The Board of Sportingbet is of the firm belief that the Company’s success is due to the quality and commitment of its workforce. The Company’s employee management priorities, including its remuneration strategies, are based on recruiting and retaining the best people in the industry and on encouraging working practices that improve productivity, reduce costs, develop talent and give job satisfaction.
Further, the Board recognises the need for communication with employees at every level. Weekly sales notes and all quarterly results announcements are circulated to employees and copies of the Annual Report and Accounts are made available. The Company is committed to developing ongoing communication with all of its employees. This is achieved through a variety of channels, including the Group’s intranet, and ensures that everyone is informed of the Group’s progress and recognises the key roles that they, as employees, play in Sportingbet’s success. Further, the Group is committed to a policy of equal opportunity in matters relating to employment, training and career development of employees and is opposed to any form of less favourable treatment afforded on the grounds of age, disability, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, nationality, race or religion.
The Company recognises the obligation upon the gaming industry to demonstrate its commitment to self-regulation. The Company is supportive of the role that the industry’s trade associations can play in this regard and Sportingbet is an active member of the Remote Gambling Association ("RGA"), holding a seat on its Executive Committee and being represented on various RGA sub-committees.
The Company has signed up to the RGA’s Codes on Social Responsibility and Age Verification, the provisions of which the Committee endorses.
Sportingbet invests time and resources in meeting and communicating with officers and politicians of governments, and national online gaming licensing authorities. The Company’s management remains committed to playing its part in promoting the value of legislation that will lead to a regulated approach to the industry, not least as a mechanism for protecting the vulnerable elements of society from unscrupulous operators.
Recognising that some customers may be affected by gambling dependency, the Company has continued to provide funding in the UK to Responsibility in Gambling Trust ("RIGT"), being the body which supports GamCare. The Company also supports charitable organisations that are not linked to the online gaming industry, including Friends of Israel Sport Centre for the Disabled, The Dan Maskell Tennis Trust, Headway – a local Guernsey charity, the Bishop Simeon Trust in South Africa and the Bury St. Edmunds Theatre Royal.
