Corporate Responsibility
Corporate Responsibility (“CR”) offers Sage the opportunity to not only act as a ‘good citizen’ but also to support our 2010 goals, particularly:
- Be the must trusted brand in our markets
- Be the most admired employer within our markets
To do this we have elected to take a simple, pragmatic approach which will enable us to:
- Focus on areas most meaningful to Sage
- Measure our progress
- Build in flexibility for Operating Companies
Our operating companies (“OpCos”) are encouraged and supported in undertaking positive corporate responsibility activities within a common policy framework provided by the Group regarding employment, marketplace, community and environmental matters.
Inherent in our Guiding Principles is Sage’s commitment to acting as a responsible corporate citizen, being aware of our impacts as a business both positive and negative, and seeking to enhance the positive and minimise the negative.
It is possible to undertake a raft of initiatives and actions under the remit of CR, however, Sage will focus on a few key areas during 2008 where we believe we can make a difference, in a way that is meaningful to our organisation’s strategy and our people.
Although the standards established by local legislation will apply as a minimum, we aim to achieve best practice in the local context of every country in which we operate, and share this across the Group so that we implement continuous improvement.
It is our policy to set out high level expectations in three key areas of CR, and for our operating companies to select the aspects of these in which they will invest their resources, depending on what is most meaningful and impactful. The fourth area of community and charity activity will be entirely locally driven and no Group level policy requirements will be set.
The three areas of focus for 2008 are:
People – Talent, integrity, employee engagement
Environment – Carbon footprint, waste reduction
Industry – Enhance position as a business that supports the SME
Within these areas our operating companies will choose which elements they wish to focus on.