Corporate Social Responsibility

Dennys Brands Corporate Social Responsibility

Dennys Brands is committed as a business to behave ethically and contribute to economic development while improving the quality of life of our workforce and their families as well as of the local community and society at large.

We are accredited with Quality Management System ISO9001, Environmental Management System ISO14001, and, as Royal Warrant Holders, are continually reviewing our systems and procedures to ensure that we act in an environmentally and socially responsible manner across all of our business activities.

This includes review of our operations - locally and globally for:

  • Environmental impacts – energy, material, transport emissions
  • Social impacts - labour standards, human rights, community support
  • Raw materials – responsible sourcing and traceability
  • Carbon footprint – energy, renewable energy, waste
  • Water consumption & quality
  • Employees – welfare, training, equal opportunities, ethical policy, health & safety
  • Suppliers – We have established criteria for approved suppliers with regular reviews and quality audits. All factories to have minimum Oekotex / ISO9001 in place.

Dennys Brands is comitted to continually monitoring and improving our Social and Environmental impact and we encourage new ideas from employees on areas where we may be able to improve.

Signed

Nick
Chair of the Board
Date: 20th January 2024

Copies of our policies on:

Approved Supplier Policy
Bribery & Corruption
CSR Statement
Environmental and Social Policy
Equal Opportunities
Health & Safety
Modern Slavery
The Quality Policy

Animal Welfare
Cotton Sourcing

are available on request.

Please contact us T: +44 (0)1372 869018 or E: policies@dennys.co.uk for more information.

 


The Clink Charity

The Clink Charity

How Does It Work?

Prisoners are given unique training opportunities and are placed into roles located within their prison across 4 sites in the UK. The skills they learn are varied and range from horticulture, to hospitality. These are then broken down into further roles across food preparation and serving paying customers, as an example. The skills taught are specifically chosen so that qualifications, such as NVQs can be gained which in turn make ex-offenders more desirable to employers outside of prison when they have served their sentence.

How does Dennys Brands help?

We donate the embroidered uniforms needed to help make the unique training scheme safe and in turn give the participants a sense of team belonging.

The results? Reoffending rate is reduced by 49.6%

Once the prisoners have finished their training and sentence, The Clink helps place them in employment through an extensive reach of contacts. The ex-offenders are then mentored to ensure they adhere to the skills and values they have learnt throughout the programme. The results fed back to The Clink have been fantastic, with over 1,800 prisoners trained to date with a reduction in reoffending of 49.6% achieved too. Fewer criminal re-offenders means less cost to society and fewer future victims too.


 

Only a Pavement Away

Only a Pavement Away

Dennys Brands is proud to be supporting Only a Pavement Away by supplying uniforms and essentials for candidates who are starting new roles within the Hospitality industry. We offer both front of house and back of house clothing, providing new candidates with the ability to come into our store to try on a selection of workwear suitable for their career paths including aprons, chefswear, footwear, and more. This helps candidates start their new role feeling like they belong to the industry whilst helping financially with the costs associated with funding new uniform, a requirement in many places to start work.  We also have a section on our website where you can buy Only A Pavement Away clothing that we produce for them, with all profits going back to the charity.  

About Only A Pavement Away

Only A Pavement Away is a charity, founded in 2018, by representatives from the hospitality industry. They strongly believe that everyone deserves a chance to find a career, with the charity connecting candidates with employers within the industry, providing training programmes, career opportunities, and financial support.

 

How can you help us support OAPA?

You can get involved with Only A Pavement Away by donating through their Just Giving page, or fundraising with an individual challenge or a team event, such as a sponsored run, skydiving, a tough mudder, or a trek. Or buy some Only A Pavement Away branded clothing from the online shop hosted by Dennys Brands.  

If you are looking for hospitality staff, why not consider adding your job to the OAPA job board and help one more person off the street and into a life-long career.