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Corporate Responsibility
Acting responsibly
Making a difference
Everything we do in CR reects our core strategic values, while
local legal standards are our absolute minimum.
Our simple, pragmatic approach to CR focuses on areas that
mean the most to our business, our employees and our customers.
And we are always looking for innovative ways we can improve
our practices.
To make a real and positive contribution, we are committed to
focusing on a few key areas where we believe we can make a
difference. Our policy is to set out high level expectations to ensure
that the impact of our actions is at the heart of our business. This
provides our operating companies with the exibility to select
where they will invest resources locally, depending on what has the
most meaning and impact. By thinking like a global business with
a strong local spirit, we can maximise the potential of our size and
work within local communities responsibly and effectively.
We share the best of what we do throughout our organisation
and always aim to achieve best practice in the local context of
each country where we operate. This exible, continually updated
approach serves us well, giving our business the freedom to
focus on what’s important to both Sage and local customers.
For example, in Spain we gave grants to four entrepreneurs to
support them in new projects in technology and sustainability. Each
entrepreneur received director level support for six months, training
on Sage business software, free space within the Spanish ofce
and tools to support them in their work.
Board reporting: The Company Secretary regularly updates the
Board on CR risks and opportunities.
Ethics: Our Code of Ethics is integral to our organisation and we
continue to build on ways employees can anonymously report any
concerns about bribery, fraud or corruption. Our leadership signs a
declaration relating to the Code of Ethics to make sure any
additional business commitments or client and supplier
relationships they may have are clear and transparent.
Our CR policy
Industry
We aim to leverage the unique trusted
partner relationship that we have with
our customers globally to continue to
understand and support the issues and
challenges that they face.
Community
Our local communities are important to
us and we actively support a number of
charities and community organisations
worldwide in order to make a positive
impact on the communities in which
we live andwork.
Environment
We continue to analyse our impact on
our environment. We remain committed
to reducing our energy consumption and
related emissions, where possible, as well
as reducing our wider impacts such as
resource use and waste to landll.
People
Our approach to our people is set out
on pages 42 to 44.
Corporate Responsibility (“CR”) provides us with an opportunity to be a good
citizen while supporting our Group-wide vision: to be recognised as the most
valuable supporter of small and medium sized companies by creating greater
freedom for them to succeed. Our commitment to being a good corporate citizen
is inherent in our Guiding Principles. We are aware of our impact and seek to
enhance the positive while minimising the negative.
For more on corporate responsibility
Go to: www.sage.com/ourbusiness/aboutus/corporateresponsibility
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