1 Foreword

Graeme Boylen, HR Director, U.K & Ireland - Tarmac

Our commitment to delivering positive outcomes against the Levelling Up Goals and maximising our long-term social value impact as a critical infrastructure provider and land custodian in the UK has never been more important. We are pleased that some of our key initiatives have been acknowledged in this impact report, particularly in regard to our people development, commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, sustainability and community engagement.

Tarmac has a well-established history of investing in a skilled workforce, across the whole UK, including some of the most economically challenged regions. We are proud of our cultural ethos of providing people with the skills, resources and opportunity to achieve their full potential regardless of the socio-economic background. A significant proportion of both our middle and senior management teams began their careers as apprentices in our business, which is a testament to our ongoing commitment to learning, personal development and to truly being a meritocratic business. The passion and drive to continue this pattern and legacy is clear, with the support that our current leaders provide in mentoring, training and supporting each new intake of our diverse early careers population to help create the leaders of tomorrow.

The work we have done in our recent history to embrace equality, diversity and inclusion was designed to help us to be more reflective of the communities we serve. The added benefit we have seen is that it enabled us to build a workforce with a rich diversity of thought, enabling creative solutions to be developed to solve customer and industry problems, further improving our business.

Our sustainability activities are clearly laid out in our Act Strategy, with our ambition to achieve net zero detailed in our roadmap, plotting the steps we will take to achieve our goal. This is further supported by our transparent and challenging interim targets, such as reducing our absolute carbon by 30% by 2030, again building on our strong track record of delivering a 38% reduction in CO2 since 1990.

Being a responsible custodian of the land we own and occupy is a role we take very seriously. Throughout the operational life of our sites and facilities, we pride ourselves on being a positive part of the communities we are within, contributing to local groups, clubs and societies, supporting local charities and educational establishments as well as supporting the local economy through provision of local jobs and supply chain opportunities. Upon the end of life of our operations, we strive to leave a positive legacy, restoring land for community benefit and even donating land to Historic England and English Heritage so areas of local importance can be preserved for future generations.

Having a positive impact within the communities we serve is not a new endeavour for Tarmac, but we acknowledge that the needs of communities are changing at pace, and we are committed to refining and refocusing our efforts and activities into areas that will be the most impactful. Our partnership with the Purpose Coalition is a clear and deliberate step in our journey to ensure we do just that.

We will continue to build on our existing initiatives to deliver the greatest social value impact, whilst maintaining our position as an industry leader and a competitive business. The recommendations within this report have been used to formulate our ongoing social value and community engagement activities on both a national and local level. We look forward to working with Justine Greening and the other organisations within the Purpose Coalition to drive forward the Levelling Up agenda and learning from one another to achieve success.