ROCC’s Social Values

If you’ve worked with ROCC already, you’ll know that we take our values very seriously. One of the closest values to our heart is that we care; that is, we not only care for our customers and want the best for them, we also care for our local communities and for the planet we all inhabit.

That’s why we give all our staff paid days off to volunteer for the causes and charities that mean the most to them. Whether that’s volunteering at a food bank, or having time out of the office to organise fundraising for a hospice, we’re happy to support them. Not only will supporting our staff in this way help them to help others, it’s also one of the ways we can show our appreciation for all the hard work our colleagues do to help ROCC succeed. Giving people paid time off for a worthy cause makes our staff happy, and it helps the community, so we consider that a win.

We support many good causes throughout the country that are important to our business, our staff and our customers.

For the ROCC team specifically there is the “ROCC Community Fund” which invests in the local communities where our business and staff are based and supports charitable organisations in those areas.

The support is for organisations that are important to each of our staff members and commitment as to which organisations we support each year is through a democratic companywide agreement.

We also have the “ROCC Client Fund”, which invests in the charities and initiatives that are important to our clients. This fund is planned each year through partnership discussions via ROCC client success consultants and agreement made as to which initiatives we will continue to support and which new initiatives we will become involved in.

We take the lead from our clients on this and see where they would like us to support. We also provide ROCC staff to support charity initiatives and work alongside our customers to improve the lives of people in their local communities.

We are committed to protecting the planet and where possible we encourage our customers to take advantage of our Green Consulting; essentially, we have changed our consulting model to be green first, and so we ask that all discussions are carried out via video call, rather than one party travelling up and down the country to see the other in person. We believe in making small changes where possible to contribute to a larger change, and not only does this reduce emissions and pollution, it also helps to remind people to keep unnecessary journeys to a minimum, wherever possible.

To reward our eco-conscious customers, we made a decision to give them the best price possible. We offer financial incentives in the form of reduced charges, but if the customer does not want Green Consulting, or if it’s not appropriate for the situation, then we use the difference from the full charge to offset the carbon footprint from the journey. We do that by increasing our investments in green projects.

One of the ways we participate is with Ecologi, a company founded by a group of environmentalists in Bristol, who wanted to help people find a way to contribute to finding a solution to the climate problem we’re all facing.

With them, we assist with funding projects and compensate for our carbon footprint; most recently our funds have contributed to a solar power project in Vietnam, a wind farm in South Africa, a methane reduction programme in India, a 71,000 acre rainforest protection project in central Brazil, and a reforestation project in Scotland.

We are always on the lookout for new partnerships that will help us make the world around us a better place – if you’re a charity or not for profit association, we’d love to look at ways to work together – get in touch below.