Corporate Social Responsibility

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

As an international business operating in the global community, we take our responsibility to be a good corporate Citizen seriously. We try to direct our CSR programme to the areas where we might have a real impact. We want our CSR programme to be a dynamic one that develops with the company; we want it to become part of what makes us who we are, part of our DNA.

We have defined four key areas on which to focus and have then added a fifth which measures our performance in those four key areas.

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Tangents Internal Vision

We, the management team, value and respect one another and recognise that the Tangent’s success depends on each and every one of us.

Vision

We are committed to the realisation of our goals

We will direct our efforts towards the goals and objectives of Tangent.

We will plan and conduct our work with a clear understanding of the needs of the business.

We will be proactive rather than reactive at all times.

We will strive for optimum performance and interdependence

Learning and Development

We are an organisation that values learning and development.

We recognise the need for people to learn, and innovate. We will enhance our future through continuous improvement and transformation.

We will constantly search for new ways to function better.

Engagement

We will endeavour to engage our staff at all times.

We will manage and lead with passion and by personal example. We will strive to engage our staff at all times.

We will delegate responsibility with accountability.

Communication

We recognise that engaging in communication and dialogue are the cornerstones of our work.

We will communicate in ways that foster cooperation, clarity and committed action

We will ensure that relevant information is fully shared with and disseminated to all who need it in a timely fashion.

Excellence

We are committed to excellence

We are committed to being leaders in our field.

We are committed to quality and efficiency in all we do, even under adverse circumstances.

We constantly strive to improve everything we do, we want to be ‘best in class’.

CSR | Community

Community Involvement

We want to make sure we give time, expertise and money to the communities in which we live and work. We have tried to come up with a diverse CSR program, in order that our help and support can be spread across a wide variety of deserving causes. - The company, our teams, and many individuals, have invested time, effort and funds into our program over many years and we certainly hope that we are making a difference’. Our program is spread geographically and diverse in nature. As an international recruitment business we work in many locations and a result our staff are encouraged to help select the charities and causes with which we are associated, and some of these are recognised below;

Little Havens Children’s Hospice

We have worked with this amazing charity for a number of years. We have recently underwritten and been the main corporate sponsor for their 5K Kapow Run. This is a huge fun run attracting thousands of runners, including around 50 from Tangent. Staff members have also participated in their pier to pier swim in addition to pub quizzes, bake-offs, gala balls, colour runs and Tangent own raffle on there behalf. We have also ‘lent’ them our staff during the week to help raise funds, and to maintain the hospice grounds.

Children’s sporting teams in the UK Ghana, Togo, Malawi, and Dubai

We have also chosen to focus some of our efforts on children’s sports. We sponsor two children’s football teams in the UK, a team of under-privileged children in Togo, and recently another youth team near Accra in Ghana. The children in this most recent team range from 11 – 13 years in age and are again from extremely disadvantaged communities. As part of this program we have also sponsored an under-privileged children’s cricket team from the low paid expat community in Dubai, and a netball team in Malawi.

Kindness Sharing Fridges Dubai

Our team in Dubai have also been keen to do their ‘bit’ in their community, and they have been active participants in the ‘Kindness Sharing Fridge project’. Through their own fund raising and with the companies help, the whole team have been seen out and about, across Dubai, helping to stock these outdoor fridges with food that they have purchased. The idea is that this food provides a healthy and free meal to the unemployed and low paid, and the project (in its second year) is going from strength to strength.

Interact

Aspire

East Africa Crisis

CSR | Our People

Our People

Culture

As mentioned, Tangent's success is because of the devotion to duty of its staff. Our culture is one of ‘can do’ and when we decide on a strategy our staff help us to implement with diligence and all due care. We believe in training and developing our people, and always encourage them to take on additional responsibilities as soon as they feel able. We want everyone associated with Tangent to be ‘the best they can possibly be’ and our programmes are focused on personal as well as corporate goals.

Learning & Development

Instant Feedback/Consultation

Pastoral Care

We provide numbers of consulting staff to customers all over the world. (137 countries to date). We take great care in the selection of these consultants and in their pastoral care once on-site. We do not believe in 'parachuting' people to the ground, but prefer to provide 24-hour helplines and a global network of support. Our programme extends to health, financial and interpersonal support and our Accounts teams are focused on the well-being of our people in the field. Our care programme is constantly being updated and as always we take input from staff, consultants and our client community.

CSR | The Environment

The Environment

As an office-based company providing services that are centred around information systems our environmental footprint is low – certainly when compared to manufacturing companies. Nevertheless, we take environmental stewardship very seriously and strive through a number of initiatives to minimise the environmental impact we have on our business activities.

Initiatives we have already introduced are detailed below and have aggregated to allow Tangent to become a Zero Landfill Company. They have also substantially reduced the volume of greenhouse gas emissions in our Head Office processes.

The steps we have already introduced include:

CSR | Leadership and Influence

Leadership and Influence

Research & Debate

We want to highlight current issues in corporate responsibility, both internally and externally. We have a committee that focuses on research, influencing actions and the implementation of key ideas – this committee has ‘teeth’ and takes a cradle to grave responsibility. We want to be champions of communications and sustainability and are working on developing a network of interested parties.

Education

Diversity in ICT

Supply Chain/Change

The Tangent Charter & Industry Governance

In order to ensure high standards of corporate governance in the areas of human rights, employment law, the environment, anti-corruption and community involvement, Tangent's charter was established in 2009. The idea for the charter came from our many customers who have similar programmes and, like theirs, it is based on the United Nations Global Compact, an international initiative which is supported by companies around the world to provide accountability and transparency. The values and principles embraced within our Charter, together with the standards defined in our Policies & Procedures, ensure that Tangent's operations function within the framework of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation's Code of Professional Practice.

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