Our priorities
Balfour Beatty has a firm and explicit commitment to fulfilling its responsibilities to all of its stakeholders.
The long-term success of our business depends not just on the continued delivery of the highest-quality technical skills and disciplines, but also on demonstrable commitment to and achievement in fulfilling our wider responsibilities.
We create and care for essential assets – hospitals, schools, road, rail and utility systems and buildings of all kinds. We seek to benefit the communities in which we operate not only through our work but also by engaging positively and seeking additional social benefits.
Our framework for managing and reporting safety, health and environmental impacts, people and community issues is an integral part of our business processes.
Chairman and Chief Executive's statement
We have continued to evaluate, critically, all our governance and management systems to ensure their suitability for purpose. Policies have been renewed and, where necessary, restated. We are updating the terms of reference of the Business Practices Committee so that it can monitor, evaluate and guide our non-financial performance more effectively.
Helping to tackle global issues
We measure our major environmental impacts and have set targets for reducing our carbon footprint. We have engaged with Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace to understand their agenda as well as the Environment Agency to ensure that our work is in line with their aims and objectives.