Our Responsibility

Yes, Learn takes its social and environmental responsibility very seriously. We are a print-free organisation who aim to never print any materials or documents unless there is an explicit legal requirement to do so. Which we hope will continue to decrease. Yes, Learn employees and contractors will not travel for business matters. There is more than enough technology for us all to adopt and embrace to facilitate this. For everything else in between, Yes, Learn will plant one tree on behalf of its students and teachers for every class taught, everyday, every year, forever.

Why does this matter to us?

We cannot continue to use and abuse our world without regard to its sustainability.  There is an urgent need to take environmental responsibility very seriously within every type of business and sustain our environment for future generations. We would our learner to hear this message from us loud and clear.

We all need to recognise that we have a responsibility to the environment beyond legal and regulatory requirements. We want to see businesses like ours that are committed to reducing their environmental impact and strive to continually improve their environmental performance as an integral part of their business strategy and operating methods, with regular review. We want to also encourage our customers, teachers, suppliers and other stakeholders to do the same.

• Net zero

Net zero is a statutory target set by the Climate Change Act 2008 in the UK for at least a 100% reduction in UK greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 (compared to 1990 levels). Whilst we don’t reply on governments or international organisations to guide what we do, we know it is the right and responsible undertaking.

• Modern slavery

Modern slavery is a crime and a violation of fundamental human rights. It takes various forms, such as slavery, servitude, forced and compulsory labour and human trafficking, all of which have in common the deprivation of a person’s liberty by another in order to exploit them for personal or commercial gain. We have a zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery and we are committed to acting ethically and with integrity in all our business dealings and relationships and to implement and enforce effective systems and controls to ensure modern slavery is not taking place anywhere in our own business or our supply chain.

We are also committed to ensuring there is transparency in our own business and in our approach to tackling modern slavery throughout our supply chain. We expect the same high standards from all of our contractors, suppliers and other business partners. As part of our contracting processes, we include specific prohibitions against the use of forced, compulsory or trafficked labour, or anyone held in slavery or servitude and we expect that our suppliers will hold their own suppliers to the same high standards.

This policy applies to all persons working for us or on our behalf in any capacity, including employees at all levels, directors, officers, agency workers, seconded workers, volunteers, agents, contractors, external consultants, third-party representatives and business partners.