CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
At GAC Pindar, we believe in doing the right thing. We have a history of supporting the sport of sailing as well as individuals within it who set out to achieve what may at first seem inaccessible and unachievable. We encourage everyone who works under the GAC Pindar banner to have a strong awareness of the environment and community around us. We remain an intrinsic part of the industries we serve and strive to improve them in everything we do.
MARS30 – going beyond for people and planet
GAC UK’s sustainability programme, MARS30 drives forward change across the components of ‘people’ and ‘planet’. It stands for ‘Measure, take Action & Review for Success’ and encompasses our guiding principles, objectives and roadmap of action towards a more sustainable future over the next ten years and beyond. This is underpinned by the GAC Group’s sustainability approach to adopt, innovate, and reduce, the United Nations Sustainable Development goals and our ISO 14001 Environmental Management System.
As part of this commitment we strive to reduce the carbon emissions generated through our business activities by using technology to minimise travel and we have massively cut back on the amount of printing and paper usage in our offices. To offset any paper usage we carry out hedgerow and tree planting activities working with partners like the Woodland Trust. In Scotland, GAC UK sponsors several beehives and a wildflower meadow to encourage biodiversity.
Mindful
GAC UK’s three-year support of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution ended in 2019 with a grand total of £75,000 raised for the charity through financial donations and staff fundraising initiatives. In 2020, Mind and SAMH (Scottish Association for Mental Health) were named as GAC UK’s designated charities, nominated by colleagues from our 20+ offices up and down the country. This coincided with an inter-company Mental Health Matters Campaign, highlighting the importance of a corporate culture in which mental health problems are recognised and can be discussed openly. We have been supporting Macmillan Cancer Support since 2023.
#Cleanseas
Inspired by The Ocean Race’s first Ocean Summit in Alicante in October 2018, GAC Pindar led the way to GAC UK signing the United Nations Environment #CleanSeas initiative committing to reduce plastic and other waste. #CleanSeas encourages companies, individuals, governments and not-for-profit organisations to commit to taking pledges, which include implementing measurable actions to reduce single use plastic waste and inspiring staff, stakeholders and suppliers to do likewise.
Since then, GAC UK has significantly reduced single-use plastics in its offices and every GAC company in Europe has signed up to the pledge. Many beach cleans have been carried out by companies and individuals on an annual basis. GAC Pindar joined visiting pro sailors and The Final Straw Solent in the summer of 2019 to clean-up an inner city beach in Southampton, with the aim of formulating a longer-term plan for the site.
Relay4Nature
In October 2021, GAC UK colleagues, customers and suppliers took part in The Ocean Race’s Relay4Nature, cycling Nature’s Baton from the UK south coast to the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26). The six-day relay left the GAC Pindar headquarters in Southampton by road bike, carried by amateur cyclists on a 500-mile journey, finishing in Glasgow on 30 October.
The Baton is the symbol of The Ocean Race initiative which calls on leaders to take urgent action to protect the ocean. Within it, GAC UK carried its own pledge to COP26 to go beyond, for people and planet.
Delivering the Baton by people power highlighted our own commitment to reducing carbon emissions, improving the physical and mental wellbeing of our staff and encouraging others to do the same.
Watch the massive physical and mental efforts of the riders in this short documentary. It’s inspirational.
Find out more about the stars of the GAC UK Relay and each leg:
Leg 1: GAC Southampton to Oxford – Jeremy Troughton
Leg 2: Oxford to Burton on Trent – Dan Vermont
Leg 3: Burton on Trent to GAC Manchester – Martin Molloy
Leg 4: GAC Manchester to Windermere – Josie Gliddon
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