A BASILDON company has
proved that doing good is good for business.
Rawley Plant Ltd, based on
the Burnt Mills Industrial estate, has a lot to celebrate: after 51 years
trading, the company has recorded its best ever year.
On Friday that success was
made even sweeter when Stephen Metcalfe MP presented them with a certificate
for attaining the Responsible Business Standard at Gold Level.
Mr Metcalfe
congratulated the company for being a trail blazer in demonstrating responsible
business practices and hoped many other businesses would follow their example.
He commented: “It is very
clear that you have achieved this standard because of the ethos embedded at the
very heart of your company."
"We need more
companies to consider their impact on the environment, their staff and
customers, and the wider community if we want to create a better society for
now and for future generations.”
The Responsible Businesses
Standard measures a business’ performance in a number of key areas to ensure it
is operating efficiently and ethically, meeting legislation, and considering its
impact on people and the environment.
Not only did Rawley Plant
achieve an overall Gold, but also easily achieved Gold in each of the six key
areas (workplace; environment; community; marketplace; ethics, values &
transparency; business processes/business continuity.)
Susan Rom and Graham
Clarke of Bizphit, who carried out the robust and enquiring audit,
praised the company saying they didn’t think they would find a business more
worthy of a gold standard award, adding: “The business was an absolute
pleasure to visit and the attention to detail in all aspects of the business
was a pleasure to see.”
Rawley Plant provides a range of
site accommodation and toilet hire services, including their own new range of
ecoCabins. Howard Rawley, the current MD, is emphatic about providing first
class customer service and works to the maxim of “happy staff = happy
customers.” Clearly the staff do enjoy working at Rawley Pant: indeed, one
employee has been there for 44 years.
