Sustainability Report 2011 - Balfour Beatty Rail

Why we engage
How we engage
What’s next?
Managing sustainability
Engaging with our stakeholders
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Local Communities Suppliers Industry Groups
We aim to make a lasting positive
impact on the communities in
which we operate. By engaging
with local communities, we believe
we protect and strengthen these
communities. We also want to
deliver better projects and services
to help us secure future work.
• Consultation on our projects
involves leaflet drops, project
websites and community events
and our larger sites have community
relations officers
• We have developed a number of
national and local initiatives which
reflect our commitment to improving
the life prospects of young people
(see our Community engagement
and investment section)
• We seek to employ local people
(see our Supply chain section).
• With more long-term projects
and maintaining assets for our
customers for many years, we need
to continue to improve the planning
and implementation of community
liaison work
• We believe that all our people have
a responsibility to the local
community in which they work,
so our sustainability e-learning
programme encourages people
to think about their actions
more carefully.
Creating long-term partnerships with
suppliers based on compatibility of
their values and behaviour as well as
product quality and price. We need
the support of subcontractors to
deliver the majority of our projects,
and consistent engagement helps
us to understand each other’s needs
and exceed customer expectations.
• We work with our suppliers to address
identified sustainability risks and
opportunities (see our Supply chain
section). For example we delivered a key
note address on sustainability at Saint
Gobain’s supply chain conference
in 2011
• A supplier code of conduct was
developed and issued during 2011
(see our Ethics, values and compliance
section)
• ’Meet Balfour Beatty’ days involve
inviting local businesses to presentations
on project opportunities (see our Supply
chain section).
• We will continue work to engage
further with our suppliers to embed
Zero Harm and sustainability within
our supply chain. By 2012 all key
suppliers must be conversant with
our 2020 sustainability vision.
We believe that cooperation with
other companies in our sectors on
sustainability issues can help us drive
improvement in a way that we cannot
do on our own. Sector-led initiatives
can drive the adoption of best practice.
• Our businesses interact with trade
associations and other companies
on the topic of sustainability (see our
Influencing for sustainability section)
• We worked with the UK-Green
Building Council to develop a
leadership programme for
sustainability and Mike Peasland
represents Balfour Beatty on the
Olympics learning legacy leadership
advisory board
• We are active members of the
UK Contractors’ Group (see our
Influencing for sustainability section).
• Ensure representation on relevant
industry and sustainability bodies
• We will sponsor Ecobuild, the UK’s
largest construction exhibition in 2012
and promote sustainable best
practice through knowledge sharing
events for customers and engaging
all our employees in sustainability and
innovation during the event
• Our CEO Ian Tyler, will take part in
television debate on ITV in the UK
called The Business Club, comprising
a panel of business leaders focusing
on issues affecting companies in the
current economic climate.
Balfour Beatty Sustainability Report 2011