Balfour Beatty - Corporate Responsibility Summary Report 2007

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TRAINING
In 2007 we have continued to provide environmental training to ensure
that our employees are aware of the environmental consequences of
their activities and know how to protect the environment.
Environmental practices case
studies
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manage our impact on the
environment.
As new legislation and best practice is introduced, our operating companies
seek to prepare their employees by providing awareness training about the
specific requirements. In 2007, this included the introduction of the Site Waste
Management Plans due to come into force in the UK in April 2008.
At Mansell Construction’s largest design and build social housing project at
the Townmead Estate in Fulham, waste management and the proposed
waste segregation regime on site was provided for all supply chain partners.
The project also received a visit from the “Café Van”, a Government funded
scheme which offers environmental awareness training to site-based staff
during their tea breaks. This proved successful and Mansell has invited the
“Café Van” to visit a number of sites within the London area in future.
As good environmental practice spreads across the globe our overseas
businesses are preparing to meet the challenge. In 2007, the Gammon
Construction training academy in Hong Kong ran courses on Environmental
Management and Control, Sustainable Construction Techniques and Working
with Construction Noise Permits.
In 2007, we increased the number of environmental training days worldwide
by 15%. In the UK we increased the number of days of environmental
training by 22%.
Environmental training days
2007 2006 2005
UK 2,365 1,945 1,241
Europe 539 540 57
Rest of the world 46 7 NR
North America 431 453 NR
Total 3,381 2,945 1,298
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15%
increase in environmental training
days worldwide
30%
increase in our total number of
internal audit days
Audit
In 2007, once again the emphasis was placed on more internal audits
conducted by the operating companies themselves. That process was then
monitored and audit results verified by the Group’s external audit body, DNV,
using the Balfour Beatty Audit Protocol.
We increased our total number of internal audit days by 30% on 2006. The
total number of days external bodies spent auditing our environmental
management systems increased by 64% on 2006.
Internal audit days
Internal
audit
days
2007 2006 2005
External
audit
days
Internal
audit
days
External
audit
days
Internal
audit
days
External
audit
days
UK 2,616 507 1,859 287 1,204 344
Europe 61 42 41 28 53 17
Rest of the world 23 47 40 17
North America 1,040 20 932 43
Total 3,740 616 2,872 375 1,257 361
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