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Environmental and Sustainability Policy

 

 

Our Environmental and Sustainability Policy statement is the communication of our policy internally within your organisation and externally to your customers and suppliers.

Health Choices Global Limited is committed to leading the industry in minimising the impact of its activities on the environment.

The key points of our strategy to achieve this are:

  • Minimise waste by evaluating operations and ensuring they are as efficient as possible.
  • Minimise toxic emissions through the selection and use of its fleet and the source of its power requirement.
  • Actively promote recycling both internally and amongst its customers and suppliers.
  • Source and promote a product range to minimise the environmental impact of both production and distribution.
  • Meet or exceed all the environmental legislation that relates to the Company. 

Advances in technologies such as broadband internet, smart phones and cloud computing mean that many jobs can now be done effectively outside of traditional workplaces. 

Homeworking reduces employee commuting, resulting in carbon, money and time savings. If office space is properly rationalised to reflect this, homeworking can also significantly reduce office energy consumption and rental costs.

Workplaces that can realise the greatest immediate environmental benefits from a shift to homeworking tend to be those with long average employee commutes, especially by car, and where employers are contemplating a move to new premises.

Why we feel that Virtual Mental Health Support will make an positive impact on the environment: 

Desire to rationalise office space and provide a national service - Having a skilled workforce nationwide gives our patients access to the best care regardless of location. 

Paperless office - All members of our teams have access to the correct communication equipment and a secure Patient Management System to assist with recovery pathways. 

Receptive senior management: Our team is committed to having a positive impact on the environment and reducing our carbon footprint. 

Long employee commutes: The longer the average commute time, the greater the potential cost, time and environmental benefits for employees.  This is of greater significance from an environmental perspective if the majority of commuting journeys are by car rather than by public transport. Having a virtual service reduces this significantly, providing an excellent service without the cost to the environment. 

Suitable working environment at home: It is important that the home environment provides somewhere conducive to work such that employees are productive. Patients are able to have a service provided into their environment of their choice, helping them to feel more comfortable enhancing the experience. 

Reported carbon footprint: We once a year reports on its carbon footprint and quarterly monitor our progress to our Carbon neutral goals. 

Policy review:  Review which policies relate to homeworking and to what extent they would need to be updated. This will be done April 2022. 

We support the following organisations in their efforts to be kinder to the environment: 

KEEP BRITAIN TIDY
Not-for-profit

NATIONAL TRUST
Not-for-profit

WATERAID
Not-for-profit

FRIENDS OF THE EARTH
Not-for-profit

 

For more information about our activities in this area, please contact our Sustainability Lead via the contact form below: