Our commitment to social value

At Newfoundland Diagnostics, we believe that business success goes hand in hand with making a positive impact on society. As a trusted provider of diagnostic solutions, we are committed to delivering social value in every aspect of our operations, ensuring that our activities benefit the communities in which we work and beyond.

Supporting COVID-19 Recovery

We are dedicated to helping communities recover from the pandemic by:
• Providing accessible and affordable diagnostics to aid in health recovery
efforts.
• Partnering with local healthcare providers to improve health outcomes.

Tackling Economic Inequality

Our business strives to promote economic equality by:
• Creating job opportunities in underserved areas, for instance we have
worked with our services providers to move employees onto permanent
contracts
• Partnering with local businesses and SMEs to support the local economy,
with a target to source an increase the amount of our services and goods from such.
• Only working with providers who comply with our Modern Slavery Policy

Fighting Climate Change

Environmental sustainability is core to our operations, and we are committed to:

• Reducing our carbon emissions: We are committed to tackling climate
change, and fully understand we have a large role to play in reduce our
emissions as well as encouraging others to reduce theirs. We are committed in the UK to achieving net zero emissions by 2045 and our carbon reduction plan can be found here. We seek to partner with logistics companies and distributors who proactively reduce their emissions.

• Single use plastics: At Newfoundland, we are committed to being a
responsible distributor of high-quality, fully certified medical consumables. We recognize the importance of minimizing waste and reducing the use of single-use plastics wherever possible. Additionally, we seek to ensure that our products are disposed of in an environmentally safe manner. We are actively collaborating with our partners to develop tests that are fully recyclable or biodegradable.

Promoting Equal Opportunity

We ensure that all individuals, regardless of background, have equal access to opportunities within our company by:
• Promoting equal opportunities policy organisation
• Supporting social mobility by working with charities and organizations a PR release / report on website of anything good we’ve done like wellbeing of women

Enhancing Wellbeing

Our commitment to health extends beyond diagnostics:

• We offer free health tests (plz write a report on this and put on website)
to communities as part of our corporate social responsibility program.
• We strive to follow our Workplace Respect and Dignity Policy
• We support our team’s wellbeing by offering comprehensive mental health
support, flexible working arrangements, and a work-life balance program. We are a certified living wage employer add link showing*.

Measuring Our Impact

To ensure transparency and accountability, we will:
• Track and report all our social value initiatives quarterly, focusing on key
metrics such as local job creation, carbon reduction, and support for public
health initiatives.
• Work closely with communities and stakeholders to continually assess and improve our impact on social value.
• Please see our:
o Whistleblowing policy
o Ethical sourcing Policy
o Regulatory Policy
o Accessibility page
o DEI Policy
o Modern Slavery Policy

Together, we are working towards a future where businesses contribute to a thriving society and sustainable environment.