Social Responsibility

Corporate social responsibility statement

We recognise that our social, environmental and ethical conduct has an impact on our reputation. We therefore take our corporate social responsibilities seriously and are committed to advancing our policies and systems across the Group to ensure we address and monitor all aspects of corporate social responsibilities that are relevant to our business. These include good ethical behaviour, concern for employee health and safety and care for the environment.

We strive to maintain a productive and open dialogue with all parties who may have an interest in our activities including shareholders, customers, suppliers and employees. We will have an investors relationship programme, conduct customer satisfaction surveys, monitor supplier performance and actively encourage feedback from our employees. We maintain our website as one of the main routes for providing information to interested parties and for contacting us.

The Group is committed to developing and implementing appropriate policies while adhering to a fundamental commitment to create and sustain long term value for shareholders. As a Group driven largely by developing technology our main assets are the talents and skills of the people we employ.

Employees

The Group aims to attract, retain, and motivate the highest calibre of employees within the context of an operating structure that encourages their development and initiative.

Employees are provided with a continuing learning and development opportunity to fulfil their potential and this process is managed to align development with the Group’s strategic and business units’ goals and objectives.

The Group is committed to providing equality of opportunity to all existing and prospective employees without unlawful or unfair discrimination. Full support is given to the employment and advancement of disabled persons.

Local business unit management is responsible for developing and implementing arrangements for employee information, consultation, communication and involvement which best meet their own particular needs within the context of a Group cascade process.

Health and safety

The Group Health and Safety Policy places responsibility for the management of health and safety on the internal control team and local external advisers, where necessary.

Environmental

Good environmental practice and the impact that our operations have on the environment are of great importance to the Group. The main aim of the Group’s Environmental Policy is to comply with local, state and national environmental legislation in all jurisdictions in which we operate and to adopt responsible environmental practices.

The environmental performance of the Group continues to improve with business units setting goals for reducing emissions, energy consumption, reducing waste and greater recycling.

Airmax and the Environment

As an environmentally-conscious company, Airmax aims to significantly contribute towards lowering energy consumption and CO₂ emissions, both in manufacturing processes and working practices and through the development of 'green' products that lower or monitor the burden on the environment.

Airmax is committed to developing procedures to offset CO₂ emissions either by sequestrations or alterative technology to become carbon balanced or carbon negative.

Airmax's Green Product Concept

Airmax aims to produce products that:

• are energy-efficient, both in operation and on standby.
• use less water and detergent, and reduce the amount of materials used in products and packaging.

Airmax has implemented a zero lead policy in the manufacture of its product equipment.

Airmax endeavours to use materials that are easily recycled or reused in products, and takes into consideration designing products that are easier to disassemble to facilitate for recycling.