iomart Responsibilities
Corporate
Corporate responsibility has long been a part of iomart's values and how we operate. We recognise that our long-term success depends on our ability to develop and offer innovative services that encourage clients and shareholders to invest in iomart with confidence.
Our corporate responsibility efforts are defined as:
- Consistently applying our core values.
- Maximizing the positive impact of our service offerings.
- Integrating social and economic considerations into our business practices and decision making.
- Engaging with and balancing the needs of our customers.
For iomart, corporate responsibility means ensuring we have or are developing sound policies, practices or programs that address each of the following elements:
- Business ethics and transparency
- Workplace practices and employee relations
- Customer consultation
In practice, our commitment to corporate responsibility plays out in a wide variety of ways and includes our employee diversity program, which is designed to foster an inclusive workplace by employing and developing people from the areas in which we operate.
We are proud of iomart's corporate responsibility; however, we recognise that this is not a static concept. We are committed to continually improve our performance in this important area.
 Diversity |
 Quality |
 Health and Safety |
iomart is recognised as a leading supplier of managed hosting solutions and has grown as a business by employing people from a mixed diverse ethnic origin
In recognition of diversity, iomart endorses the statutory requirements relating to Race, Gender and Disability. Our approach to equality and diversity is to focus on the best interest of each employee.
At iomart we tackle discrimination and harassment head on and promote equality to all groups. Consequently all employees are made aware when they join the iomart of the companies Equality and Diversity policy which covers age, disability, gender, sexuality, race and religion.
iomart is committed to providing customers with services and responsiveness that set industry standards for quality and value. We relentlessly strive to be the best in every aspect of our business, by fostering a culture of trust, teamwork, responsibility, high expectations and open communications with employees, customers and suppliers. Quality and continuous improvement are the guides for every employee.
Every employee action has implications that reflect the actual and perceived quality of service. Every iomart employee is responsible for quality and our employees understand this. The company has implemented a continuous review process that monitors quality goals, objectives, processes and requirements.
iomart works to the principles of ISO/IEC 9001:2000 for quality management and ISO/IEC 27001 for network security. The results of these continuous evaluations are utilised to improve and further strengthen our current quality management system.
iomart has adopted the methodologies as outlined in Prince2 for Project Management as the preferred method of implementation of services, using a mix of open communication and documented procedures to ensure timely delivery of services.
iomart provides a safe and healthy working environment which does not pose an undue risk to the health and safety of employees, customers, contractors, visitors and members of the public.
It is iomart’s policy that so far as is reasonably practicable, an environment within the company is created and maintained that is safe of hazards and eliminates the risk of injury to employees and others as well as the risk of damage to its property. Accordingly iomart has implemented a safety management system that encompasses all reasonably practicable means to eliminate hazards and reduce the risk of injury and damage to property.
Our approach to health and safety is based on the identification and control of hazards. iomart recognises that it is important that everyone concerned is made aware of their responsibilities. Employees and contractors undertake to uphold a safe environment, which does not impose unduly on the health of persons.
iomart:
- Maintains a constant and continuing improvement culture in health and safety performance and encourage all employees to set an example in safe behaviour;
- Promotes consultation between employees and management concerning matters of health and safety;
As a provider of data centre and hosting services, iomart is acutely aware of its responsibilities towards preserving the earth’s natural resources. We acknowledge our environmental responsibility and are committed to operating our business in an environmentally sensitive manner. The iomart Group recognises its responsibility for people and the environment, and operates to the ethos and best practices of ISO 14001, which requires the integration of environmental planning with day-to-day operational activities.
iomart periodically reviews practices and procedures to address changing circumstances or legislation so as to improve our environmental performance and foster a culture where it is the responsibility of all employees to work in partnership for the benefit of the environment and the health and safety of all.
Our commitment is:
- To meet and whenever possible, exceed all relevant environmental and health and safety legislation and regulations.
- To utilise and implement the most eco efficient technologies and power wherever possible.
- To prevent pollution by minimising waste, recycling whenever possible and properly disposing of waste that cannot be recycled.
- To use energy, water and natural resources wisely.
iomart will:
- Set objectives and targets to continually improve our environmental performance and monitor our progress through measurement, inspection, audit and review.
- Ensure all employees are: aware of this policy, and suitably trained to meet their environmental responsibilities.
- Provide adequate resources to establish, document, implement and maintain an environment management system and continually improve its effectiveness to reduce the impact of iomart services and activities on the environment.
- Be environmentally responsible for the collection, storage and disposal of all redundant IT equipment in accordance with the standards set out in the WEEE directive