On behalf of P.P. O’Connor, I, Charmaine O’Connor, Chief Executive, pledge that we will contribute to the campaign and make 10% improvements in the following areas:

• Caring for the environment by actively minimising the amount of waste that goes to landfill sites by maximising the amount of materials that can be recycled.
• Reducing our Carbon Emissions by continually renewing our fleet and machinery to ensure optimum performance and efficiency and by becoming a Carbon Neutral Business by 2030.
• Use local suppliers for any materials/products and use any locally sourced plant and equipment required for our business operations.
• More volunteering with the local community as a business and working in partnership with local communities and authorities to charitable donations.
• More care and use of blue and green spaces by keeping the community clean and tidy in the areas we work.
• Employing people from the areas in which we work, actively contributing to local economic growth by keeping the locally earned pound within the local community.
• Offering employment opportunities with more people in education, employment, training, work placements and offering placements to our apprenticeship programme.
• Paying our employees the LW Foundation Living Wage.

Our pledge will contribute to improving the following outcomes for the City of Salford:

• Less waste
• More recycling
• Less carbon emissions
• More use and care of blue and green spaces
• More volunteering
• More Salford people with good wellbeing
• More digital inclusion
• More companies paying the Living Wage Foundation Living Wage
• More people who are in employment, education and training
• More purchasing from Salford based companies