Our 2019 achievements
- Reaccredited to Carbon Trust’s Standard and named best in sector
- Average Considerate Constructors Scheme 41.46/50 – 12% higher than industry average.
Independent verification
We have commissioned Bureau Veritas UK to verify our sustainability performance against our Key Performance Indicators. Read our Bureau Veritas statement on our 2019 performance here.
Considerate Constructors Scheme
We are Partner members of the Considerate Constructors Scheme and register all our eligible sites. Contractors signing up to the scheme agree to abide by its voluntary Code of Considerate Practice, which covers site appearance, community engagement, safety, care for the environment and care for the workforce.
Our average Considerate Constructors Scheme across all projects was 41.46/50 – 12% higher than industry average.
Considerate Constructors Scheme Score – average marks out of 50 across all projects
|
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
|
|
Willmott Dixon Considerate Constructors average |
39.87
|
40.29
|
40.58 |
41.26 |
41.39 |
41.46 |
|
Industry Considerate Constructors average |
35.51
|
35.59
|
36.00 |
36.12 |
36.24 |
36.73 |
Carbon Trust Standard
We are the only construction contractor to hold The Carbon Trust Standard. Companies which achieve the Standard must achieve an overall score of at least 60% and a repeat of the assessment takes place every two years. We were recertified in 2019 and gained a score of 89%, which was described as best-in-sector.
We are a pioneer of The Carbon Trust’s Supply Chain Standard – the world’s only accreditation for companies managing emissions from their supply chain. In 2019 we continued our work to encourage our supply chain partners to reduce their emissions and prepared our application for Level 3 of the accreditation to be submitted in 2020.
Project sustainability
We drive sustainability on our projects via our 10 Point Plan – a framework with 10 key sustainability criteria, including carbon, waste, community investment and biodiversity.
The plan sets project level goals and targets, which get harder year on year, and which are widely considered to be among the most challenging in the industry.
Projects completing in 2019 were required to achieve at least 7 out of the 10 points and 84% of our projects achieved their target. Every year we set more challenging targets for our projects – projects starting in 2019 must achieve at least 8 out of 10. Further analysis and discussions are now underway, to help us understand what we can do to improve in 2020.
Average 10 Point Plan score across all projects, out of 10
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2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
|
4.7 |
5.9 |
6.9 |
6.4 |
6.8 |
8.0 |
Investors in People
In 2020, our Construction business was awarded the Platinum Investors in People accreditation. Our Interiors business holds the Gold accreditation.
We are a Disability Confident Employer
We are an approved Disability Confident employer and we continue to be a member of the Business Disability Forum.
RICS inclusive employer
We are signatories to the RICS inclusive employer scheme. This means that we have committed to drive behaviour change, and to look carefully at our employment practices, to ensure that we place inclusivity at the heart of what we do.