Rydon CSR report 2016/17

1 Introduction 3 1.1 Doing well through doing good 2 Outline Strategy: 5 2.1 Our Approach to Sustainable Development 2.2 Our Impact on the Environment 2.3 People and Communitites 2.4 CSR Governance Reporting

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3 Achievements: 11

3.1 Our impact on the Environment 3.2 People and Communities 3.3 CSR Governance and Reporting

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4 What’s Next?

4.1 Objectives & Targets

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4.2 Key Changes 22

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INTRODUCTION

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1.1 Doing well through doing good Welcome to the 2016 annual Rydon Group CSR Report. Once again you will find a review of the targets and objectives we set ourselves last year and progress on those, alongside other projects we have implemented this year.

Bob Bond, CEO

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It goes without saying this in our current turbulent time, the urgent need for all of us to embrace more sustainable ways of working, living and doing business is increasingly apparent; not a day goes by without our local and world news reporting on complex problems relating to the environment and socio-economic progress.

Sustainable development offers us a framework to ensure the future wellbeing of our communities, our society and our planet.

We hope you find this report useful and informative. If you have any suggestions or queries please don’t hesitate to get in touch, we would love to hear from you.

2016 was a significant year for the national and global community, with the EU Referendum in June and the environmental, social and economic uncertainties this outcome has bought. There are many unknowns and we are currently working on the premise that much of Britain’s environmental law and legislation will stay intact. We continue to be committed to reducing our environmental impact by cutting emissions and I am determined that operating our business responsibly, with respect for the environment, people, their health and safety and the wellbeing of the communities in which we live and work, remains a priority.

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OUTLINE STRATEGY

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2.1 Our Approach to Sustainable Development At Rydon, we consider the good practice of our corporate responsibilities in relation to the environment, economy and social fabric of the places in which we operate as sustainable development.

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1. Our Impact on the Environment

3. Corporate Governance and Reporting 2. People and Communities

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2.2 Our Impact on the Environment We measure:

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Electricity consumption

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Recycling and waste to landfill

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Fuel consumption by our vehicle fleet

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2.3 People and Communities • At every opportunity we try to involve • Develop and expand our apprenticeship, local trades people, suppliers and work experience, training and other potential business partners in the employment opportunities for people • Sustain and expand our existing development process in order to bring in and around the communities in which relationships with schools and colleges, work and income into the areas in which we work. ensuring we engage with stakeholders we operate. and students to provide exposure to the • Involve, consult, communicate and industry and the potential careers in all • Promote training and employment actively engage with the immediate and aspects of the built environment. opportunities for local people within the neighbouring communities with whom communities in which we work. we are working.

As part of our social sustainability agenda we focus on the following:

• Register every site with the Considerate • Maintain our long-standing support • Continue our Staff Forum, which Constructors Scheme and set internal of The Prince’s Trust and run ‘Get Into coordinates a wide range of activities in targets to achieve average scores that Construction’ programmes with the support of selected charities through a are significantly above industry averages, Trust, providing a comprehensive and formal charity volunteering system and and thereby absolutely ensure minimal supportive introduction to our industry the Rydon Charitable Trust. disruption to residents and neighbours for disadvantaged young people. during our developments.

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2.4 Corporate Governance Reporting “Robust reporting and governance allows us to track, manage and implement sustainability initiatives”.

As a highly regulated industry we are required to subscribe to a number of independent third party performance assessments in order to maintain our ability to compete.

Most of these are closely related to the core

areas of responsibility referenced in 2.2 and enables us to benchmark and measure our performance improvement. Central to these are the standards to which we subscribe via our external agent, the British Standards Institution (BSI).

Performance is reported on a relative scale, enabling us to create measurements, which

can be transformed into CSR KPIs and compared both internally and externally against industry benchmarks.

We have 10 sustainability objectives monitored by a Safety and Sustainability Forum, which monitors and tracks progress quarterly and the CSR forum drives the strategic CSR plan for Rydon.

