We believe that business can be used as a force for good.
Now, as a B Corp certified agency, we’re proud to be part of a global community of businesses that meet high standards of social and environmental impact.
The actions we’ve taken to become a B Corp are at the heart of our identity.
By integrating B Corp’s rigorous standards into our business practices, we have created a sustainable and socially responsible operation that benefits our team, clients, communities, and the environment.
A snapshot of our social and environmental initiatives
Silver Sponsor of the North-East STEM Foundation
We think it’s important to give back to our communities, and where better than Brave & Heart’s home in the North-East.
We’re proud to be Silver Sponsors of the North-East STEM Foundation (NESF).
Brave & Heart joins a number of employers who aim to break down barriers for young people to enter careers in science, technology, engineering, and maths (STEM).
The North-East STEM Foundation works to ensure that every young person, regardless of background, has an opportunity to study STEM subjects in a high-quality, modern environment supported by employers, futureproofing both industry and the local economy by delivering highly skilled, innovative workers.
Enhanced Benefits for Our Workers
Our employees are our most valuable asset. To offer the highest quality work to our clients, we need to give our employees a high quality of life.
A positive and safe work culture must extend to pay and working hours - pizza parties can only go so far. That’s why we’re an accredited Living Wage employer.
However, we wanted to go a few steps further and offer our employees more. Enter our flexible and personalisable benefits…
We don’t believe in a “one size fits all” benefits system. We know that all of our people are different, so we offer a points system that allows our employees to choose the benefits that are right for them.
Employees can choose from a range of health benefits, including health and fitness options, subscriptions to co-working spaces, and more.
In addition, while we offer an extended mental health benefit option, we also ensure that our team can access free mental health sessions with a counsellor throughout the year if they need support.
Our Environmental Sustainability Strategy
Being a fully remote company has its benefits when it comes to our environmental impact, but we’re committed to doing more.
We’ve set up policies to ensure that we’re doing as much as we can in a remote context to be environmentally responsible, such as disposing our e-waste in the right way and encouraging good environmental stewardship in our home offices through policies and resources.
We’ve also set up KPIs around green travel to ensure that we lower our emissions year on year when we travel either to meet clients, or to get together as a team.
In addition, we’re committed to putting our data decarbonisation ideals into action in our own company. Data decarbonisation is a cause close to our hearts here at Brave & Heart, check out our article on the subject if you’ve never heard of it before - we believe it’s the new frontier of sustainability actions.
