During the year Severfield has pressed ahead with our sustainability strategy and has further enhanced our green credentials.
Alan Dunsmore
Chief Executive Officer
Our Group’s purpose is to develop better ways to build, for a world of changing demands
To achieve this, we are committed to motivating and enabling our people and our supply chain to deliver high quality, innovative buildings in a sustainable and efficient way. During the year we have continued to progress our sustainability agenda and embed ESG principles into our corporate strategy.
Our sustainability framework outlines why we prioritise different elements of our work encapsulated by our four sustainability pillars ‘Planet’, ‘People’, ‘Prosperity’ and ‘Principles of governance’, each informed by our people, customers, suppliers and stakeholders.
We illustrate our achievements over the last year against each pillar of the sustainability framework in this table. Progress against each of the pillars is fundamental to achieving our long-term strategic objective to deliver sustainable growth.
Our approach to sustainability
Prosperity
Deliver sustainable profitable growth, whilst satisfying our ethical, legal and contractual obligations.
People
Support our teams to be diverse, engaged, motivated and highly skilled. Engage positively with projects and the local communities in which we work.
Planet
Continue to improve the environmental impact of our process and projects. Support sustainable construction through circularity, strive for Net Zero and enable efficient business practices.
Principles of Governance
Show leadership in delivering a sustainability programme, which considers whole life impact, taking us beyond compliance and ensuring continuous improvements.
Our approach
to materiality
We undertake regular materiality assessments, informed by our ongoing dialogue with internal and external stakeholders. We continue to identify eight key areas of importance which remain unchanged from our initial assessment.
Materiality index
- Health and safety
- Climate change and carbon emissions
- Supply chain management
- Sustainable construction
- Diversity and inclusion
- Training and development
- Employee engagement
- Waste management
Case study
THE 5% CLUB – GOLD
This award recognises our significant contribution to the continued development of all our employees through ‘earn & learn’ schemes such as apprenticeships, graduate schemes and sponsored students course placements.
We are proud of our investment in early careers, which helps accelerate skills in the workforce and address UK skill shortages, supporting our Company and the wider economy. In the last year, we have recruited 26 apprentices and 3 graduates.
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Earning & learning
2,329
NVQ training weeks
Case study
FEMALE MENTORING
Severfield champions diversity and attracting and engaging women to its ever-growing workforce has been a key focus in recent years.
There is a shortage of females in most roles across the construction industry and we are tackling the issue head-on through a variety of initiatives, including better engagement with those in education, better maternity pay, training on unconscious bias, and breaking down barriers through our newly launched female mentoring programme. The programme pairs female colleagues with an external mentor, providing insights from other career driven women, to help build experience and grow confidence to create the leaders of tomorrow.
14
Colleagues on the programme
