Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, today
launches a groupwide Sustainability Month, entitled “Together for Tomorrow”, to
showcase the Company’s progress against its 2020 sustainability vision.
The initiative, which is the first of its kind for the Company, will see
individuals from across Balfour Beatty’s operating companies engage in a range
of activities to celebrate sustainability and help raise awareness of important
environmental and community issues. These include:
- The introduction of a new CO2 limit of 140g/km on all Balfour
Beatty five seater company cars in the UK, reducing the overall environmental
impact of its fleet
- A ‘Power-down’ initiative driven by the Company’s energy management
consultancy Power Efficiency that will engage staff in energy saving activities
each week
- A "Dragons’ Den" style competition to help promote sustainability projects
among young people in schools in the North of England
- Volunteering programmes for staff and senior management at Balfour Beatty
plc in London with the Company’s ‘Building Better Futures” charity partners
Action for Children, Coram and The Princes Trust
- An “eco-engaged” Olympics contest in the US construction business to
increase levels of sustainability engagement and awareness among staff.
Balfour Beatty’s Chief Executive, Ian Tyler, said:
“Sustainability is at the heart of Balfour Beatty’s business strategy and
inherent in the way we work. For me and all our people this means working in
partnership with our clients to create a profitable and ethical infrastructure
business for the long term. It also means enhancing the communities we work in
and delivering sustainable infrastructure for society.”
Mike Peasland, CEO for Balfour Beatty Construction Services UK and Global
Chair, Sustainability Working Group, added:
“We need to continue to put sustainability at the heart of our business and
Sustainability Month will help us to do this. I am delighted that we have such a
high level of engagement across our business.”