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Balfour Beatty Corporate Responsibility Report 2006

"We seek to encourage more sustainable design options in our projects and enhance the environment through our work" Sally Brearly, Director Safety, Health and Environment

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Environment

Highlights and approach

 

We aim to prevent environmental harm in all our activities

 

 

Read our performance highlights and approach to the environment

Safety strategy

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Environmental management systems

We aim continuously to embed environmental management systems into our business.

 

Read about our environmental management systems

Safety strategy

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Key issues

 

We have an established picture of our most significant environmental impacts.

 

Read about our environmental impacts

Safety strategy

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Environmental incidents and regulatory

Our objective is to have zero significant environmental incidents each year.

 

Read about our progress on reducing environmental incidents

Safety strategy

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Benchmarking and awards

Our good environmental performance continues to be recognised.

 

Read about how our performance measures up

Safety strategy

Environmental practices case studies

Read case studies about how we manage our impact on the environment.

Chairman’s and Chief Executive’s statement

In 2006, we were awarded the Quality in Construction prize for the best Corporate Responsibility programme in the industry. Such recognition is gratifying, but we remain determined to continue to make progress in all aspects of corporate responsibility.

Read the full Chairman’s and Chief Executive’s statement