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Responsibility
Our sustainability focus areas
The Enviroment
- We are working towards ISO certification for Quality, Health & Safety and Environmental management
- We aim to minimise air, water and soil pollution by designing and building systems to reduce the impact of human encroachment on the natural environment
- We ensure that resource use is considered over a sufficiently long timescale so that present and future generations are not disadvantaged by excessive and unnecessary consumption
- We aim to eliminate, reduce or manage demand for materials used to avoid the production of waste on all projects
- We encourage staff to respect the environment by utilising appropriate operating procedures and training and by providing information concerning the storage, handling, distribution, use and disposal of hazardous substances
- We will provide information about identified potential environmental hazards to relevant clients, authorities, employees, and other affected organisations
- Where possible, we will suggest materials and products that are made from renewable, sustainably acquired materials; have recycled content; are durable; are low maintenance; are non-toxic or low toxic; are recyclable; and are low polluting in manufacture, shipping, and installation
- Where possible we will design for disassembly of materials and systems
- We use our knowledge of sustainable transportation to educate and suggest alternatives
- We will endeavor to protect water sources (including groundwater) from contamination
Society
- We promote diversity and inclusion within our workplace and recruitment practices
- We promote the importance of health and wellbeing to our people
- We promote Health & Safety in the workplace
- We encourage and provide ongoing learning opportunities for all our people
- We strive for gender equality in our recruitment processes
- We aspire to design human environments that are inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
- We take an overall holistic approach to our designs, including all stakeholders from all communities and cultural backgrounds
- We protect labour rights for all workers
- We follow ethical business practices. We are committed to being a good corporate citizen, we pay taxes, we pay our suppliers on time, every time. We ensure we only enter into responsible partnerships. We abide by all laws and regulations
The Economy
- We plan for managed and sustained business growth, along with growth in employment opportunities
- We will strive to achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, and technological upgrading and innovation
- Annually, we strive to employ interns and graduates, as well as sponsoring Universities to ensure that the next generation are mentored and nurtured
