Corporate Social Responsibility Policy
CCEA seeks to ensure that it will not only fulfill its legal responsibilities in the areas of corporate and social responsibility, but will go beyond compliance to invest 'more' into its human capital, the environment and relations with stakeholders. CCEA will ensure that all its decisions and actions are based on a bedrock of corporate and social responsibility.
CCEA is a unique educational body in the UK, bringing together the three areas of curriculum, examinations and assessment. Its role includes advising Government on the Northern Ireland curriculum; monitoring qualifications and examination standards in Northern Ireland; awarding qualifications; and administering the Transfer Test on behalf of the Department of Education. CCEA operates from three sites: two within the Clarendon Dock complex in Belfast and one in the Greater Belfast area. CCEA seeks to ensure that it will not only fulfill its legal responsibilities in the areas of CSR, but will go beyond statutory compliance in the workplace, its community involvement and in safeguarding the environment in which it operates. CCEA will ensure that its strategic decisions and actions are based on a bedrock of corporate values and business ethics. CCEA will embed CSR into its mainstream business processes.
The Workplace
CCEA will adopt fair and equitable recruitment practices and adopt non-discriminatory practices in its people policies including: recruitment and selection; rewarding and promoting people on merit; helping employees to develop their professional skills and achieve a work/life balance; and treating people with equal respect. CCEA will promote health and safety in its broadest context with a particular emphasis on occupational health and employee welfare. CCEA will carry out organisational development in a socially responsible way, taking into consideration the interests and concerns of all of those who are affected by the changes and decisions. It will provide open information and consultation and will seek to reduce the need for redundancies.
The Community
CCEA will actively seek opportunities through its core business to ensure that activities
enrich and add value to the society in which it operates. In addition, it will ensure that
employees are provided with opportunities to make effective voluntary contributions to the
society in which they live and to societal and environmental issues which matter to them.
CCEA will respect its neighbours and its communities. It will develop positive relationships
with the local community and contribute to community causes. CCEA will manage its business activities to ensure that they provide value for money. It will work closely with business partners in achieving this. CCEA will contribute to the economy by providing employment opportunities and wages.
The Environment
CCEA will establish environmental objectives which are in harmony with its environmental
policy. CCEA will use the ISO 14001 framework to introduce and develop an environmental
management system. CCEA will monitor and review performance against its environmental policy.
Performance Management
The Business Assurance team will monitor and report on the impact of CCEA's CSR strategy on a yearly basis against measurable targets and will report on these.
Gavin Boyd, Chief Executive
Date 19 December 2005
This policy will be made communicated to staff through the CCEA Intranet site and through induction and cultural induction programmes. The policy will also be communicated to stakeholders through the Internet site. CCEA staff working in the area of facilities management will ensure that CCEA's outsourced facilities management partner and any subsequent contractors employed are made aware of the requirements of its environmental policy.
