As one of the UK’s leading construction to services groups with operations in a number of overseas regions, Carillion is involved at every stage of the construction lifecycle, including maintenance, operation and facilities management of support services. Carillion’s objective is to integrate fully environmental and social factors into all business strategies with a view to enabling the group to contribute towards sustainable development. Carillion’s drive towards sustainability and its focus on the social, economic and environmental impacts of its operations reflect its key values of openness, mutual dependency and collaboration.

Carillion is committed to:

• Continual environmental improvement by implementing business-specific Environmental Management Systems;

• Developing objectives, supported by detailed targets, to manage all potentially significant environmental aspects;

• The prevention of pollution and monitoring and reducing any adverse impact of the Groups’ operations on the environment and local community;

• Demonstrating efficiency in the use of energy, water and materials, as well as taking appropriate opportunities to minimise waste and re-use and recycle wherever possible;

• Developing meaningful performance indicators to measure resource use, waste and emissions as well as promoting environmental best practice;

• Compliance with all relevant environmental legislation, other environmental regulations and standards of relevance to the industry sectors in which we operate;

• Training of staff, suppliers and contractors to enhance awareness of relevant environmental issues and ensuring effective management of our environmental impacts;

• Working in partnership with our suppliers to ensure effective environmental supply chain management and to promote sustainable sourcing of products and materials;

• Seeking to influence the environmental impact of our final constructed product through enhancement of environmental specification and design;

• Working in partnership with our customers to promote the adoption of best practice environmental management techniques to deliver high-quality products and services;

• Two-way dialogue with all who have an interest in our business, including staff, suppliers, customers, investors, shareholders, appropriate authorities, local communities and other organisations, to identify key environmental issues and to seek innovative solutions and appropriate alternatives;