Orient Magazine Issue 73 - September 2019 | Page 17

Orient - The Official Magazine of the British Chamber of Commerce Singapore - Issue 73 September 2019

Our Equality & Sustainability Commitment


Within the activities we undertake on behalf of our members, the British Chamber of Commerce is keen to recognise the importance of diversity, inclusion and sustainability across all our efforts.

The Chamber commits to encouraging and supporting our members to see corporate responsibility as the ideal space to incubate programmes and policy that lead to a more inclusive and equitable world for all, whilst at the same time protecting the environment.

In sharing the small steps we are taking to make the following changes a part of our working practices, our objective is to demonstrate best practice and encourage our members and partners to consider similar thought processes.

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As of September 1st 2019, we will make all reasonable efforts to implement the following guidelines for our activities:


 We will continue to provide a platform for conversation, debate, events, content and resources in the interests of driving important diversity, inclusion and sustainability agendas

 For events featuring a panel of experts, we will seek a diversity of voices in gender identity and opinions

 Activities hosted in the Chamber office will not utilise single use plastic items and will minimise waste

 External event venues will be requested to provide pitchers and glasses in place of water bottles for all attendees and speakers, and to avoid the use of individually wrapped sweets, sugar sachets and similar catering items wherever possible

 We will plan to avoid all major religious holidays when scheduling event dates, to foster greater attendance

 We will aim to source accessible event space when working with external event venues

 We will aim to provide food and beverage options catered to a range of dietary needs

 For our Gala Dinner events, we will work with partners to review options for limiting food wastage

 We will continue our digital-first strategy for content, communications, tickets, contracts and member engagement, supplemented with meetings and events and limiting the environmental impact of our print collaterals