Our goal is to responsibly deliver effective and efficient solutions for the continued benefit of our customers and communities.
Principles
In delivering our goal, we are supported by our five key principles; to continually be:
- Putting People First;
- Security-Minded;
- PACED [Proportionate, Agile, Comprehensive, Embedded & Dynamic];
- Assuring & Improving; and
- Delivering Responsibly.
Values
In line with our overarching goal and fifth organisational principle (Delivering Responsibly), the AXIAH Responsible Delivery Code outlines the values and behaviours expected to be followed by all personnel to ensure we maintain the highest levels of professional standards.
Memberships, Accreditations and Awards
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AXIAH were shortlisted for the Enterprise Nation Sustainable Small Business Awards in the ‘Scale Up’ category. The awards provide recognition for small businesses making a conscious effort to be sustainable. Find out more…
Through the ‘Plan it with Purpose’ campaign, Enterprise Nation has partnered with Aviva and Smart Energy GB to help implement sustainable best practices that deliver a positive impact on the planet, society, and the economy.
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AXIAH are certified to Cyber Essentials (IASME-CE-028717) and Cyber Essentials Plus (IASME-CEP-006166).
Cyber Essentials is a Government-backed scheme which helps to protect organisations against a whole range of the most common cyber attacks. CE+ provides a higher level of assurance achieved through an additional technical audit of our systems.
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AXIAH has been certified as Carbon Neutral by Carbon Neutral Britain for Scope 1, 2 & 3 emissions through VCS, Gold VER and CER programmes to reduce the amount of CO2e in the earth’s atmosphere.
Carbon Neutral Britain implements multiple sustainability projects with our offsetting contributions including reforestation, wind-farming and hydro-electric power generation. Our contribution also fund the planting of 30 trees each month!
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AXIAH are a Disability Confident Committed Employer (DCS030801).
The Disability Confident campaign supports employers to positively change attitudes, behaviours and cultures, increase understanding and to remove barriers to ensure that disabled people have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations.
It can also help our people fulfil their potential and contribute fully to our team’s success, and shows that we are serious about equal opportunities including for disabled people.
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AXIAH has signed the Mental Health at Work Commitment. We are committed to supporting the mental health and wellbeing of all our staff, and want to ensure that everyone can have open and honest conversations about their wellbeing in the workplace and feel supported.
By signing the Mental Health at Work Commitment, AXIAH have committed to achieving better mental health outcomes and a genuine longer-term positive impact on our staff’s wellbeing, joining a growing movement of over 1000 organisations.
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AXIAH are members of the SME Climate Hub, a global initiative of the We Mean Business Coalition, the Exponential Roadmap Initiative and the United Nations Race to Zero campaign in collaboration with Normative and the Net Zero team at Oxford University.
We have also taken ‘The SME Climate Commitment’, recognising that climate change poses a threat to the economy, nature and society at large, and pledged to halve emissions by 2030, achieve net zero by 2050, and report on progress yearly.
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AXIAH are signatories to the Prompt Payment Code, a voluntary code of practice, administered by the Office of the Small Business Commissioner on behalf of BEIS, which sets standards for payment practices between organisations and suppliers.
Paying suppliers or partners promptly and within the agreed payment terms is not only an ethical responsibility but economically beneficial for all parties and the wider economy. Speed and certainty of payment and stable cashflow are essential for all businesses to flourish and grow.
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The toilet at our office is ‘toilet twinned’ with a latrine in Afghanistan via https://www.toilettwinning.org/ to provide clean water and sanitisation to communities in need.
Our donation will enable their partners to work with local communities to build lifechanging latrines with a strong focus on teaching communities about good hygiene, including handwashing, to stop the spread of infection.
If you would also like to twin your toilet or tap, visit https://www.toilettwinning.org/twin-today/.
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AXIAH are members of the Swindon & Wiltshire Cyber Cluster, a regional group of cyber security SME’s.
The cluster is managed by the Swindon & Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership to collaborate and communicate through to a National level to share opportunities and best practice, and minimise risks to make local businesses more resilient to cyber attacks.
