Colin buchanan

Our Board of Directors is committed to challenging and then developing and enhancing our Corporate Social Responsibility policy.

The characteristics of this approach are:

Understanding society
We recognise that businesses play an important role in society and that our business, advising on so many aspects that directly affect the public, have a responsibility to practice what we preach. Through the promotion of sustainable systems, which is key in our work for clients, we study and hopefully understand of all the communities and societies that we serve.

Questioning business as usual
Through our attitudes and policies described above, Colin Buchanan considers itself socially responsible. However, we are not complacent; we continually question how we may be more caring and more sustainable in the short, medium and long term.

Building strengths
Colin Buchanan believes that its staff and their collective knowledge is the lifeblood of the company and that this is not a static asset but one that should be built upon. Through our internal lectures focussing on all the developing aspects of the industry, we encourage the development of our employees and lead them to a greater understanding of the changing world. Employees are also encouraged to attend external seminars and conferences, where they can learn of new ideas and approaches and, above all, participate. All this re-investment in our employees promotes a culture of striving for excellence and the ability to be reactive to the changing demands of our industry, which in turn becomes an improved service to our customers, and since our work impacts on the world at large this constant knowledge regeneration and renewal benefits everyone.

Harnessing diversity
We respect that people are different and we harness this diversity and reflect it in our employment practices. Our work force is one that is mixed in all aspects and this is a wealth which we have cultivated and which we will continue to develop.

In addition to our employment practices in the UK and Ireland, we have subsidiary operations in Spain and China and benefit from staff movement between the parent and subsidiary companies including a secondment programme for some of the staff members in our Spanish operation.