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STAKEHOLDER GROUP
Zenises Foundation & Local Community Partnerships (parish council, universities
• Several social impact initiatives aimed at improving quality
of life, with a focus on giving children access to quality education.
• Provide healthy meals to children in need.
• Support Grantham football league with donations • Sponsor girls STEM project
• Resurface local playgrounds.
• In support of SDG 4 (Quality Education), We developed our
Oneness Education Initiative which aims to deliver quality
education to children in remote villages in India; we donated 200,000 textbooks to various schools in India through this initiative.
• Sponsored and participated in Charity Golf event, raising money for charity in support of SDG 1 (No Poverty).
Over 100 scholarships funded, including 12 with the University of Oxford (to date).
125,000 people in need fed at a one-day event (an annual event, apart from pandemic).
200,000 textbooks to schools in India.
Over 100,000 school aged children participated in the Oneness Education Initiative.
VALUE CREATED
IMPACT
SUPPORTING THE SDGs
The Planet
• Our business is a circular model that reuses and recycles tyres, diverting them from landfill.
• Our 100% zero waste landfill policy keeps our non-tyre waste out
of landfills, supporting SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production), and specifically SDG target 12.5 (substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling, and reuse).
• We are committed to being a carbon net-zero business by 2030 in support of SDG 13.
• We have been part of the UN Global Compact since 2021.
• In 2022, we engaged the services of Tecno International to lead our company’s first carbon assessment to establish our baseline (based on 2021 activities).
• Installation of special thermal insulation systems for our tyre presses led to a reduction in our energy consumption.
• Proud Patrons of One Life One Tree - The Sequoia Project.
• We committed to reporting our efforts and progress and sharing #Sustainable Thinking and best practices with our stakeholders.
228,000 of tyres diverted from landfill in 2022.
Reduced electricity consumption by 24.9% in 2022, compared
to 2021 baseline.
Formalised our ESG Policy (published in 2023)
3 articles published to Vaculug community on social media.
Published two annual Sustainability Reports
to date (2021 and 2022).
OUR SOCIAL IMPACT & VALUE CREATION COMMITMENTS:
• We will track and measure our social impact initiatives.
• We will further structure and expand the work we do with the Zenises Foundation
• We will create an annual Vaculug Sustainability Day that will focus on engaging and educating our stakeholders.
• We will hold Sustainable Thinking Forums, twice a year, to engage our customers, service providers and employees on sustainability matters related to our industry.
• We will work with existing and new partners to expand social impact initiatives.
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