Employees
Employees
As an equal opportunities employer we believe, it is important for our staff to feel a connection between their values and their work, so we strive to create an inspiring, healthy and inclusive work environment.
Each autonomous business has its own policies and employee initiatives, such as Landmark's travel plan which has already seen a significant rise in car-sharing and cycling among staff. At RMS in London all staff travel to work by public transport, cycle or on foot; and dmg events in its San Francisco office has introduced transportation credits for employees using public transport and a six month trial to allow staff to work from home up to two days a week to reduce the time, cost and impact of commuting.
Group-wide we carried out our first employment survey during the year, which will help us improve employment practices. We launched a fully interactive global intranet, DMGT Connect, with a specific section devoted to our CR activities. We also invest heavily in training and helping our staff develop fulfilled careers with us. A variety of approaches to staff communications exist within the Group: in addition to DMGT Connect, we have numerous intranets within each business; our Chief Executive writes a monthly blog; there are regular communication events and briefings, as well as face-to-face meetings and programmes related to specific key events (such as major changes in operations or equipment).
CR in action: Euromoney
Euromoney Institutional Investor's employees vote for a single project each year. In 2011 they are raising money to provide clean water and sanitation in Kechene, Ethiopia. Some £250,000-£300,000 will be contributed through staff fundraising, from the business's charity budget and by clients.
CR in action: EDR
EDR identifies a range of causes, focusing primarily on cancer and child-centred charities. It has set up schemes that make it easy for employees to volunteer and give back to their community. Every single EDR employee got involved in the programme in 2011.
CR in action: dmg events
Three of dmg::events-Digital Marketing's employees were diagnosed with cancer this year. This became the stimulus for a series of fund-raisers for cancer charities. In New York staff joined the Bowling for Breast Cancer event. In San Francisco they took on the Livestrong long-distance cycling challenge in aid of the Lance Armstrong foundation. Also in California, iMedia employees joined a Light The Night walk for the Leukemia and Lymphona Society.
CR in action: RMS
The devastating consequences of the tsunami in Japan moved RMS staff to action. A monthlong, employee initiated campaign raised over $44,000. When a tragic accident took the lives of four miners in Swansea Valley, close to where South West Wales Media employees live and work, the South Wales Evening Post was among the first to contribute to a fund for the families. It continued the campaign to achieve the £200,000 target.
CR in action: A&N Media
A&N Media staff are encouraged to raise funds with match-funded support for the charity of their choice. Despite difficult economic conditions in 2011 total donations rose by over a third to £116,000 (£77,000 2010).
For schools
Newspapers inform, enlighten, persuade and entertain. DMGT has produced a guide for schools about how newspapers are made.
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