Community

Integrity

To ensure that all of our employees are open and honest, our business ethically and morally strong and each of us is accountable.

Society

Respect people and their local environment, be responsive to the communities in which we work.

Examples:

VolkerFitzpatrick recognises that how we recruit and purchase services can create opportunities to build thriving communities as well as stronger businesses. We aim to procure our services through local suppliers whilst building local education and training links, particularly where we operate in deprived areas, helping to remove barriers to local employment.

We are committed to engaging our employees in community activities, and aiming to support staff in volunteering with donations of time, finance and expertise where appropriate.

2012 Highlights:

• 100% of sites registered with the Considerate Contractors Scheme achieving an average score of 34.79, significantly above the industry average of 33.15
• 99.8% of all waste generated by our contracts was successfully reused, recycled or sent to a waste transfer station.
• Our A45 Corridor Improvement contract in Birmingham has provided 4 apprenticeship positions and 3 new entrant roles for the local community.
• Our recently completed £30 million Hoe Valley Regeneration contract achieved CEEQUAL Excellent recognition.
• VolkerFitzpatrick is sponsoring 40 young engineers through accredited graduate training programs and 20 non-graduates in further education programs, and provided 11 graduate placements.