Sustainability Policy | Global Telesat Communications

Guiding Principles:

• We aim to comply with, and exceed where practicable, all relevant legislation, regulations and codes of practice.
• We aim to integrate sustainability considerations into all our business decisions.
• We will ensure that all staff are fully aware of our Sustainability Policy and are committed to implementing and improving it.
• We aim to minimize the impact on the sustainability of all office and transportation activities.
• We aim to make clients and suppliers aware of our Sustainability Policy, and encourage them to adopt sound sustainable management practices.
• We will review regularly and continually strive to improve our sustainability performance.

Practical Steps In order to Put These Principles into Practice

Travel and Meetings

• Walk, cycle and/or use public transport to attend meetings, site visits etc, apart from in exceptional circumstances where the alternatives are impractical and/or cost prohibitive.
• Include the full costs of more sustainable forms of transport in our financial proposals, rather than the least cost option which may involve travelling by car or air.
• Avoid physically travelling to meetings etc where alternatives are available and practical, such as using teleconferencing, video conferencing or web cams, and efficient timing of meetings to avoid multiple trips. These options are also often more time efficient, while not sacrificing the benefits of regular contact with clients and partners.
• To reduce the need to travel to meetings and elsewhere, and facilitate regular client contact, we will provide free training webinars to clients to attend at any time.
• Reduce the need for our staff to travel by supporting alternative working arrangements, including home working etc, and promote the use of public transport by locating our offices in accessible locations.

Purchase of Equipment and Consumption of Resources

• Minimize our use of paper and other office consumables, for example by double-siding all paper used, and identifying opportunities to reduce waste.
• As far as possible arrange for the reuse or recycling of office waste, including paper, computer supplies and redundant equipment.
• Reduce the energy consumption of office equipment by purchasing energy efficient equipment and good housekeeping.
• Seek to purchase electricity from a supplier committed to renewable energy. Seek to maximize the proportion from renewable energy sources, whilst also supporting investment in new renewable energy schemes.
• Purchase fair-trade and/or organic beverages where possible.

Working Practices and Advice to Clients

• Ensure that any associates that we employ take account of sustainability issues in their advice to clients.
• Include a copy of our Sustainability Policy in all our proposals to clients.