and coffee for the tea room and canteen
	Promote healthy work practices eg: providing the right chairs and equipment, encouraging breaks and lunch breaks
	Level 2
	Review salaries to ensure that you pay comparable pay for comparable work
	Provide work experience opportunities to individuals with learning disabilities
	Level 3
	Talk with staff to agree a common set of values to which the company subscribes

	Community
	Level 1
	Encourage staff to give time each week to help pupils with reading, writing, maths or languages
	Offer long and short-term work experience placements to young people
	Host a visit for young people to your business to learn about enterprise in action
	Give time or take part in a one-off team challenge for a voluntary organisation
	Level 3
	Seek marketing opportunities that raise funds for a charity and customer loyalty for your business

	Marketplace
	Level 1
	Ensure that all staff, suppliers and creditors are paid on time
	Ensure your premises are accessible for disabled customers
	Make your website accessible to visually impaired people
	Ensure your procurement processes are open to local firms and social enterprises regardless of size and ethnicity of ownership
	Provide constructive feedback to your suppliers whether their bids are successful and unsuccessful
	Treat your customers with honesty and integrity and keep your promises
	Communicate your commitment and actions on responsible business practice to suppliers and customers and seek their feedback
	Level 2
	Seek to collaborate with suppliers to improve business practices, human rights and labour issues in the supply chain
	Ensure your advertising is responsible and based on honest statements
	Seek out and remove potential barriers to small and ethnic minority businesses in your purchasing procedure
	Make sure your staff feel they are working within a culture that supports a responsible approach to every aspect of how business is carried out
	Level 3
	Create a supplier framework with a set of responsible business practices and give support to them
	Minimise social or environmental problems in new product designs
	Produce new products that offer social and environmental benefits