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People, facilities and software make Deltares
independence and integrity. That means that we
keep out of the political debate but also that we
are prepared to contribute facts to that debate.
Our integrity policy involves more than just
complying with the laws of the Netherlands and
other countries; as a result, when we work with
sub-contractors, our integrity policy also applies
to them.
Deltares is a transparent organisation: we
account for our activities, not just in terms of the
financial results but also in terms of the contri-
bution we make to the social themes we target.
We make research that is financed with public
money available to everybody and we also share
our research agenda with other relevant players.
Our Corporate Social Responsibility policy is
anchored in our management systems. Our
decisions are guided by the health, safety and
welfare of our staff. It goes without saying that
we keep the environmental impact of our busi-
ness operations to a minimum. We do not work
for profit. We are careful in how we use public
resources, which provide a substantial propor-
tion of the financing for our work. We conduct
our business sensibly and efficiently.
The following step in putting our CSR into
practice will be the adoption of a relevant aid
project and contributing the knowledge of our
staff to that project. Furthermore, in our commu-
nications, we will be placing even more emphasis
on CSR in order to inspire other organisations
and to encourage them to follow our example.
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