OUR PEOPLE
VOW people are our most valuable asset.
In our opinion, thriving colleagues make for a great working environment and a fantastic customer experience, so it’s in our interests to continually improve. Providing the right working conditions to ensure wellbeing and engagement is underpinned by a culture of safety, optimised career planning and access to the right training and development. Furthermore, our ethos is to encourage a workplace of support, respect and tolerance helping us to retain and attract the right people.
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Accept ZERO compromise on health and safety. We set high standards and expect everyone will play their part for the welfare of our people, contractors, visitors and customers | A low incidence of accidents and lost time across our operations |
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Treat people fairly and with respect, creating an inclusive culture, to enhance wellbeing and engagement | |
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Provide resources to support employees through difficult times and to provide scheduled and self-serve training and development |
Assurance that the carbon from our business is accounted for and reduced across 3 scopes |
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Prevent bullying, harassment, or unlawful discrimination of any kind | |
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Find ways to increase biodiversity at our sites, looking at spaces more creatively and encouraging our champions to take the lead | across 3 scopes Wider consideration for sustainable practices for those in procurement functions, alongside ‘best price’ |
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Provide the right opportunities for our people to develop through extended apprenticeship, training, and the opportunity to mentor others in order to extend their own skill base | A rate of attrition that demonstrates people want to remain part of the VOW team because they are encouraged to train and develop their career |
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Ensure that CSR targets and strategies are clearly communicated across our people base |
Greater engagement in the workplace, increasing wellbeing |