Our relationship with clients and suppliers

ADAS is a client-focused business delivering high quality professional services and adding value to clients’ businesses by providing them with sustainable solutions.

Where client requirements appear contrary to environmental and social interests, we actively seek an alternative approach.
We will not participate in projects that may be environmentally or socially damaging.
Client and supplier feedback is actively encouraged and used to further improve the delivery of our services.
We procure goods and services from suppliers who share our principles and can demonstrate a sustainable approach to their own activities.
We work with all our suppliers to constantly improve our performance and reduce our carbon footprint. Where we identify unacceptable performance in the supply chain we will instigate urgent remedial action

The natural environment

ADAS is committed to ensuring that the needs of the natural environment are fully taken into consideration across all of its activities, to help achieve “living within environmental limits”

Maintain, and where possible, exceed compliance with current environmental legislation.
Anticipate the demands of future policy and regulation.
Demonstrate the positive impacts we can bring to bear through our professional advice and services to our client base.
Assist clients in developing their own environmental policies leading towards certiﬁcation to ISO 14001 and reducing their carbon footprint.
Inform environmental policies and programmes through our projects with government.
Achieve efﬁcient, sustainable use of resources such as water and energy.

Our role in the community

ADAS is committed to an active role in the local communities within which it operates, contributing towards local sustainability.

We also work to support our local communities by:

Using local suppliers and local, seasonal produce with a low carbon footprint.
Encouraging staff involvement in local charitable organisations, voluntary sector groups and community projects.
Developing alliances with local businesses and communities that will be of mutual beneﬁt.
Consulting with neighbours on new capital projects.
Providing training opportunities/work experience for local school/university leavers.
Supporting initiatives that bring together key industries to debate, inﬂuence and promote sustainable activities.

Our people and their workplace

We recognise that staff are our most valuable asset and that their integrity, commitment and loyalty is vital to how we conduct our business, and to the long-term success of the company.

ADAS aims to be ‘an employer of choice’, attracting and retaining a talented, highly competent and motivated workforce.
ADAS staff are actively encouraged to develop skills, knowledge and competencies to help them realise their full potential, resulting in job satisfaction and loyalty to the business.
ADAS values, rewards, recognises and promotes people with fairness and equality.
ADAS provides a healthy, safe and secure working environment for all employees, visitors and others who may be affected by our working activities.
ADAS is committed to addressing possible areas of concern to employees and to continually improving performance as an employer.
ADAS employees conduct business in an honest, fair and professional manner.
ADAS will not be involved in any business initiative or project where there are suspicions of bribery, corruption, unlawful or anti-competitive practices.

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