Care

At JN Bentley we are committed to maximising our contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We kicked-off engagement with the SDGs by mapping our business plan targets against one or more of the Goals and will be developing our commitment further in 2020.

Sustainability means different things to different people, but for us it is the word ‘care’ that defines our sustainable approach to business:

We care about our clients Because we care, clients award us repeat-business. They sign long-term contracts with us and call on our services when deadlines are challenging, when they need an emergency response, and when the work needs a team willing to go that extra mile. And whilst working together, we care for the environment in which we’re based.

We care about our people and keeping them safe Because we care, there is nothing more important to us than our people going home fit and well at the end of the day. We want our people to thrive and invest heavily in their development, and we want to see smiles on faces, supporting volunteering, charitable endeavours, and social events.

We care about the bottom line Because we care, we’ve put the tools in place to ensure we make some money. The Cost & Efficiency Strategy focuses on innovation, collective effort and making those small savings that all add up.

Social value Social value focuses on the economic, social and environmental benefits companies bring to the local communities in which they work. To us, social value is all about making a lasting positive difference to our clients, their customers and our communities, on top of delivering safe, highquality schemes.

The importance of social value is ever increasing, something to which we as a business are responding positively. We design and deliver all our projects with social value in mind – what effect are we having on the environments in which we work and what can we do to ensure we leave behind a positive, sustainable legacy?

Throughout the annual review, you’ll see examples of the value we add, be it socially through community investment and educational partnerships; economically through our investment in people; and environmentally through our commitment to eliminating harm, reducing our impact and enhancing the environment wherever we can.