Sustainability

IHSS are strongly passionate about how our services can improve the environmental, economic and social well-being of the communities in which we work & support.

Environmental

• Increase the efficiency of our resources, reduce dependence on non-renewable resources, prevent pollution, optimise energy efficiency and reduced their carbon footprint.
• Adoption of the waste hierarchy to ‘reduce, reuse and recycle’.
• Reduce adverse environmental impact by adopting appropriate best practice e.g. low energy design, water conservation, avoiding use of ozone depleting substances, reducing landfill waste, use of renewable materials and energy.
• Ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations and take any further measures considered.

Economic

• Take responsibility for our actions and playing our part in society.
• Systematically improve the capability and capacity of IHSS to provide a sustainable and efficient service to customers.
• Developing and investing in skills, development, specialist training and apprentices to build a more skilled and productive workforce and reducing risks of supply constraints and increasing labour cost inflation in areas we work. Encouraging our supply chain to do the same.
• Improve the dialogue and communication with all relevant
  stakeholder groups to ensure economic efficiency
  and sustainability.