Employees

Our policy is to:

• Comply with all legislation relating to employee relations in the countries in which we operate.
• Maintain an equal opportunities policy in line with, and going beyond, regulations.
• Comply with, and where possible exceed, health and safety regulations.
• Maintain a learning and development programme for employees, constantly improving business performance through talent management and organisation succession planning – including graduate and apprentice schemes.
• Facilitate and encourage two-way communications at e2v, including a secure whistle-blowing process and regular employee survey.
• Maintain and benchmark a policy ensuring e2v offers competitive work packages.
• Create a great working environment where people want to work.
• Encourage all employees to live the Group’s key values.
• Maximise employee engagement through listening to all of our employees and proactively improving how we work together. 

e2v’s core values remain a cornerstone to the way in which we work and relate to each other, attracting and retaining the right people to maintain the ongoing health and success of the business. We endeavour to deliver an environment where all our employees feel proud to work for us and understand the importance of embracing the values, of:

• Integrity
• Excellence throughout
• Customer first
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Our Smart Thinking Award & Recognition Scheme (STARS) remains an important means by which we recognise employees who make valuable suggestions or who perform above and beyond their normal responsibilities, with instant and quarterly awards available to celebrate the achievements of both individuals and teams. To support the Group’s customer centric focus, an additional award recognising excellence in a customer-first approach (both internal and external) has been introduced.

We are also committed to developing all of our people and have a comprehensive, innovative and high quality learning and development programme in place. A management modular development programme is being rolled out across the organisation to support our leaders in their positions.

All of these initiatives are underpinned by our commitment to creating a discrimination-free environment for our people, with a positive whistle-blowing culture and where our policies meet, and often exceed, legal requirements, leading to best practice standards.

e2v also continues to support STEM TEAM Essex (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Network), a UK wide organisation, sponsored by the Department of Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. e2v has around 20 ambassadors who facilitate at Group events and go out into schools and colleges to work with young people, raising interest and awareness of careers in these subjects and developing a pipeline of motivated and capable people into science, technology and maths-related careers.

 

Awards and Recognition

e2v has a long history of being a responsible business and is committed to building on its achievements.

The BiTC Corporate Responsibility (CR) Index assesses the extent to which corporate responsibility strategy is integrated within the organisations business practice. It is a benchmark for companies’ management practices and their performance. In 2011 e2v achieved Gold status for the full CR Index.

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents audits our health and safety performance annually against 10 sets of key criteria. For the second year in succession e2v have been awarded Gold for its performance and improvements.

In May 2011, following a submission process whereby employees completed a questionnaire asking about their view of the company’s green credentials, e2v was included in the fourth annual edition of The Sunday Times 60 Best Green Companies. Only those organisations demonstrating the highest environmental standards, with workforces wholly engaged and in tune with their green initiatives, have made it onto the list.

 

e2v Approach to Corporate Responsibility

At the core of our approach is the implementation of a risk based management system supported by a strong Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) culture.

The primary objective of e2v is to avoid harm to people and the environment. We recognise the link between responsible HSE management and performance and good business performance. Our key objectives are to:

Protect Health
Prevent Injury
Reduce Environmental Impact

Accidents are included in the statistics if they occurred during working time, including while travelling on company business or as a result of work (accidents on private journeys between home and work are excluded). In the UK, reportable accidents are based on the requirements of the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR), in other countries, local regulations are used.

 

Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Culture

• e2v is committed to a programme of continual improvement for its production and support service activities across the Group, addressing all aspects of HSE Management.
• e2v aims to respond to wider environmental concerns and wherever possible help the wider community develop solutions which protect the environment and have a positive economic impact.
• e2v aims to continue the development of a strong HSE culture with visible leadership and commitment from all levels of management with effective engagement of all employees.

Throughout 2010 we benchmarked our existing HSE practices through internal and 3rd party external audits. This assisted in the review & development of the new Group HSE Management System and to highlight what can be improved upon.

All of the e2v sites including offices hold 3rd party certification to the Environmental Management Standard ISO14001 and Health & Safety Management Standard OHSAS18001 with the exception of Santa Clara which is due for certification in 2011. e2v ensures access to competent occupational advice across all sites.

 

Performance Improvements

Over the past 18 months e2v has set and reported on challenging targets for improving HSE performance. The HSE team manage programmes of continual improvement to maintain and improve our standards.

The Group HSE objectives and targets include the protection of health, targeting zero incidents of occupational disease and other work related ill-health, the prevention of injuries, targeting a reduction in lost time injury rate (over 1 day) by 15% (by the end of 2012 relative to 2009) and reduction in the environmental impact targeting; a reduction in the amount of energy consumed by 10% (by the end of 2012 relative to 2009), a reduction in the annual production of solid waste by 10% (by the end of 2012 relative to 2009) and an increase in the proportion of solid waste sent for recycling to 70% by the end of 2012.

A decision has been made not to use carbon offsetting within e2v therefore any changes in e2v’s carbon footprint are as a direct result of e2v’s activities.