Trentham Lakes

At the Heart of Our Business

As the UK’s leading regeneration specialist, we recognise the significant impact that our activities have on the environment and the communities in which we work. We recognise that managing these activities responsibly brings long-term benefits to our shareholders as well as our other stakeholders.

One of the company’s key strengths is its ability and willingness to undertake difficult and long term projects, focusing on:

• Town centre regeneration – the refurbishment and revitalisation of tired town centres;
• Partnering industry - enabling the reuse of redundant former employment complexes;
• Brownfield land renewal - the remediation of contaminated brownfield land; and
• Heritage restoration - the restoration of heritage assets of both local and national importance.

At the very heart of all of our business is the principle of sustainability - the need to conserve scarce resources and avoid compromising the inheritance of future generations.

The other principle underlying our business is to conduct it to the highest ethical standards, treating others as we would wish to be treated ourselves.

Our business depends critically on the behaviour of our employees and the professionals and contractors who help deliver our projects. We seek to treat them with respect and to encourage them in the delivery of our projects to give equal respect to all our stakeholders.

The following pages set out our CSR principles and illustrate the progress we have made in the year.

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Principles & Ethics

We strive to maintain the highest standards of ethical conduct and corporate responsibility, by acting with integrity in our dealings with our business partners, stakeholders and with each other. Consequently, in all of our business we adhere to the following principles:

• We seek to make a positive contribution to society as a whole, and specifically the communities in which we operate.
• We treat all partners, suppliers and employees fairly, without regard to race, colour, creed, gender, age, sexual orientation or disability.
• We require our suppliers to operate to similar high standards as ourselves.
• Compliance with laws and regulations is required as an absolute minimum standard.
• Reputable business practices must be applied.
• Conflicts of interest must be declared and appropriate arrangements made to ensure that those with a material interest are not involved in the decision making process.
• Improper payments or inducements of any kind are prohibited.
• Reporting of business performance is undertaken in such a way that stakeholders are fully and properly informed concerning the business’s true performance, risks and opportunities in a timely manner.