ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

Millennium Interior Designers is an Interior Design company. We are committed to reducing the impact of our day to day operations on the environment and to continually reducing the carbon footprint of the business. We aim to take a sustainable approach to our business operations. We are committed to complying with the requirements of all applicable environmental legislation and where possible exceeding their requirements. We recognize that our activities interact and impact on the environment on an on-going basis and have identified the production of waste and energy usage as our main environmental impacts. We endeavour to control these impacts and prevent pollution through the following actions:

Energy

Reduce carbon energy use through implementing switch off policies and green energy tariffs.

Pollution

Staffs are encouraged to take public transport to business meetings.

Cycling to work is actively encouraged.

Staff use of home and remote working to reduce total annual journeys.

Waste

Reduction, re-use and recycling of consumables including paper, glass, cans, toners and plastic.

Double-sided printing on recycled paper wherever possible to reduce paper wastage.

Re-use and recycling of unwanted furniture and equipment.

Compliance with Duty of Care regulations.

Water

Implement water saving measures in our office environment where possible.

Purchasing

Where possible we will use local suppliers to reduce the impact on congestion and carbon emissions.

We will source product supplies which have a lower impact on the environment.

Delivery of Services

We will promote environmentally responsible and sustainable practices within the delivery of our services.

We will actively support of businesses that seek to develop sustainable business based upon recycling of other products, low energy

consumption or carbon reduction.

We endeavour to continually improve our environmental performance through regular objective setting and we undertake a review of this policy on a sixth-monthly basis.

The Director is responsible for implementing this policy which is communicated to all staff, clients and contractors of the company and is available on request to interested parties.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

Policy Statement and Procedures,

The mission of Millennium Interior Designers is;

Pursuing this mission, Millennium Interior Designers aims to ensure that all people within the community have equal access to the benefits created by the company’s activities. We therefore seek continually to eliminate barriers to access and to ensure that there is no less favourable treatment to anyone on the grounds of gender, marital status, race or ethnicity, disability, religion or belief, age or sexual orientation.

The company values the diversity of its staff, clients and the local communities in which it operates and promoting diversity and good race relations is integral to all stages of delivering our services.

We are committed to the promotion of equality of opportunity for all and accept our responsibilities under the human rights directives and anti-discrimination legislation for implementing codes of practice aimed at positive action to redress inequalities.

In promoting equal opportunities, the company will develop effective measures for ensuring that all groups and individuals are able to work in an environment which is free from discrimination and harassment on the grounds of gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, family responsibility, trades union activity or religious belief. We will work towards the elimination of racism whether overt or covert both within the company and in all aspects of our service delivery with sub-contractors and with partner agencies.

We will pursue policies for widening access and enhancing staff and client diversity with monitoring of achievement of these policies.

All employees and contractors are required to comply with this policy and to promote a culture which actively combats discrimination and values diversity and equality of opportunity in all areas of the company’s activities. Breaches of the policy will be regarded as misconduct and could result in disciplinary action.

HEALTH & SAFETY POLICY

Millennium Interior Designers firmly believes that adequate provisions for health and safety are essential to working life.

The maintenance of healthy and safe working conditions and the prevention of injuries are not only of vital importance to the company’s efficiency and success, but also in the best interests of all our employees and their families.

We therefore:

Ensure that all employees are fully aware of their responsibility for safety and of the safety rules which are relevant to their own jobs.

Undertake regular risk assessments.

Provide up to date information about health and safety issues at work.

Manage the health and safety issues by identifying and minimising risks.

Ensure that all training venues utilised by the company comply with relevant health and safety legislation.

An accident book shall be maintained at both the company’s head office and for use at third party venues where we deliver training programs.

All workplace accidents and injuries shall be reported to the Director immediately.

Signed by:

Sharrina Agese 

Founder & Director