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Improvement programme

We have embarked on an extensive programme of improvement since our last Independent Performance Assessment and the recent national Impact Evaluation Framework. This was recently tested through our Independent Supplementary Review, the results of which are due to be published in June.  Through our regular staff and stakeholder surveys, we gather views about our performance and have identified key areas for action. These include investing in a programme of leadership and management development; a revised approach to engaging with businesses; a new personal appraisal process; and investment in mobile and remote working.

Our Equality and Diversity Steering Group leads this important agenda across all our work. The group also oversees our Equality Impact Assessment process.

We are registered with the International Standard for Environmental Management Systems (ISO 14001) for our office facilities. We have in place action plans to reduce our energy consumption and to reduce the carbon impact of our business travel. We are also developing a carbon accounting methodology to assess the carbon impact of our investments in terms of both what we fund and the outcome of our investments. This will apply across our investment portfolio from April 2010.

Key priorities for the Agency’s work will be:

  • Integrating the learning from evaluation
  • Managing risk and performance through an improved business planning framework
  • Continuing to achieve ISO 14001 for environmental performance in our offices; and ISO 27001 for corporate security
  • Embedding the net-zero carbon methodology in our investment decisions.

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