Enterprise ESG at Photon
Environmental, Social and Governance
We at Photon leverage the power of our global reach, influence, and resources to create a powerful impact today while ensuring a sustainable future.
Enterprise ESG at Photon
Environmental, Social and Governance
At Photon, we leverage our global reach, influence, and resources to create a powerful impact today while ensuring a sustainable future.
Environmental: At Photon, we are committed to a long-term sustainable approach to caring for and safeguarding the environment.
Social: We ensure that our suppliers, employees, and community members are treated with fairness and justice. It includes Corporate Social Responsibility, comprehensive HR policies, partnerships with community organizations, and efforts to improve Diversity, Equity & Inclusion within our organization.
Governance: We strive to maintain good governance practices throughout all levels of our organization. It includes ISO certifications, establishing comprehensive policies, and the integration of ESG throughout our operations.
This aspect focuses on our company’s impact on the environment and its efforts to address environmental changes. It includes factors such as resource usage, conservation efforts, waste management, energy efficiency, carbon emission, pollution control, and climate change adaptation strategies.
This dimension examines our company’s relationship with its employees, suppliers, customers, communities, and other stakeholders. It encompasses factors such as labor practices, diversity and inclusion, health and safety standards, human rights, community engagement and development, data privacy and customer satisfaction.
This aspect pertains to the structure, policies and practices that guide the decision-making and accountability within our company. It includes factors such as board composition, risk management, transparency, anti-corruption measures, ethical business practices, and regulatory compliance.
At Photon, we are committed to a long-term sustainable approach to caring for and safeguarding the environment.
We have made progress on our environmental commitments by setting expectations for our company and our suppliers. We take this one step further by disclosing our environmental impacts publicly.
Internal Efforts: Photon is committed to reducing our impact on the environment. These commitments are further outlined in company policies, such as our Corporate Environmental Policy. Learn more
Expectations for Suppliers: We have set expectations for the environmental practices of our suppliers. Our company policies, such as our Supplier Standards of Conduct, reinforce these. Learn more
Public Disclosures: Photon values transparency, publicly reporting our environmental impacts through the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and Ecovadis.
We work to ensure that our suppliers, employees, and community members are treated fairly—our core focus areas for our Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives.
Corporate Social Responsibility: At Photon, we have implemented a Corporate Social Responsibility policy that guides our conduct surrounding Ethics, Human Rights, People, Inclusion, Diversity & Collaboration, Environment, and Community.
Supporting Employees: We have established several company-wide policies that support our employees' well-being and development. These policies include but are not limited to holiday leave, health & safety, and the protection of human rights.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: We are committed to equality of opportunity in all areas of employment and business regardless of personal characteristics, including, but not limited to, gender, race, nationality, age, disability, sexual orientation, or religion.
Community Partnerships: We support numerous social and charitable causes and make contributions towards these causes regularly. Examples of past initiatives include road safety awareness campaigns, children's soccer and football programs, career guidance and motivation workshops, blood donation camps, providing outreach and education for domestic violence to community groups and schools, and many more. Learn more
We strive to maintain good governance practices throughout all levels of our organization.
Policies & Procedures: At Photon, we have implemented several policies and procedures to guide our ethical business practices. These include risk management procedures, IT security policies, anti-corruption and bribery policies, and procedures to support our employees' training and professional development.
ISO Certification: We have been ISO 27001 (Information Security Management) certified since 2016. We utilize this international standard for information security to guide our best practices to ensure our data is safe and secure.
Managing ESG At All Levels: As part of our ESG endeavours, we are working to incorporate ESG into all levels of our organization. Ensuring that ESG factors are included in our decision-making process helps us proactively identify and mitigate potential risks.
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Explore key metrics that reflect Photon's commitment to environmental sustainability, social responsibility, and ethical governance. This data provides insights into our ESG initiatives and impact.
Photon is committed to Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) values. We have remained committed to transparency by publicly disclosing our ESG metrics and initiatives. We have also continued to act as good corporate and environmental stewards by working towards the advancement of our ESG initiatives as our top priority. We recognize the significance of ESG factors and their impact on our business and stakeholders. As such, we are committed to integrating ESG considerations into every aspect of our operations, from strategic planning to day-to-day decision-making.
Complete ESG Report 2022
“The long-term success of any business depends on its ability to create sustainable value for all stakeholders, and this can only be achieved by adopting a holistic approach to ESG practices.”
Srinivas Balasubramanian
Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO, Photon