Corporate responsibility

Sustainability

Brunel Group is proud to be taking measurable steps on environmental issues. As the insurance industry and public alike become increasingly aware of environmental issues, Brunel is being recognised for it’s longstanding commitment to sustainability.

We have taken key steps to become a paperless environment, which includes; a large reduction in paper files, office cabinets and waste paper bins and moving IT systems into the ‘Cloud’.

As a company, we pride ourselves on working with suppliers who also themselves take steps on sustainability and climate change. By entering a contract with our chosen coffee suppliers, we are part of their work towards reducing illegal logging in the Amazon Rainforest. They have so far protected 111,360 rainforest trees locking in 1,120,640 tonnes of CO2. Working with our chosen printers we can ensure any marketing material that is printed uses FSC mix paper and vegetable inks.

“Climate change is a massive issue for the insurance industry and we believe all businesses have a responsibility to play their part in addressing the issue and we are ownership of reducing our carbon footprint. Building our business on a sustainable basis is also an important commercial decision, reducing costs and giving us a real competitive advantage.”

“The lesson environmental change has taught us is that everybody’s behaviour makes a difference and small changes can create big effects. All businesses can easily change some small things they do, which will make a huge difference to carbon emissions and the planet”.

Cyber Essentials

Brunel Employee Benefits is committed to protecting clients data and has received the Cyber Essentials certification. The accreditation acknowledges our high standards of cyber security giving our clients confidence in our processes and systems used to handle data.

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Modern Slavery

Brunel does not engage in any employment practices that are defined as Modern Slavery in accordance with the 2015 Modern Slavery Act.

Brunel’s work staff are highly trained, many with qualifications and come to work at Brunel off their own free will. Our employee contracts have market standard notice periods should an employee voluntarily resign or should Brunel wish to terminate an employees’ contract.

We have rigorous vetting processes for all suppliers which includes modern slavery. We do not have any suppliers that employ staff with unacceptable working conditions as defined by the Act.

Community

Socially, we want to make sure that we give something back to the communities within which we operate and help those who need support. We do this through national fundraising events, volunteering work and sponsorship. In addition, we annually support different charities and are active all year round with fundraising.

Through our Bristol Rovers partnership, we are regularly donating to the Bristol Rovers Academy, supporting youth football within our community. With every new client introduced to Brunel Insurance Brokers, 25% of our income is donated back to the Academy.

In 2020, we have donated a large sum to the community centre The Park in Knowle West, Bristol. This donation will help provide the local community with a new and improved centre to visit, supporting the continuation of many community clubs, care services, the local café, charity work and much more. Alongside this, Brunel strives to support much local community and charitable causes each year through events, donations and fundraising activities.

In 2022, we are dedicating our charity efforts to three important causes within our local communities across the UK. Our teams have voted on the issues that reflect what we hold dear, whilst ensuring our efforts are widespread.
Our three chosen charities are:

• Zoe's Place (Middlesbrough, Coventry and Liverpool)
• Children's Hospice South West (Bristol)
• Great Western Air Ambulance (Bristol and Gloucester)

We will be holding quarterly charity days throughout the year with the aim to raise as many funds as possible for these very important causes. We will also be continuing to support our individual team members with their efforts to raise funds in their own time for other charities.

In 2022, we are also proud to be sponsoring both the Bristol Young Heroes Awards, supporting Community of Purpose and The Weston Lions Real Ale & Cider Festival, supporting Mind, Go Kids Go and Parkinson's UK!

Charity Events 2022