Corporate Social Responsibility
Commitment to our Communities
As a responsible manufacturer, Polyflor has a duty of care to ensure that the impact of day-to-day operations from its business to the local community is minimal. We also want to ‘give back’ wherever we can and support our local heroes… Let’s do good.
Good Neighbours
Polyflor’s Whitefield site is the original production site and located within a residential area (the site is over 100 years old and older than many of the nearby houses). For this reason, continued efforts to reduce noise pollution and emissions remain important for harmonisation between this production site and its neighbouring residents. As well as ensuring HGVs turn off engines during evening and early morning deliveries and collections, investment has also been made into acoustic engineering and into new electric forklift trucks, to help minimise noise levels.
Good Support
As part of ongoing CSR commitments, Polyflor continues to liaise with and support the local communities in which it operates. It is particularly important to give something back to local communities – our (often unsung) heroes who make a massive difference - as well as contributing to causes further afield. Polyflor encourages its staff to engage with charitable organisations and events, as well as supporting individuals on a charitable basis, either financially or enabling volunteer work.
We are literally jumping for joy, and this will be a really big help to get our cafe going!! Yipee!
- Lydia Chan from The River Manchester
Over the last 5 years, Polyflor has donated £67,530 to local charities in the UK. In 2022, Polyflor supported 7 charitable projects by donating nearly £4,800 both financially and in flooring, plus raising £415 as well as donating food and toys to various local and national charities in the UK. Most of Polyflor’s CSR activities for 2022 took place around November and December with a series of festive fundraisers to help spread a little cheer and give back to the local community in the run up to Christmas.
We are so grateful for your continued support! It really does make a huge difference.
- Stacey Kirkpatrick from Reuben’s Retreat
Further to this allocated time for organising donated flooring, Polyflor staff also accrue hours for individual voluntary initiatives, which Polyflor supports. In 2022, 50 hours were accrued in the UK for voluntary work, which was the same as 2021.
Doing Good Internationally
Polyflor New Zealand once again sponsored the Westpac Rescue Helicopter and supplied flooring to the Women’s Refuge for their new premises.
Polyflor South Australia were proud to have donated XL PUR (base colour) & Palettone (assorted colour pattern work) to help refurbish The Women and Children’s Hospital School in North Adelaide.
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Commitment to our Employees
As a major employer, Polyflor has a responsibility to its employees, ensuring their health and wellbeing as well as reducing labour turnover, which remains low. In fact, Polyflor has 25 and 40-year clubs for all employees who have been employed by Polyflor for the respective number of years, some of whom have worked for Polyflor for their entire careers (almost 50 years), joining straight from school. Retaining an experienced and knowledgeable workforce is extremely important to Polyflor.