1. Purpose
    Clever Centre Ltd is committed to contributing to a more sustainable society by reducing negative impacts, enhancing positive contributions, and embedding sustainability into the way we operate, deliver services, and work with our stakeholders. We recognise that acting responsibly is essential not only for protecting the environment, but also for creating long-term value for our colleagues, clients, partners, and communities.
  2. Commitments
    We are dedicated to continually improving our sustainability performance through:
  • Compliance – meeting or exceeding all relevant legislation, standards, and stakeholder expectations.
  • Prevention and efficiency – ensuring our systems and processes prevent pollution and minimise resource use.
  • Engagement – supporting and encouraging colleagues, suppliers, and partners to align with our sustainability commitments.
  • Inclusive service delivery – continuing to develop services that meet the needs of those least able to access mainstream provision.
  • Continuous improvement – regularly reviewing our practices and seeking opportunities to reduce our environmental footprint and enhance social value.
  1. Leadership and Governance
    Our sustainability performance is championed by the Chief Executive and Senior Leadership Team, supported by all colleagues across the organisation. We embed sustainability in everything we do through:
  • Our shared values: make a positive difference; stronger together; empower people; do the right thing; and build on success.
  • Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Policy and active engagement with internal and external networks.
  • Our commitment to being a Real Living Wage employer, ensuring fairness for all colleagues.
  • Our service model, which prioritises supporting customers and communities that face barriers to mainstream services.
  • Our Travel and Expenses Policy, which encourages sustainable travel, journey planning, and the use of alternative modes of transport including our Bike to Work and electric vehicle leasing schemes.
  • Our Electronic and Confidential Waste Disposal Policy, ensuring reuse, recycling, and compliance with data security requirements.
  • The monitoring and reporting of CO2 emissions, enabling us to track and improve our environmental performance.
  • The integration of Social Value requirements into our Procurement Policy to ensure responsible supply chain practices.
  1. Communication and Engagement
    To achieve our sustainability objectives, we are committed to transparent and effective communication with colleagues, suppliers, customers, and wider stakeholders. We do this through:
  • Our procurement processes
  • Business planning cycles
  • Staff induction and training
  • Internal communications, including newsletters, team briefings, and intranet updates
  1. Review
    This Sustainability Policy will be reviewed annually as part of Clever Centre Ltd’s business planning process to ensure it remains effective, relevant, and aligned with our strategic goals.

Version 1 – September 2025