Mccormack's Community and Environmental Commitment

our community
& environmental commitment

McCormack Employment Services is committed to being an active participant in the community and role model to other small businesses pursuing environmentally sustainable business operations.

our community

Each year McCormacks choose to support an Australian charity, in 2008 we will continue to support:

diabetes australia

Diabetes Australia is a not-for-profit organisation reliant on community support. All funds raised on behalf of the organisation are re-invested into research, health services, provision of self–management products and services, and public awareness. It offers personalised and practical assistance to benefit people with diabetes and their families.

In a nutshell, it exists to minimise the impact of diabetes.

On a monthly basis, McCormacks chooses to donate a portion of our profit to Diabetes Australia to support their important work.

For more information about Diabetes Australia, please visit:

http://www.diabetesaustralia.com.au/about_us/index.html

the environment

2007 – 2010 Environmental Management Plan

McCormack Employment Services is committed to ecologically sustainable development of business in New South Wales (NSW). As a NSW small business, McCormacks supports the attainment of state government environmental management goals, through the development and implementation of our own environmental management plan that focuses on:

eliminating wasteful practices and implementing environmentally responsible waste reduction and purchasing practices
moving to a more efficient use of resources and consumables
implementing energy conservation practices.

The development of our Environmental Management Plan has included:

environmental management training for all staff
a staff member becoming the company Environmental Management Project Officer and taking responsibility for progressing this initiative
involvement of all staff in the formulation of the plan and the implementation of waste reduction strategies
the audit of the quantities of targeted consumables used by the business
a review of existing waste management practices and the estimation of the current levels of waste within the business
development of company policies and new practices or strategies to reduce waste and conserve energy that can be implemented now
inclusion of the waste reduction and energy conservation as a standard agenda item for weekly staff meetings
development of strategies to further reduce waste and conserve energy over 2007 to 2010 period as the business grows.

For more information about environmentally responsible business operations, please visit:

http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/index.htm

2007 – 2010 e-commerce Plan

What is e-commerce?

Electronic commerce (also referred to as EC, e-commerce or ecommerce) consists primarily of the distributing, buying, selling, marketing, and servicing of products or services over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks. The information technology industry might see it as an electronic business application aimed at commercial transactions. It can involve electronic funds transfer, supply change management, e-marketing, online marketing, online transaction processing, electronic data interchange (EDI), automated inventory management systems, and automated data collection systems. It typically uses electronic communications technology such as the internet, extranets, e-mail, e-books, databases, catalogues and mobile phones.

McCormack Employment Services (MES) is committed to maximising the use of electronic systems throughout its business and reducing paper-based operations. As a NSW small business MES supports the attainment of state government e-commerce goals, through the development and implementation of its own e-commerce plan that focuses on:

reducing the number of paper-based operations used by the business and replacing them with electronic operations
maximising the number of current operations that can be completed through the company website or by electronic means
the development and implementation of alternative or improved operations and service offers that are electronically based.

The development of an e-commerce plan has included:

e-commerce awareness training for all staff
involvement of all staff in the development of the e-commerce plan and the implementation of e-commerce initiatives
appointment of a e-commerce project officer who will champion the development of the company website and drive the implementation of e-commerce initiatives
re-negotiating McCormacks relationship with its web services provider to fast track the upgrading of the website and schedule and complete a number of e-commerce projects, as finances allow
development of company policies to support the use of electronic systems when upgrading existing operations or considering new service offers