Corporate Social Responsibility

People

The Spur Group is proud to be a diverse and inclusive organization where opinions, expressions and ideas are shared and heard respectfully and thoughtfully. Spur is an equal opportunity employer and will not tolerate unlawful discrimination in its employment practices. Spur is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals, without regard to sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, race, religious creed, color, national origin or ancestry, mental or physical disability, veteran or military status, marital status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, civil union or domestic partnership status, genetic information and/or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law or ordinance or regulation. This includes all employment practices including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, development, promotion and transfer, termination, layoff, compensation, benefits, social and recreational programs, and all other terms and conditions of employment in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

Community

The Spur Group encourages our employees to be active, socially responsible stewards in our local community who are dedicated to volunteering, fundraising, and providing professional services to nonprofit organizations. We believe in doing the most good we can for nonprofits and charitable organizations with the intent of giving back to our community. It is our goal to empower our employees through continual engagement with organizations they care about and are inspired to partner with.

To do this we serve our community by volunteering time at charitable organizations, organized park cleanups, the donation of monies through silent auction and our Employee Fund, the donation of food, blood, care packages and the donation of business consulting services.

Environmental

The Spur Group is committed to ensuring the environmental integrity of our processes and facilities. We employ management systems and procedures designed to minimize the use of hazardous materials, energy and other natural resources, to minimize the generation of waste, and to enable recycling, composting and the reuse of materials. We are committed to responsible environmental management by promoting environmental responsibility among our employees and we will continually seek opportunities to improve our environmental performance.

Our employees are encouraged to do their part to reduce consumption of water and power and the creation of waste and emissions every day by:

Waste Reduction

Using e-mail to exchange documents and post business announcements, avoiding the use of paper
Printing and photocopying on both sides of a sheet of paper whenever possible
Share magazines, periodicals, trade publications, and newspapers
Reduce unnecessary mailings
Re-use all copy paper printed on one side from fax machines, copiers, and printers

Waste Disposal

Recycling and composting is available and encouraged to reduce unnecessary waste
Recycling bins are distributed throughout office to encourage convenient employee recycling
Shred-It bins are available in office for data sensitive documents that are then recycled securely
Excess food from catering events is donated to the charitable organizations to avoid food waste

Water Conservation

Each employee should be conscious of their water usage and should avoid waste
Low flow toilets and motion-censor faucets are used in our bathrooms
Minimize our use of dishwashers to reduce unnecessary water consumption

Technology Disposal

When technological assets have reached the end of their useful life, they are sent to the IT team for recycling. IT will securely erase all storage mediums in accordance with current industry best practices and contact our recycling company, One Green Planet, for pick up.
No computer equipment is disposed in landfills. We sell or recycle old equipment
All batteries are disposed of at designated on-site battery recycling station and batteries are shipped to a recycling vendor for proper disposal

Energy Consumption

Our office is equipped with energy saving lighting controls, energy efficient appliances, and programmable thermostats used moderately
An annual energy audit is performed by a PSE approved contractor for the purpose of measuring improvements in energy consumption and gaining insight into potential energy saving policies

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