CEMAR (Contract Event Management and Reporting) (2024)

As a purpose-driven company, Thinkproject is committed to and invested in our sustainability efforts focused on People, Planet and Prosperity – it is an integral part of our company strategy. Our work in sustainability is a continuous journey. For now, we focus on three areas: responsible business, environmental sustainability and diversity & inclusion.

The built environment, which corresponds to everything people live in and around such as housing, transport infrastructure, services networks or public spaces, requires vast amounts of resources. The aim of Thinkproject’s solutions will be to increase material efficiency and to reduce climate impacts of the built environment, particularly promoting circularity principles throughout the life cycle of buildings.

The use of recycled materials as well as digitalisation and digital content access promotes actionable data and proactive maintenance and repair processes which will influence carbon reduction significantly, reduce unnecessary document production, reduce unnecessary travel/fuel and therefore reduce carbon output and waste. In this way, Building Information Modelling (BIM) and digital, efficient Asset Management will play a key role in the design, construction and continuing operation of green buildings and infrastructure.  

Thinkproject’s ambition is to work with customers and stakeholders towards the delivery of actionable insights to support high quality buildings and infrastructure with near zero environmental impacts that mitigate climate, legislative and energy price escalation risks.   Sustainability across the asset lifecycle is a core part of our strategy.

During the recent stages of the pandemic Thinkproject executed a full risk assessed plan which we would be happy to share and provide advise to our customers.
As an inclusive organisation the following principles were observed with regular messaging:
*Establishment of full virtual working capability, leading to an employees choice of virtual or home working today
* Office closures where relevant, advisory for client office visits
* Full COVID measures and associated advice e.g. sanistiser stations, social distances arrangements and limitations to office attendance
* Regular messaging of government advice and associated employer advise
* Regular risk assessment of office and employee risk at managerial / operation level

With these in place Thinkproject has experienced a relatively minor impact from COVID19 and has continued t work effectively with its customers. Choices of virtual, office or home work still remain to promote flexibility and wellbeing amongst our staff and we continue to monitor government advice to minimise customer impact and to ensure we adhere to safe working practice for our employees.
Our continuing support for equality and economic equality based upon efforts to include, upskill, educate and mentor people returning to work, seeking greater opportunity extends to COVID recovery and we will work with customers as necessary to identify and support such opportunities to people and communities affected by COVID. During the recent years of the pandemic, Thinkproject have proven our capability to deploy, implement, deliver and support our solutions digitally and remotely ensuring minimal disruptions through the recent period of pandemic measures.

To help tackle economic equality Thinkproject can support in-work progression and skills development which may be valuable to later employment opportunity, entrepreneurship or to the growth of new organisations.

Thinkproject can discuss the provision of in-contract work placement for individuals to work alongside our own staff as a work placement during our delivery to our customers to enhance skills and experience leading to further employment and opportunity. These can be specifically targeted to disadvantaged individuals, in low skills areas or high growth sectors such as information technology.

We can discuss the potential provision of training and mentoring to address skills gaps and help with skills and experience that may leading to additional qualification for the attendee therefore helping to raise economic equality and skills within the contract locality.

Thinkproject would be happy to discuss these opportunities with our customers, discussing how we can work with customers to influence staff, suppliers, customers and communities through the delivery of contracts to support Policy Outcome, e.g. engagement, co-design/creation, training and education, partnering/collaborating, volunteering as recommended within The Social Value model.

Thinkproject promotes equal opportunity. In discussion with customers we can help employment, retraining and return to work through initiatives supported by our management and executive team providing voluntary work to present career and mentoring presentations, sharing our history, best practices and ideas to allow people to discover or understand a path to employment or re-education that they may feel is a block to them. It is possible that we could provide mentoring and work experience roles for identified individuals during our implementation / delivery to provide immediate work experience and direction where appropriate.

Thinkproject could also support in-work progression and skills development which may be valuable to later equal employment opportunity or educational attainment in the workplace by proving an in-contract work placement for individual to work alongside our own staff as a work placement during our delivery to our customers.

We are open to working with our customers to demonstrate our own equal opportunities practices and also work together with them to promote this as a social value outcome.

As a purpose-driven company, we are committed to and invested in our sustainability efforts which focused on People as well as Planet and Prosperity. Wellbeing is primarily focussed on people and as one of the UK Best Workplaces for Wellbeing 2022 Thinkproject will be happy to share the idea of our employee wellbeing initiatives that will be directly applicable to the workforce. We actively:

We support the health and wellbeing - including physical and mental health - in the workforce by provision of annual Headspace subscriptions, and organised by FALCO - our external HR organisation - we promote social activities for inclusion such as team-building themed social events.

Think project have dedicated policies communicated through mandatory educational training to promote wellbeing, health and safety at work and whilst working a home / an alternative office.

Thinkproject employees are also encouraged to seek wellbeing for themselves and others externally and as such are allocated 2 day per year to spending on social value focused initiatives. For example our staff could support community assistance via its employees to such initiatives such as but not limited to Help for the Homeless, Shelter, Food Banks/Canteens or Tree Planting activities.