Social Values and Sustainability Policy

1. Introduction

In the last 24 months, the scope of The Shore Group’s operations has been rapidly diversifying and expanding. This has seen the Group evolve from a primarily office-based resourcing business into a provider of a wide range of services into sectors including the built environment, property, retail, data, and aviation.

The Shore Group now offers contractor packages, builder’s work, temporary works, site logistics, civil engineering, retail refits, planned maintenance, and fixed price M&E works in addition to its heritage recruitment and payroll services.

The Shore Group’s senior management is committed to minimising the impact that its business activities have on the environment and to positively influence the communities they operate in.

This policy statement sets out The Shore Group’s goals, targets, and aspirations and highlights how we expect to achieve these for the newly diversified service offering.

Due to the rapid pace of change, the Company has identified 2026 as its baseline year to capture, measure, and report on the factors highlighted in this statement. The results will help to form our reduction and improvement targets with the aim of achieving our goals and embedding sustainability and social responsibility across our operations and supply chain by 2030.

To support this, The Shore Group aims to publish an impact statement at the end of 2025.

2. Scope

Our approach is built on three fundamental pillars:

1. Protection of the planet: Minimising our environmental footprint

2. Empowering our people: Fostering inclusive growth and wellbeing

3. Promoting prosperity: Creating sustainable value for all stakeholders

The aims, objectives, and actions in place to achieve them, highlighted in this statement, are applicable to all The Shore Group’s business activities.

We have utilised the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to align our strategy with:

• SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

• SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

• SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities

• SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

• SDG 13: Climate Action

• SDG 15: Life on Land

• SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals

3. Responsibilities, Approval and Review

This policy statement is approved by The Shore Group’s Board of Directors, and it is their responsibility to ensure that it is implemented throughout the Group.

Each Divisional Director is responsible for supporting this policy within their division and ensuring that all employees and contractors understand and are committed to its objectives.

The Social Values Committee meets monthly to review performance against targets and disseminate improvement and action plans through the Group. The Board is represented in the committee, and updates are regularly reported to business owners.

The Compliance Department is responsible for reviewing the implementation of the agreed actions across The Shore Group’s offices and sites. Any non-conformance or areas for improvement identified will result in corrective action plans, which are monitored until closure.

This policy statement and associated strategy will be reviewed annually by senior management to ensure it remains relevant, applicable, and effective.

4. Strategy and Implementation

4.1 Protection of the Planet

The Shore Group is committed to minimising its environmental impact across the scope of its operations and has identified the following areas of focus to help achieve this.

Energy Consumption

Aim: To transform our energy portfolio to maximise efficiency and utilise renewable energy sources.

Actions:

1. 2025: Publish an impact statement reporting on data owned and identifying gaps

2. 2026: Capture baseline data to identify current status

3. 2027: Establish realistic, quantifiable reduction targets and implement actions

Carbon Neutrality and Greenhouse Gases

Aim: To achieve significant Scope 1 reductions by 2030

Actions:

1. 2026: Capture relevant GHG data and establish a GHG inventory

2. 2027: Use data to establish quantifiable 2030 Scope 1 targets

Waste Management

Aim: To reduce waste production as far as practicably possible

Actions:

1. 2025: Publish impact statement to report on data owned and identify gaps

2. 2026: Capture baseline data to identify current status and establish reduction targets and action plan

3. 2027: Implement waste reduction actions across the Group

4. 2028: Begin work on centralising waste management across the Group to drive efficiency and improvement

4.2 Empowering Our People

The Shore Group has identified the following areas of focus to empower all stakeholders.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Aim: To create an inclusive workplace reflective of the communities we serve

Actions:

1. 2025: Carry out workforce diversity and pay gap analysis for directly employed workers and include in impact statement

2. 2026: Establish improvement targets and measurable KPIs

3. 2030: Increase diversity in senior management roles

4. 2030: Become a Real Living Wage employer

Ethical Resourcing

Aim: To ensure all business relationships uphold the highest ethical standards

Actions:

1. 2026: Achieve a minimum of 80% agreement to our Supplier Code of Conduct

2. Ongoing: Implement ethical resourcing training for all colleagues working in this area

Modern Slavery

Aim: Eliminate all forms of modern slavery from our operation and supply chain

Actions:

1. Ongoing: Continue with ongoing management review (OMR) of all labour-only supply chain to ensure continued compliance

2. 2026: Conduct modern slavery risk assessment within remaining supply chain by the end of Q2

3. 2026: Implement compliance software to help improve modern slavery detection for the recruitment division

4.3 Promoting Prosperity

We have identified the following areas of focus for creating sustainable value for our stakeholders.

Sustainable Procurement

Aim: To ensure sustainability is integrated into every purchasing decision

Actions:

1. 2026: Conduct a supplier environmental risk analysis

2. 2027: Ensure all staff involved in procurement have received sustainability training

3. 2028: Achieve 80% of Group spend with suppliers who have signed up to the Group’s Sustainable Procurement Policy

Community Investment

Aim: To create shared value within the communities where we operate

Actions:

1. 2026: Create one volunteer day per year for all colleagues

2. 2026: Establish a mechanism for measuring and reporting social return on investment

3. 2030: Raise, donate, or deliver 0.5% of pre-tax profits into community development initiatives

Project-Specific Goals

In addition to this, we will set project-specific targets depending on our role, project duration, and ability to control and influence relevant factors.
We will report on the impact of these at the end of 2026, and they will help to shape our future vision.

5. Monitoring and Reporting

The Shore Group will produce an impact statement at the end of 2025 to demonstrate current performance against this statement and identify any gaps.

We will also identify which data we need to capture for our baseline year in 2026 and develop mechanisms for capturing and reporting on this.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) will be established to monitor performance. Each target will be supported by specific KPIs that are:

• Measurable

• Time-bound

• Relevant

• Assignable

Once established, the KPIs will be incorporated into annual business planning, divisional budgets, strategic decisions, and new business opportunities.

The Shore Group’s reporting framework will incorporate the following:

• Monthly performance reports

• Quarterly updates to all relevant stakeholders

• An annual impact report

• Specific KPI reporting for external frameworks where required

The Shore Group’s management system is accredited to ISO 14001 and is audited annually against this standard.
We also welcome social and ethical auditing programs required or requested by our clients (e.g. SMETA).