One of the major areas of corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) which EcoVadis focusses on is around a company’s people, how it treats its employees, and also what contribution it can have to the wider world. Operating ethically has always been at the forefront of Ital Logistics, having always paid above industry averages, and always ensuring that all our employees are treated well. But we’ve never really spoken out loud about it before.
When recruiting new people, we always seek to employ the right person for the role in question, irrespective of gender, nationality or religion. We don’t have targets to procure employees from either, just to be seen to balance the numbers. We don’t discriminate, we will see anyone, but the right person for the job is the primary focus.
We reward our people well. In addition to above industry remuneration, we also provide medical insurance and death in service benefits for all. We introduced pension contributions several years before it became mandatory for companies to do so. Flexible working and working from home is also made available, so long as it bears little impact on the operation as a whole.
We hold high ethical standards, and have done since inception. Our mantra is to provide a quality, reliable and personalised service, with openness, honesty and integrity. We also engage with our colleagues to share the responsibilities of monitoring ourselves in areas such as; bribery and corruption, health and safety, mental health and well-being, with an open door for discussion, taking any corrective action necessary.
We also like to support charitable initiatives, whether these be by our employees being directly involved, or contributing time and resources, as well as financial support, for many causes. We have even taken a truck load of aid, including case-packing two statues (one of the Madonna) on the back of a vehicle outside the church who made the collection, to L’Aquila following the earthquake some years ago.