2015 Sustainability Report – Key Data
Flint Group Sustainability Statement
Flint Group’s approach to continuously improve sustainability is underpinned by our own Mission and Guiding Principles – a fundamental set of simple, clear values.
Flint Group operates within the spirit of the UN Global Compact for sustainability.
Everyday our people and teams are committed to providing increased health, safety and wellbeing whilst a continuous improvement
programme is in place to reduce our current environmental impact now and for future generations.
An uncompromising integrity policy and strong ethical values set by our own Guiding Principles ensure that you can truly Rely on us for
sustainable development…
Flint Group Sustainability Statement
This strategy enables Flint Group to deliver integrated solutions in the three key dimensions of corporate sustainability*:-
Economic guides corporate governance, code of conduct, risk and compliance.
Environment steers our goal to continually reduce impact on the environment and regulates the reporting of progress with this.
Social drives corporate citizenship, labour practices, people development, social reporting, talent attraction
and retention.
* - As outlined within the Dow Jones Sustainability Index.
1. Flint Group’s Mission & Guiding Principles
The long established Mission and Guiding principles cover in 5 key areas the way of working in Flint Group:
This fundamental set of simple clear values allow us to align our activities internally within the spirit of the UN Global Compact while our external reporting methods detail the delivery of integrated long term economic, social and environmental solutions:
2. UN Global Compact
Anti Corruption, Labour, Human Rights, Environmental
3. Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) Economic, Social, Environment
Flint Group Sustainability Model
Flint Group’s Sustainability Model combines three elements:
1. Flint Group’s Mission and Guiding principle –
our way to ensure to that we deliver on our commitments 2. The UN Global Compact
3. The reporting outline as defined by the Dow Jones Sustainability Index
Key data contents
Economic Ensuring we do business right 7
Identifying and managing risk 8
Transparency and accountability 9
Environment Energy and Water usage 10
Emissions from air travel 15
Waste 16
Classification and labelling 17
Community Involvement 18
Social Building a high profile sustainable organisation 19
Understanding the supply chain 21
Safety 24
Measuring sustainability 26
Ensuring we do business right
Ever since Flint Group was formed there has been a strong emphasis placed on “ensuring
that we do business in the right way”.
Identifying and managing risk
Every identified risk is scored for likelihood and impact and categorised within the Flint
Group Risk Profile.
Transparency and accountability
Building on the strong Code of Conduct and
Employee Representation Certificate process,
the board of Flint Group decided to implement
a process for employees to report issues in a
safe and secure environment.
Energy and water
Flint Group is committed to the effective and
efficient use of energy and water throughout
our operations and we are committed to
actively conserving energy and water
throughout the life cycle of our products.
Electricity usage
Electricity Usage in GJTonnes
Electricity Usage
Emissions from Electricity
Natural gas usage
Natural Gas Usage in GJTonnes
Natural Gas Usage
Emissions from Natural Gas
Carbon dioxide emissions
Water usage
Natural Gas Usage in GJ
Emissions from air travel
Waste
Tonnes
Solid Waste to Landfill
Waste Diverted by Region
Classification and labelling
Flint Group has a long tradition in market- leading safe products. To cope with the
ever-faster changing legislation Flint Group has
created a global regulatory organisation.
Community Involvement
Each year - Flint Group provides resources and donations to
numerous great causes that continue to make positive
impacts on the communities we live and work in...
► In Cotia, Brazil – Employees volunteer at the ‘Lar Zulmina’
orphanage with Flint Group much needed supplies including clothing, toys and food to the children’s home
► In the UK, employees organised a toy drive to provide
presents at Christmas to children who would normally go without
► Flint Group also donated over $25,000 to the ‘United Way’ charity that focuses on supporting our local communities in the US
► In the United States, Flint Group donated $25,000 towards the ‘Hole in the Wall’ children’s cancer camp
Just some of the many examples of work undertaken in 2014…
► Flint Group and its employees also provided disaster relief sending emergency supplies to Chile and Serbia in times of need
Building a high profile sustainable organisation
At Flint Group we believe that our people make the difference, whether manufacturing,
logistics, sales, procurement or support –
everyone is crucial to our success
Building a high profile sustainable organisation
Understanding the supply chain
Flint Group relies on nearly 2,000 raw
material suppliers from around the globe
and while we all understand regional
differences in approaches towards
sustainability, understanding where our
suppliers are in their development is
important to Flint Group
Understanding the supply chain
Understanding the supply chain
Safety
Our safety vision is to create an
injury – and illness – free workplace where
everyone goes home safe after each day’s
work. At Flint Group, we believe that “no
job is worth getting hurt for”
Safety
Measuring sustainability
Flint Group fundamentally believes that:
“unless you measure things consistently it is
difficult to document improvement”
Measuring sustainability
Environment
Measuring sustainability
Economic
Social