Our Sustainability, Social Value and Environmental Policy

June 2025

 

Purpose

 

Marlowe Consulting Limited is a values-based organisation whose purpose is to deliver growth with passion; creating a future where everyone has the chance of a better quality of life through new skills, investment, and opportunity. Marlowe Consulting Limited’s staff promote, influence, train, explore and advise to deliver maximum benefit for the communities in which we work.

 

This policy provides an effective framework for realising the organisation’s commitment to

maintaining and where possible, enhancing the Social Value it creates in the communities it works within, both as an employer and a provider of consultancy services.

 

 

Background

 

Social Value has a legislative underpinning in most of the UK with the introduction of The Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012, which imposes an obligation on all public sector bodies to consider social Value in the procurement of goods, services and works. Through a consistent management approach, setting appropriate strategic objectives and embedding relevant measures of performance, Marlowe Consulting Limited ensures that all employees, associates, and contractors prioritise Social Value outcomes as an essential element in procured projects and commissions.

 

 

Scope

 

Our commitment to creating an inclusive and sustainable society is embedded in every aspect of our operations. Social Value is therefore intrinsic to everything Marlowe Consulting Ltd does. For this reason, the organisation manages Social Value through a suite of interdependent policies and procedures which collectively deliver the objectives.

 

This policy applies to all Marlowe Consulting’s employees, associates, contractors and third parties who undertake activity for and on the organisation’s behalf. The policy applies to the procurement of goods and services, direct operations, and the services Marlowe Consulting Ltd provides to its clients.

 

 

Responsibilities

 

All stakeholders associated with Marlowe Consulting Limited are accountable for upholding this Policy in accordance with our shared values, emphasising the following:

 

• Making a positive difference.

• Being stronger together. Empowerment of people.

• Doing the right thing and building on success.

 

As referenced, some activities within the scope of this Policy are covered by additional dedicated policies and procedures to ensure that Marlowe Consulting Limited’s Social Value objectives are delivered.

 

 

Policy

 

Marlowe Consulting Limited specialises in business change management and collaborates with organisations to deliver large scale, complex transformation, and change. The organisation’s focus is on the client’s people to ensure change is delivered practically, successfully, and sustainably.

 

Marlowe Consulting Limited is dedicated to fostering a more sustainable society and continually enhancing its positive impacts. We are committed to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) and the CDP. Marlowe Consulting Limited recognises the significant contribution it can make to increasing Social Value through its direct impact during collaboration and the delivery of its consultancy services. The impact can be categorised in terms of four key areas:

 

1. Supply Chain and Goods and Services

 

Marlowe Consulting Limited uses its purchasing power to support, influence and secure social Value from suppliers, and the organisation asks suppliers how they can support the key Social Value objectives, namely:

 

• Support local employments and economic sustainability.

• Promote equity and fairness, elevating the living standards of local residents.

• Foster community participation and engagement.

• Enhance the sustainability of the voluntary and community sectors.

• Uphold environmental sustainability.

 

2. Our Environmental Impact

 

Marlowe Consulting Limited has identified key areas of environmental impact including heating and cooling, travel, IT use, and paper consumption. We have policies in place to mitigate and reduce these impacts.

 

In 2025, Marlowe Consulting Limited was successfully registered on the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) Portal, underlining our commitment to setting verifiable, science-aligned emissions reduction targets. As part of this initiative, we have developed a Zero Carbon Emissions Plan that is published and updated annually. This plan defines our approach to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2035, including measurable goals across our operations and supply chains.

 

Our progress toward net zero is transparent and publicly reported, enabling stakeholders to track our performance and climate action.

 

3. Our Organisational Development

 

Marlowe Consultancy Limited apprenticeship and traineeship policy is to ensure roles are designed such that the broadest possible opportunities are provided to people from the community. Marlowe Consulting Limited is taking part in the Kent University employability scheme and have offering intern placements for students and young people. On joining the company, staff are mentored and supported by other team members and the senior management during their employment at the organisation.

 

4. Our Support for Our Local Communities

 

In addition, Marlowe Consulting Limited can make a positive difference through the services it provides by ensuring continual reviews of how to make improvements to the Social Value created in the communities it supports.

 

This includes supporting:

 

• people to enter or return to the labour market after periods of exclusion.

• people to realise their potential in higher paid roles by increasing their skills.

• businesses to grow and connect with their communities while reducing environmental.

• impact.

• businesses to grow and develop creating good jobs.

• businesses to buy locally wherever possible.

• the development and retain their staff in fulfilling roles.

• employers to recruit staff from local or excluded communities.

 

In order for Marlowe Consulting Limited to realise these commitments, the Senior Management Team are regularly reviewing the organisation’s Social Values. These reviews feed into the planning processes and ultimately the Business Plan. The review process brings together relevant work streams from HR, marketing and communications, employee consultation, organisational development, and the senior leadership team.

 

To realise the organisation’s Social Value objectives, Marlowe Consulting Limited recognises the need for and are committed to communicating these objectives to suppliers, potential and existing employees, customers, and wider stakeholders. This is achieved via the procurement and recruitment processes and existing communication channels including the Business Plan, web sites, team briefings, staff induction processes and stakeholder engagement. As part of the SBTi initiative, Marlowe Consultancy Limited will publish its annual carbon emissions This policy, along with its corresponding actions, undergoes annual reviews integrated into the business planning process, involving Marlowe Consulting Limited’s senior leadership and management teams.

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