Hyder Consulting PLC Annual Report 2012

Our Corporate Social Responsibility Policy
Hyder’s vision is to be the next evolution in engineering consultancy. We are
committed to running our business in an ethical and responsible manner. We apply
the principles of sustainability to all our business operations.
Our clients
From our advisory and design work through to the
management of major projects, we strive to create innovative
solutions for our clients that achieve environmental, social
and economic benefits for society.
Our people
We aim to be an employer of choice in our industry by
embracing diversity and fostering an open and inclusive
learning culture. The group health and safety policy reinforces
our commitment in this area and demonstrates that people’s
wellbeing is of paramount importance.
Our suppliers and partners
We collaborate with our key suppliers, treat them fairly and,
where appropriate, support them in developing their own
practices around social responsibility.
Our investors
Hyder offers investors an opportunity for responsible
investment, founded on our ethical approach to doing
business for over 150 years.
Governance
We take an executive board overview of CSR and have
appointed an executive board member, Misti Melville, as our
CSR representative for the group. Throughout the year, Misti
reports on Hyder’s performance at the executive board and
is also involved in structuring the agenda at a regional and
group level for a consistent approach to sustainability across
the organisation.
Hyder’s environmental experts and CSR representatives
have been involved in shaping this report, with continued
dialogue through the year on the development of our CSR
agenda.
Local communities
We support our people’s enthusiasm for helping local
communities and contributing their expertise towards
charitable work, educational and community programmes
such as ending child labour.
Professional communities
We are keen to promote our people’s involvement and
participation in professional institutions and bodies. We play
an active role in developing and implementing best practice
and facilitating professional collaboration in all our technical
fields.
The environment
We work to minimise the environmental impact of our
own operations and those of the projects in which we are
involved. We continuously aim for more efficient use of
resources (such as energy), to help reduce greenhouse gas
emissions and mitigate climate change.
The board of Hyder Consulting PLC is responsible for
communicating this policy, approving actions to be
implemented, ensuring the necessary resources are made
available, and for reviewing progress. Implementation is
overseen by Hyder’s executive board.
Hyder undertakes Corporate
Social Responsibility index
benchmarking
Following the benchmarking exercise last year, we
set ourselves the objective of undertaking CSR index
benchmarking again this year across the group to assess our
CSR strategy, workplace and community management and
environmental and social impact.
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