Rydon Group Sustainability KPIs Environmental

People and Communities

1 Electricity CO2 Emissions

4 Apprentices, Graduates, Trainees

2 Amount of waste recycled

5 CCS score

Target: 4%

Target: 5%

REDUCTION p/a

Target: 35/50

Target: 95% 3 Fleet CO 2 Emissions Target: 4%

6 Community Enrichment

REDUCTION p/a

Target: Deliver one Get into Construction programme with The Prince’s Trust

Governance - SDF & CSR Forum 10

OF WORKFORCE

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ACHIEVEMENTS

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3.1 Our Impact on the Environment Electricity

All of Rydon’s key offices/departments around the country have now switched their energy provider to SSE Green which provides 100% renewable energy generated by a variable mix of hydro-electric and offshore and onshore windfarms. By making this switch Rydon has vastly improved its sustainability as well as investing in the green energy future of the nation.

Waste Case Study: Queen Elizabeth Hospital

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Environmental performance is excellent; waste streams monitored with software and reuse/ recycling is well promoted. Promotion of environmental achievements to the general public could be considered. 95% of the workforce use public transport and carbon footprint is closely monitored.

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Site Monitor QEH managed to recycle 100% of its waste during construction with over 1095.28 tons of soil being reused and 453.84 tons of wood recycled.

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1. Electricity Electricity CO2 emissions per employee: 2014/15 = 916,999 kg Electricity CO2 emissions per employee: 2015/16 = 961,606 kg

4.8%

percentage change

Per Rydon employee that’s 0.5 of an average homes’ energy use for one year.

2.Fleet Emissions CO2 Emissions per vehicle 2014/15 = 9.510 tons CO2 Emissions per vehicle 2015/16 = 9.171 tons

3.6%

decrease in emissions!

Per Rydon employee 73,112 miles driven (average passenger vehicle)

3. Waste Total number of skips processed: 2694 Number of skips diverted from landfill: 2,586.24 ---> 25,862.4 Tonnes of waste.

96%

average recycling percentage

Only 108 skips went to landfill.

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3.2 People and Communities Apprentices, Graduates, Trainees

5%

Target workforce (5% achieved)

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Project Name: North London Region Contractor name: Rydon Construction Ltd CSS Score: 45/50

“The company has exceptionally high standards of appearance for operatives, vehicles and the site. The company’s environmental procedures are exceptional and communication to the workforce is of an extremely high standard. A new scheduling system minimises driver journeys and reduces carbon emissions.”

Project Name: Newman House, Horley Contractor name: Rydon Construction Ltd CSS Score: 42/50

Considerate Constructors Score:

Target

35/50 (Mean CCS Score = 38.2/50)

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“Immediately one is struck by the impression created by the site, the hoarding is in extremely good condition and this is complimented by a very comprehensive display of information at the site entrance for the public to view.”

Site Monitor’s Report

Project Name: Tisbury Campus Contractor name: Rydon Construction Ltd CSS Score: 41/50

“Engagement with the community is exemplary and in general the measures and procedures put in place for the environment, emergencies and safety issues remain excellent”.

“The care for the environment was excellent.

For example, special permission was obtained to fell a tree which was then replaced by five new plantings. The diligent use of sustainable materials, constant monitoring of the site’s carbon footprint, a bug sanctuary using old tyres, an insect hotel for the school and a wild meadow are all included to benefit the environment.”

Our Head Office has a fruit delivery for staff as part of Rydon encouraging healthy living from Fruitful Office. For every one basket of fruit, with the help of Fruitful Office 1 fruit tree is planted. We are delighted that we have contributed to the Planting Fruit Trees in Africa campaign.

In the three months from October to December 2016 our head office planted

36 fruit trees in Malawi, Africa.

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Rydon & The Prince’s Trust

Rydon provided staff with the opportunity to join a number of initiatives to help The Prince’s Trust achieve this target in its historic 40th anniversary year.

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In the Built Environment sector alone, an additional 200,000 jobs are expected to be created over the next five years.

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Rydon and The Prince’s Trust took part in the Million Pound Challenge, a landmark programme targeting £1 million of fundraising to help 1,000 disadvantaged young people get into education, training or employment.

