Corporate Social Responsibility And Sustainable Development
As a responsible organisation, TAG takes into full account its impact on all stakeholders and on the environment when making decisions.
We maintain a continuing commitment to behave ethically and contribute to the economic development of Members while improving the quality of life of the workforce and their families as well as of the local community and society at large, and to balance the fulfillment of Members’ needs with the protection of the natural environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but in the indefinite future.
This convergence of the commercial and the ethical involves sustainable development in all areas: environmentally, economically, socially and politically.
TAG endeavors to support companies and products which:
- are made and based locally;
- use Australian produce and/or labour;
- are made in Australia;
- are produced by Australian owned companies;
- are produced by companies which practice affirmative action;
- use an acceptable minimum of packaging;
- are of positive nutritional value, or use organic and bio-dynamic products;
- are made in an energy efficient manner;
- operate in an energy efficient manner;
- are made with a minimum of pollution;
- operate with a minimum of pollution;
- are reusable;
- utilise post-consumer waste recycled materials;
- use fully-recycled/biodegradable materials; or
- are sourced from community projects seeking to ameliorate poverty.
