Also in Corporate Responsibility:

• Health & Safety

Communities

Our aim is to leave a lasting legacy in every community by giving people a better place in which to live and work, where they are happy, safe and proud to be. In practice, this takes many shapes and forms - from leading specific initiatives, to helping drive tangible socio-economic improvements because of the way we do business.

Environment

As the Government sets ever higher standards to meet the challenges posed by climate change, we are working closely with the Carbon Trust and independent environmental consultants to measure, monitor and improve our carbon footprint. We continue to take proactive steps, both on behalf of our clients and within our own organisation, to minimise our impact on the environment.

Health and safety

We work closely with our customers, partners, employees and insurers to ensure that we follow best practice throughout our business and make health and safety our number one priority. We support national safety campaigns, such as water compliance with the Legionella Control Association (LCA) and carbon monoxide awareness with the HSE. We also run regular 'stay safe' workshops in schools, aimed at pupils who live in the area in which we are working.

People

In addition to ensuring our people work in a healthy and safe environment, as Investors in People since 1996, we are committed to creating career opportunities whilst promoting equality and diversity. We continue to strive to ensure that our people strategies (both recruitment and development) reflect our commitment to corporate responsibility, which is achieved by our company-wide talent management and development programmes.

To view our full Corporate Responsibility Report have a look at our latest Annual Report.