Corporate Social Responsibility

Bringing staff together to work towards improving the lives of others

Overview

Corporate Social Responsibility is an integral part of gem’s business strategy, and is delivered with an approach that involves staff at all levels including the CEO, Philip Cassidy. gem’s Corporate Social Responsibility strategy plays a major part in bringing staff together to work towards improving the lives of others.

gem's Vision, Goals for Success and Values are built around our Corporate and Social Responsibility Strategy, with community being one of our five key business goals.

gem is committed to a clean, healthy environment. “We provide our customers with safe, reliable service in an environmentally sensitive and responsible manner. We believe that sound environmental policy contributes to our competitive strength and benefits our customers, shareholders, and employees by contributing to the overall well-being and economic health of the communities we serve.”

gems Ethical Policy

Through an ethical trading philosophy and our environmental policy statement, we are striving to ensure that what we buy, use and dispose of and what we do as a business helps, albeit in a small way, to build a fairer, more ethical, socially just and environmentally sustainable world.

gems Environmental Policy

Good environmental practices are high on gems list of business priorities. As a leading employer, we have a duty of care to our staff and our customers and we pursue environmental policies, which reflect the impact of our business on the environment. This commitment is communicated through the organisation.

gems Employee Policy

Being in a service driven industry, gem employees are our most important asset. With that in mind, gem has invested heavily in the development of its staff.

gem retains good staff through strict observance of legislation which is designed to protect employees in the workplace but also through initiatives which help to create better working conditions and terms.

gems Community Policy

gem has supported charities such as The Ulster Cancer Foundation, Marie Curie Cancer Care and The Simon Community by collecting voluntary contributions from its staff and suppliers.

gem also supports various charities by attending and contributing to their fund raising events, for example The Simon Communities Annual Gala Ball.

Full CSR Policy

To download gem's full CSR policy, click here.