THE IMPACT/CHARACTERISTICS OF OUR SERVICES

Yes, Select Source International guides businesses and conducts analysis on their environmental footprint from operations, proactively manage carbon liability, and identify optimal paths to meet sustainability goals. Our goal is to bring about organizational, planetary and personal sustainability through support of projects that are ecologically sound, economically viable, socially just and humane.

Select Source International helps businesses meet sustainability goals by conducting analyses on environmental footprint from operations, proactively managing carbon liability and identifying optimal paths.

SSI enables organizations to assess, analyze and implement green initiatives from carbon management to environmental compliance.

Our Sustainability philosophy is based on The Natural Step Framework which is a creative approach for addressing environmental challenges based on consensus and systems thinking. Its purpose is to develop and share a common framework comprised of easily understood, scientifically based principles that can serve as a compass to guide society toward a just and sustainable future.

ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPLORE

The below selected questions reflect J&J's current sustainability priorities

1. GENERAL STRATEGY

• SSI is committed to reduce the use of paper. We have started to implement our Video resume technology called Jobma to complement the traditional paper resume.

  We also switched to a fully automated onboarding process powered by Salesforce.com where the documents are electronically completed hence reducing the use of paper.

• As a diversity owned, SBA (8a) certified company, SSI believes that diversity is important to business and the community. Diversity is essential to the culture of our business as we continue to grow globally and generate opportunities, which in turn help our communities grow and prosper. SSI is an advocate of diversity and is proud to be a certified partner of the nationally recognized organization NMSDC and its regional affiliates, USPAACC and MEDA.

  At SSI we verify that everyone - especially leadership positions - are committed to the program. Our main emphasis is to choose a supplier with an established track record and solid financial health. The NMSDC directory is our first resource for finding suppliers.

  SSI also supports other minority owned business by regularly sponsoring and attending events that Promote diversity in business. Select Source International works closely with the Midwest Minority Supplier Development Council (MMSDC) and Metropolitan Economic Development Association (MEDA) as well as other diversity organizations.

  SSI is committed to achieve development that takes into consideration economic growth, social development and environmental protection. We believe that our sustainability practices lead us to generating transformations that contribute to a more fair, transparent and equitable community. Select Source International want to help to foster possibilities of development for present and futures generations. We are dedicated to showing social and environmental responsibility through our actions.

• .As a Certified Minority Supplier and Certified Small Business Administrator, Select Source recognizes the value of its communities and the integral role we play in each other’s lives every day. Our “Strive for Significance” program is our way of understanding that a company exists to benefit others. We are here to benefit our clients and the community. We encourage all of our employees to engage in opportunities that have a personal meaning. Select Source is proud to be Striving for Significance today through its public service and community involvement in the following ways:

  Strive for Significance Strive for significance and our involvement with the community are two of these initiatives that we promote and that has become a constant guide for the activities and projects that we participate in.

2. HUMAN RIGHTS

• We agree with the United Nations on their belief that “Human rights education promotes values, beliefs and attitudes that encourage all individuals to uphold their own rights and those of others”.

  SSI Human rights policy is outlined in the Select Source International Employee Handbook. The employee handbook is provided to every employee as part of the onboarding process. In addition, we retrain our employees on human rights and compliance at the beginning of every year. We also encourage our management to register in seminars and courses regarding human rights. Culture - Through the education we provide we then believe employees can take this knowledge to their homes, communities that will promote change throughout the world.