Abstracts in the community

We respond energetically to our responsibilities in the local and wider community through our Charity Committee which organises and supports a number of fund-raising events throughout the year.

This year some of the team ran the Race for Life in aid of Cancer Research UK, and successfully reached their fundraising target of £1,500. We are planning to support a local community charity and, as usual, we will be making a Christmas donation to a children’s charity on behalf of our clients.

As well as monetary donations, we help several charities with their marketing efforts by contributing our time and agency skills either at a discounted cost, or free.

Twice a year we hold a ‘Clothes-Aid Day’ in which staff are invited to donate unwanted clothes to a charity.

Abstracts and the environment

As a company we are committed to instilling office practices and a culture that promote a conscious awareness of the environment and which aim to inflict the least possible damage on it.

• Our electricity is supplied by accredited ‘green’ providers

• We favour suppliers with strong ‘green’ credentials

• Our printed material is environmentally friendly

• We encourage our clients to include the environment as a factor in their considerations when selecting marketing media and materials

• We reduce waste by buying ‘basic packaging’ products and recycling paper, plastic, glass and cans, toner cartridges and mobile phones

• Whenever possible we communicate and archive electronically

• We buy our lunches and fruit from local suppliers and use only ‘fair-trade’ tea and coffee

• Old computers, monitors and associated equipment are given to UK and international charities

• Our water dispenser is mains-fed

• We have implemented strict procedures to ensure all electrical equipment is switched off when not in use

• To cut down on carbon emissions we encourage our staff to use public transport where possible and the company promotes biking to/from work through its membership of CycleScheme.