We recognise the important responsibility we bear as professional advisors helping clients build value, manage risk and improve performance. We choose our clients and suppliers carefully, treat them with respect and endeavour to maintain the highest ethical standards. Please view our Integrity at Work policy.
Clients look to us for advice on sustainability issues along with the credibility we bring to establishing trust with their stakeholders and the wider public. In difficult economic times, people and organisations need to balance the benefit of driving their environmental / climate change agenda, with tightening budgets. Demonstrating value, delivering excellence and helping our clients achieve their targets helps all of us improve our local and global markets.
We select suppliers based on factors including expertise, service, value, procurement principles, carbon impact and reputation.We have an Ethical Purchasing Code covers areas such as child and forced labour, health and safety, discrimination and wider employment practices, bringing us in line with best practice and global standards.
In the marketplace we strive to provide innovative products and services which lead the way against the challenges and opportunities we face as a global community, ensuring the interests of the public are addressed. Here a couple of projects demonstrating our committment to delivering this:
Daily air pollution news for BskyB
On behalf of, and working with the European Space Agency, we have launched a new service to provide earth observation imagery and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions information to the media and public.
The first user signed up to the service is Sky News, which is running a series of programmes in conjunction with, and to follow up the 15th United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen (COP15). The Greenhouse Gas Observatory, developed by AEA, provide data streams in the form of images, graphics, maps and complete stories.
Essential 24 hour chemical emergency service
AEA are responsible for NCEC (National Chemical Emergency Centre) which provides a 24 hour national advice service to the public emergency services on dealing with chemical incidents, and is a central part of the Chemical Industries Associations Chemsafe scheme.
NCEC, which has been operational for 36 years, is staffed by a team of Emergency Responders; qualified chemists with extensive training in chemical health and safety, emergency response and communication skills. Visit NCEC's website >> click here
Carbon Disclosure Project
In 2010 AEA continued to support the UK Government's Public Procurement Programme in partnership with the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). The CDP is a registered charity that supports organisations in exploring their emissions, risks and opportunities embedded within their supply chain. AEA provided analytical support, carbon management expertise and market insight to analyse the data using a methodology developed by AEA on behalf of the CDP.
AEA's Knowledge Leader, Chris St John Cox authored the report. Read more ...