Corporate responsibility
We recognise that WPA and Protocol have a responsibility beyond simply providing
exemplary levels of service to our customers."
ISO 14001
WPA is one of the first companies in the UK to be awarded full accreditation for
ISO 14001. We make every effort, as part of our general efficiency, to have a low
carbon foot print and to produce as little waste as possible – not least by
being an effectively paperless office.
ISO 14001 is the internationally recognised Standard for Environmental Management
Systems and is one of the highest benchmarks in environmental management and best
practice.
Our Environmental Management System (EMS) at WPA has enabled us to identify where
we can have an impact upon the environment and has given us a framework in which
we can mitigate this impact.
ISO 14001 makes great environmental and business sense. Every penny we now save
through energy efficiency or waste minimisation is reinvested within the company
to improve service to our customers – our reason for being. This is an important
consideration given the wider global context of rapidly rising energy prices, sourced
from increasingly unstable regions of the world.
Artist’s impression of a new innovative Wind Turbine to be installed at our
Head Quarters during 2008
PACT
The WPA charitable foundation, Parents and Children Together (PACT) has a history
dated back to 1940. The Trustees of the Foundation use its assets for the benefit
of sick children and their immediate families who are in financial difficulties.
On a day-to-day level, the foundation can contribute toward travel and living expenses
of those qualifying families who are experiencing acute financial hardship due to
their child's unexpected illness and/or prolonged medical attention.
We are passionate about continuing to provide exemplary levels of support for families
enduring distressing and vulnerable times. PACT commits to treat each request for
assistance on an individual basis, recognising that no two family circumstances
are ever the same; to provide sympathetic and practical support in a sensitive manner
to those less fortunate than ourselves.
Tsunami
Rather than donate money to Tsunami Charities, we set about building some houses
ourselves.
