Responsible business
Environmental Social Governance (ESG)
At Ultima, we believe that good ethics are the foundation of good business.
Unethical behaviour can severely damage the trust stakeholders place in an organisation and compromise our ability to meet our Environmental Social Governance (ESG) objectives.
Ultima is open and honest in communicating strategies, targets, performance and governance to its stakeholders, in a continual commitment to sustainable development. Our board and senior leadership have set principles defining rights, responsibilities and expectations between our different stakeholders in the governance of our ESG operations.
Our governance incorporates social and environmental performance, including human rights, in its decision-making.
We’ve committed to having positive social or environmental impacts and putting sustainable technologies at the heart of our innovation – to make sure that we are adapting and growing along with the planet, with the lowest environmental impact.
Sustainable, structural redesign and transformation is top of our agenda, as we align ESG issues with Ultima’s mission statement and values, to enhance overall value creation for all of our partners and community stakeholders.
Whether you're an employee, partner or customer you can take comfort that together, we are working towards solutions to reduce the challenges facing the world today. We welcome input from all of our stakeholders, in our steps, towards a brighter and better future.
Ecologi Partnership
At Ultima we value integrity and as part of our ongoing commitment to taking care of the environment through sustainable practices we have partnered with Ecologi. Working in collaboration with The Eden Reforestation Projects, Ecologi plant millions of trees around the world each month to combat climate change. As we’re extremely passionate and want to make a real difference, we will be planting trees for several initiatives which will contribute to Ultima’s Virtual Forest. Find out more in the blog here.
Macmillan Partnership
This year we are partnering with Macmillan Cancer Support as our primary charity. Not only are we supporting the trust through their popular coffee mornings but the team will also be using their allocated volunteering days to support with fundraising.
Million Mile Clean Partnership
In September 2022 we launched a new partnership with the Million Mile Clean as part of our Volunteering Month. Suffers Against Sewage created their biggest ever campaign the Million Mile Clean with the goal of making the UK a cleaner, greener place for everyone to enjoy. We’re joining 100,000 people each year to get out there and protect the areas we love.
ReadiFood Partnership
To further make an impact in the local community, we are holding monthly food collections in the office for ReadiFood, who provide emergency food parcels to families and individuals in severe need across the greater Reading area.
Samaritans Partnership
Ultima are supporting Reading Samaritans who provide advice, support and awareness for mental health 24 hours a day. Over the next year we will be campaigning to raise awareness and promote the understanding of this important cause through a series of fundraising activities and events. Every 10 seconds, Samaritans responds to a call for help – and we will be supporting them in being there for every single one. We will be utilising our volunteering days to give our time to this charity that is completely run by volunteers. Make sure you follow our social channels for regular updates!
Starting Point Partnership
We are also pleased to announce a partnership with Starting Point, who provide support and mentoring for disadvantaged young people aged 16-25, who are not in education, employment or training, to give them a brighter future. We will be working with them on a mentorship programme, workplace visits and skill sharing.
Women's Aid Partnership
At Ultima we are passionate about supporting both the local community and those topics that are close to our employees’ hearts. This year we are delighted to be partnering with 2 local charities voted for and chosen by Team Ultima. We are supporting Berkshire Women’s Aid who provide support, advocacy and domestic abuse services to anyone experiencing domestic abuse. Ultima will be working on a variety of projects with our BWA, allowing them to utilise our IT expertise and knowledge to help them digitally transform so they can focus on what really matters.
Quality standards
We are certified for Cyber Essentials, G-Cloud, ISO 27001, and ISO 9000, giving our customers the reassurance we follow best practice frameworks and meet internationally recognised standards.
Diversity and inclusion
We are committed to embracing diversity and inclusion at Ultima as well as within the wider community, and our employment policies proactively support this.
As an equal opportunity employee we recognise that diversity in our workforce brings a range of perspectives and skills and for diversity to really make an impact it must spread across all management levels of the business.
Anti-slavery
We act in compliance with the law to ensure that slavery and human trafficking do not take place within our business or our supply chain – and we expect the same high standards from all our contractors, suppliers, and other business partners.