Palace to Palace Cycle Ride Amongst the fundraising initiatives planned, Rydon invited staff to take part in the Palace to Palace Cycle Ride on Sunday 2nd October 2016. The event is a 45 mile bike ride starting from Buckingham Palace, cycling through Richmond Park and the beautiful Surrey countryside towards the finish line alongside Windsor Castle.

Rydon builds brighter futures for Supervised throughout by The Prince’s Trust and young people with The Prince’s Trust Rydon, and with support from Stanmore and British Gypsum, the programme provided candidates A large redevelopment project providing nearly first-hand experience of what it is like to work on 200 new homes for Londoners has provided a first a live construction site whilst learning trade skills step for youngsters looking to start a new career including dry lining, carpentry, tiling and painting. in construction. The Prince’s Trust teamed up with Rydon to provide the group, aged 18-25, the “Get Into Construction” programme over two weeks at the redevelopment of the former Queen Elizabeth Hospital on Hackney Road, E2.

As a team, they worked to ensure each young person had the right support and encouragement over the duration of the programme as they start a career in our industry. Tony, Christine and Phil, who have each helped to deliver previous Get It is the seventh programme Rydon has successfully Into construction programmes for Rydon, were awarded a well-deserved certificate from The delivered on this format.

Prince’s Trust in recognition of their efforts.

Alongside the opportunity to secure a CSCS card, required for working on a construction site, participants also spent time working on their CVs and interview techniques to give them the confidence they need to kick start a career in the industry.

At the presentation ceremony, each participant was awarded a completion certificate from The Prince’s Trust and received a further six months support from the trust to assist them in moving into sustainable employment within the industry.

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A team of nine Rydon cyclists took to the road between Clapham Common in London and Madeira Drive on Brighton’s seafront to complete the 2016 London to Brighton Bike Ride.

Meeting bright and early on Sunday 19th June at Rydon House in Forest Row, we loaded the bikes and set off to the start point in clapham Common on schedule.

Everyone enjoyed the day and are ready for the next Rydon cycling challenge – The Prince’s Trust Palace to Palace charity cycle ride in October.

We have raised a considerable £1,140 to be donated to the British Heart Foundation including a £100 donation from Brewers Decorator Centre - Tunbridge Wells Branch.

Debbie Selden, Ride Co-ordinator

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3.3 Governance and Reporting Data released on the uptake of the international Environmental Management Systems standard ISO 14001 shows that the number of certificates issued worldwide has grown 8% over the last year. The worldwide total of accredited ISO 14001 certificates now stands at 319,324 (source, iema.net).

We successfully achieved accreditation to the new updated standard this year.

We are now accredited to ISO14001:2015

The revised standard ensures environmental management is now integrated and aligned with our business strategies.

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WHAT’S NEXT?

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CSR KPIs 2016/17

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What’s Next: Key changes:

Leadership Greater involvement in the management system by the leadership team will ensure the whole organisation will be motivated towards the organisation’s goals and objectives.

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Improved Environmental Performance Organisations will need to take steps to protect the environment and improve environmental performance.

Good environmental management will reduce the risk of regulatory fines and can often identify opportunities to save money.

An Integrated Approach With the new structure applicable to all new ISO management systems standards it will be much easier to implement multiple, integrated management systems.

Thank you for taking the time to look at this report.

Our report highlights the key sustainability achievements in 2016 as well as the changes that have been put in place to the way we govern sustainability across the Rydon Group. It is vital that we create an environment for new innovations that benefit people and planet, and enable them to take shape at scale.

I am delighted that we have put particular focus on improving and updating our systems over the past couple of years which allows real improvements in sustainability performance to develop. I’m delighted that we met our

2015 targets to improve environmental protection by reducing electricity consumption, recycling over 96% of our waste and continuing to manage and reduce emissions from our fleet.

Sustainability continues to be an important part of our development going forward and as you will have seen the journey continues with a new set of ambitious sustainability projects planned for 2017.

Catriona Hawksley, Sustainability Advisor

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T: 01342 825151 E: csr @ rydon.co.uk

www.rydon.co.uk