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Corporate Governance at Ventro.

Ventro’s board are committed to upholding the highest standards of corporate governance. These include ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, maintaining accurate records, and promoting transparency and accountability throughout the company.
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Our board and governance team hold a regular cadence of meetings throughout the year, to ensure that all areas of corporate governance are upheld.

 

Ventro's Corporate Governance Objectives:

  • Legal Compliance: Full adherence to the Companies Act 2006 and associated regulatory requirements.
  • Filing and Reporting: All annual accounts, confirmation statements, and tax returns filed on time and in full.
  • Record Keeping: Accurate statutory registers and meeting minutes maintained.
  • Financial Responsibilities: All accounting records and necessary audits are undertaken in a timely manner.
  • Communication: Effective communication with shareholders and stakeholders ensured.
  • Governance Code: Maintain full compliance with the UK Corporate Governance Code.
  • Ethical Conduct: Ensure adherence to the Bribery Act 2010 and health and safety regulations.
  • Data Protection: Full compliance with GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018.

The ESG Wheel

The ESG Wheel consists of three main sections; Environment, Social & Governance. Our ESG wheel illustrates the critical areas we focus on:

Environment: We are dedicated to minimising our environmental impact through sustainable practices, reducing our carbon footprint, and promoting eco-friendly initiatives.

Social: We prioritise creating positive social impacts by fostering an inclusive workplace, supporting community development, and upholding high standards of social responsibility.

Governance: We ensure robust governance practices by maintaining transparency, ethical conduct, and accountability in all our operations, safeguarding the interests of our stakeholders and maintaining compliance with regulatory standards.

These pillars guide our actions and decisions, reflecting our commitment to building a sustainable future while operating with integrity and responsibility. 

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Environment

Carbon Emissions & Decarbonisation

  • Technician’s vehicles are all low emission models​
  • Environmentally sensitive route planning ​
  • Reduction in average fuel consumption ​
  • Five EV charging stations installed in head office​
  • Ties with LivGreen – retrofit specialist

Waste & Hazardous Waste Management

  • Use of Go Green Reports to track waste disposals from live projects​
  • 47% decrease in landfill waste in 2022​
  • As a registered waste contractor, obsolete waste equipment is disposed of correctly

Recycling

  • 90% of Ventro’s onsite waste was recycled during 2021​

​Climate Impact

  • Ventro 2050 net zero objective ​
  • Staff are carbon-literate and are trained on climate change

 

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Social

Diversity & Inclusion

  • Fair and robust recruitment policies ​
  • Support for equal staff opportunities ​
  • Equality policy in place​

Community Impact

  • Driving a cultural change across the industry ​– “above compliance”​
  • Critical role for the wellbeing of the social housing sector​
  • Community relationships and engagement (resident engagement coffee mornings, resident liaison team)

Training Development

  • Training and Investment in staff development and standards ​
  • Competence and accreditations is critical in the context of the “building a Safer Future” Charter

Health & Safety

  • Putting safety ahead of cost ​
  • On-site health and safety protocols with incident reporting / monitoring measures​

Supply Chain Management

  • Supply chain vetted throughout procurement process​
  • All materials are sourced from local branches where possible​
  • Meet the buyer” mobilisation events​
  • Subcontractors are thoroughly vetted 
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Governance

Transparency & Reporting

  • Publishing annual / bi-annual ESG strategy reports ​
  • Visibility of data and KPIs​

​ESG KPI Monitoring 

  • Recycling % tracked at every site​
  • Future Net Zero Certified - Actively measuring and reducing our carbon footprint by 50% by 2030​

Board & Management Composition

  • Transparency: The board provides comprehensive information about their financial performance, strategies, and decision-making processes to stakeholders​​
  • Accountability: Ventro have a clear accountability framework to hold executives and board members accountable for their actions and decisions​​
  • Risk Management: Ventro have an effective risk management policy (COAP) in place that identify, assesses, and mitigates risks that could impact the company​
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