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Environmental Action Plan

Environmental and social policy

Our policy provides the foundation for achieving the following business objectives:

Safe and healthy workplace

Ensure that personnel are properly trained and have appropriate safety and emergency equipment. Environmentally and socially responsible neighbour: Act promptly and responsibly to correct incidents or conditions that endanger communities, worker health and safety, or the environment in the communities where we operate.

Compliance

Conduct our business in accordance with applicable environmental, social, health and safety laws and regulations. Community engagement: Be a responsible citizen and an active member of the communities where we operate.

Poverty reduction

Establish strong partnerships with local communities and support initiatives, especially in health and education, that deliver sustainable, long-term benefits to the communities where we operate.

Continuous improvement

Regularly review our strategies, objectives and targets, and monitor our environmental and social programmes, to ensure continuous improvement of our environmental and social performance. Regular evaluations: Conduct ongoing audits to ensure compliance with environmental, social, health and safety legislation and report periodically to the board of directors.
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Environmental and social action plan

As part of our commitment to sustainability, we have signed up for an environmental and social action plan (ESAP) linked to some of our parent company’s . This plan ensures we meet both Gambian and international standards for environmental and social management.
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Social and Environmental Assessment and Management System

Labour and working conditions;
Pollution prevention and abatement;
Community health, safety and security;
Land acquisition and involuntary settlement; and
Biodiversity conservation and sustainable natural resource management.

 

We report annually on certain qualitative and quantitative project performance data under the following key headings:

Environmental and Social
Management;

Occupational health and safety performance;
Significant environmental and social events;
Sustainability of project and associated operations;
Compliance with World Bank Group, IFC, EU and local environmental and social requirements;
Progress on implementing the ESAP; and
General information and feedback.

 

As part of the conditions of the UK companies , we have established an environmental and social committee, as a sub-committee of the board, to monitor compliance with the ESAP.

We have a dedicated team focused on environmental compliance of and improvements to operations. In addition, we regularly engage other global and international consultants and experts for advice and guidance. Thanks to these efforts, we have not faced any penalties for environmental violations.

With the support of our lenders, who have provided Technical Assistance (TA) funding, we have been able to employ both local and international consultants. These consultants help us effectively deliver on our ESAP commitments. Some of the TA-funded projects include:

The implementation of a food safety management system based on Food Safety Systems Certification 22000 for our fish products.Improving our community engagement and stakeholder management; biodiversity conservation and sustainable living natural resource management, with a focus on our farming operations.