OUR SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY | 2022
Engineering Difference
Keltbray is a specialist engineering and construction solutions company
Our purpose is to redefine the way sustainable development is delivered. We self-deliver innovative customer solutions across targeted built environment and infrastructure sectors to support economic growth, social advancement and environmental protection.
The strategy
What is sustainability?
Sustainability is a broad term, with the most widely recognised definition established in 1987 by the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) in the Bruntland Report. Defining sustainability as:
Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
Sustainability is organised into three underpinning pillars, namely:
WHY SUSTAINABILITY?
The construction and infrastructure industry is very resource intensive with huge pressures exerted on the natural environmental at every stage of a project’s lifecycle.
Sustainability is mutually beneficial to both the natural environment and our business, aiding us to use resources efficiently to create long-term sustainable values, build resilience to environmental and social pressures as well as minimise risks throughout our supply chain.
Managing the environmental, social and economic pillars holistically is key to protecting our environment, supporting the local community and serving our clients and the economy.
The UK construction industry accounts for:
3.1m people employed in the sector
60% of all material usage in the UK
120m of total waste generated in the UK
370bn tonnes industry turnover, generating £138bn of economic value, accounting for 9% of UK's total GDP
45% of the UK's total carbon emissions
REFERENCES: The Office for National Statistics www.gov.uk
Our core purpose and values
Our core purpose is:
To redefine the way sustainable development is delivered
Our core values are:
Health, safety and wellbeing
At Keltbray, health, safety and wellbeing are at the heart of everything we do. Those who work for us and with us have the right to be treated safely, respectfully and with integrity.
People
Our people are at the heart of our business. Delivering value for our customers, partners and key stakeholders is the focus of everything we do.
Relationships
Our interactions with clients, key stakeholders and each other ultimately determine the success of our business and the strength of our reputation. We engage openly and transparently to build longterm, value-based relationships.
Innovation
We take an innovative approach to everything we do. We combine our skills and energies as 'one Keltbray' to deliver the best possible solutions.
Can-do attitude
We always deliver on our promises. We are committed to realising our purpose and strategy through working in a united way as 'one Keltbray'.
Sustainability runs through everything we do. From the people we support, the business we sustain, the communities we work in, the industry in which we thrive and the planet we live on.
What is sustainability?
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a global agreement to eradicate poverty and fight inequality and injustice.
It was agreed by world leaders at the UN in 2015, with a focus on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which the UK has committed to deliver domestically.
Our 2025 sustainability focus areas align to the UN Sustainable Development Goals:
We recognise the importance of all of the UN Sustainability Development Goals, and we take actions to positively impact all of the SDGs in line with our mission and values. However to maximise our impact we have chosen a select few which are most relevant to our business and most align to our overall strategy.
Social sustainability objectives
3: Good health
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
4. Quality education
Ensure inclusive and equitable education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
8. Decent work and economic growth
Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
10. Reduced Inequalities
Reduce inequality in and among countries
Environmental sustainability objectives
11. Sustainable cities and communities
Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
13. Climate action
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
Economic sustainability objectives
8. Decent work and economic growth
Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure
Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialisation and foster innovation
Our sustainability pledge
Our pledge is to provide innovative built environment and infrastructure engineering solutions that generate value to our clients and allow them to achieve their own sustainability commitments, whilst recognising that we have our own part to play in addressing global sustainability challenges within the context of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Our pledges
Social – Our people are having ‘Good Days at Work’
– Our people feel valued and have a sense of Purpose
– Support local communities through engagement, support and engineering solutions
Environmental
– Achieve Net Zero by 2040 and assist our clients in meeting their individual pledges
– Protect the environment and enhance biodiversity to ensure we leave it better than how we found it
– Use resources more efficiently, to maximise their life cycle and drive circular economy
Economic – Invest in our growth
– Generating local value by supporting local jobs, businesses and economies
– Our clients want to work with Keltbray above others helping us to secure continual, good quality work
OUR PLEDGES
Our course of action and smart KPIs'
SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY OBJECTIVES
Our people are having ‘Good Days at Work’
– Measure success using the Robertson Cooper ‘good day at work’ framework
– Improve health, safety and environmental conditions and reduce accidents/incidents
Our people feel valued and have a sense of Purpose
– Establish Inclusion Council
– Develop our inclusion & diversity strategy through the Inclusion Committee, to establish tangible results
– Provide quality training and development fairly and inclusively
– Be an equal opportunities employer with fair and transparent recruitment, pay and employment processes
Support local communities through engagement, support and engineering solutions
– Deliver on Social Value outcome for every £2m of Group turnover
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY OBJECTIVES
Decarbonise our operations to achieve Net Zero and assist our clients in meeting their individual pledges
– Set science based target 2020
– Achieve Net Zero by 2040 and assist our clients in meeting their own net zero timeline
Protect the environment and enhance biodiversity to ensure we leave a better environment than the one we found
– Zero environmental harm
– Our business and projects to have a zero net biodiversity loss and identify opportunities for biodiversity net gain
Use resources more efficiently, maximising their life cycle to drive circular economy
– Zero non-hazardous waste to landfill, focus on keeping materials and products in use
– Define scope of water and material usage and set reduction targets for all divisions of Keltbray Group
ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY OBJECTIVES
Invest in our growth
– Achieve circa £1 billion profitable turnover by 2025
– Achieve higher levels of economic growth through diversification, innovation and supporting key clients
Generating value by supporting local jobs, businesses and economies
– All business units to comply with local spend and employment obligations
– Only work with contractors that satisfy the minimum sustainability req PQQ and common assessment standard
Our clients want to work with Keltbray above others helping us to secure continual, good quality work
– Put a client feedback Net Promoter Score in Place by end of financial year 2021
How will we achieve our pledges?
Keltbray's climate action
One of the most pressing sustainability issues of present time is Climate Change, we recognise that our operations form part of the problem and bold change is needed.
We take our pledge to reach Net Zero Carbon emissions seriously, but we also know that this is not the finish line.
Our pledge to reach Net Zero underpins all three pillars of sustainability and we recognise the need to move ‘beyond zero’ - building a resilient business focussed on embedding circular economy and ensuring that wellbeing of people and planet are at the heart of everything we do.
Some of our clients' carbon pledges
Leading the North West to zero carbon
Net Zero by 2045 (Scope 1, 2 and 3)
Net Zero by 2020 (Scope 1 and 2 only)
Net Zero by 2050
Zero carbon airport by 2030 Strategy under consultation
Net Zero Communities Strategy Net Zero by 2050
Powering Community Energy
Zero Carbon Communities
Zero Carbon by 2025 (Scope 1 and 2)
Reduce Carbon emission intensity by 40% by 2023
Net Zero by 2020 (Scope 1 and 2)
Net Zero by 2035 (Scope 1, 2 and 3)
Net Zero by 2030 (Scope 1 and 2)
Net Zero Power System by 2040
Delivering Zero carbon buildings by 2050 (Scope 1, 2 and 3)
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