2017 Sustainability Report
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 WELCOME A-1 APPENDIXES A-2 Stantec Sustainability Services 2 A MESSAGE FROM A-8 About This Report OUR PRESIDENT AND CEO A-10 GRI Content Index A-26 UN Global Compact 4 ABOUT STANTEC Communication On Progress 8 SUSTAINABILITY IS GOOD BUSINESS 10 Stakeholder Engagement 11 Material Topics 12 Sustainable Development Goals REVIEW AID • This 2017 Sustainability Report covers 16 ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP Stantec’s worldwide Consulting Services but 18 Environmental Management not our Construction Services 18 Carbon Footprint • This report was prepared in accordance with 20 Resource Conservation the GRI Standards • All financial information is reported in 26 SOCIAL BETTERMENT Canadian dollars, unless otherwise stated 28 People-Centered Workplace 30 Professional Development OTHER RESOURCES 32 Diversity and Inclusion The following reports and website will provide 34 Health, Safety, and Security you with additional information about Stantec: 36 Creativity and Innovation 38 Community Engagement • Annual Report 40 Indigenous Connections • Management Information Circular • Annual Information Form 42 RESPONSIBLE GOVERNANCE • stantec.com 44 Ethical Business Practices 44 Board Governance 44 Sustainability Governance 45 Strategic Planning 45 Risk Management 46 Integrated Management 47 Data Privacy 47 Partner Code of Business Conduct 47 Protection of Human Rights Pierre De Saurel Wind Farm / Parc éolien Pierre-de Saurel Trois-Rivieres, Quebec WELCOME Sustainability at Stantec is built SUSTAINABILITY FOR OUR CLIENTS on the premise that positive For our clients, Stantec’s sustainability economic results are possible professionals are leading the way by when we effectively manage • Designing high-performing, energy-efficient, our environmental, social, and and energy-positive buildings governance affairs. • Helping clients meet their carbon goals by managing emissions and leading emission We are committed to sustainability leadership reduction programs in our operations and project work. In our • Engineering renewable energy and markets, for our clients, and throughout storage systems our Company, we advance initiatives that • Maximizing water conservation, reuse, support a more sustainable world. And we treatment, and access to clean water do business in a way that meets the needs • Engineering and constructing sustainable of the present while contributing to an infrastructure environmentally, socially, and economically • Positioning communities to be resilient sustainable future. so they can withstand and recover rapidly from disruptions SUSTAINABILITY IN OUR OPERATIONS • Improving human rights conditions and At Stantec, we take responsibility for the responsible sourcing practices impacts of our internal operations by • Supporting social equity and facilitating • Choosing approaches that are least likely community partnerships to impact the environment • Advising clients on developing sustainability • Providing an inclusive and equitable goals and programs workplace for our employees • Actively volunteering in our communities, We take our commitment to sustainability and annually donating up to 1% of our seriously; we are proud to operate our Company pre-tax earnings to charity in a sustainable manner and to be recognized • Committing to ethical business behavior for providing sustainable client solutions. STANTEC INC. 1 Sustainability: It’s Who We Are, It’s What We Do At Stantec, we design with helps clients achieve social, And our new LEED® Gold community in mind. Together, environmental, and economic headquarters, Stantec Tower, we’re creating innovative, benefits, and gain business will reduce carbon emissions by sustainable, resilient, and livable advantages. consolidating three older office communities around the world. spaces into one much more Stantec’s actions are guided People worldwide are increasingly efficient space. by four values: we put people concerned about the state of the first, we do what is right, we environment. Client demand for In 2017, we established an are better together, and we are sustainable solutions is on the Executive ESG Committee driven to achieve. Each value rise. For these and other reasons, to provide strategic leadership connects us and our Company Stantec signed on to the United and guidance on internal to sustainability. Effectively Nations Global Compact. We sustainability. The committee, addressing environmental, support its foundational principles chaired by our chief operating social, and governance (ESG) that affirm the importance of officer, comprises senior concerns is good business— human rights, ethical labor, the managers from teams and the right thing to do. environment, and anti-corruption, that set and achieve our and we support the Sustainable sustainability goals. Why We Care about Development Goals. Sustainability We give up to 1% per year of Our services help communities Sustainability at Stantec our pre-tax earnings to charity— and clients reduce their In 2017, we achieved our long- about $3 million in 2017. We environmental impacts while standing business objective of also support various volunteer improving quality of life. Our becoming a top 10 global design activities of our employees; people understand and apply firm—while retaining our focus for instance, in 2017, more sustainability principles and on sustainability. We expanded than 5,000 of us participated techniques to their projects, our carbon reporting and set in Stantec in the Community while our sustainability a new baseline that includes Week, working with over strategy—threaded through our geographically expanded 400 community organizations all business operating units— Consulting Services business. across 6 continents. 2 2017 STANTEC SUSTAINABILITY REPORT A MESSAGE FROM OUR PRESIDENT AND CEO An Ongoing Commitment Witnessing firsthand the way employees live our values makes me proud to lead Stantec. Our employees care deeply about our communities and our impact, and our business depends on attracting and retaining the industry’s best and brightest. Our employees foster a work- place that values diversity and inclusiveness, and they follow ethical business practices. The people of Stantec are showcasing a sustainability mindset in our work with clients and in how we operate our business. These are some of the ways we continue to embrace our commitment and responsibility to sustainability. Thank you for taking the time to review this 2017 Sustainability Report. Gord Johnston President and CEO STANTEC INC. 3 Old Cutler Road Cutler Bay, Florida 4 2017 STANTEC SUSTAINABILITY REPORT About Stantec Strategic Elements Communities are fundamental. Whether around the corner or across the globe, they provide a foundation, What we will work to achieve in 2018 a sense of place and of belonging. That’s why at Stantec, we always design with community in mind. We care about the communities we serve—because Build an inspiring, inclusive work they’re our communities too. This allows us to assess environment that attracts, supports, what’s needed and connect our expertise; to appreciate and develops world-class talent. nuances and envision what’s never been considered; to bring together diverse perspectives so we can Pursue and win work that collaborate toward a shared success. transforms our communities and inspires our employees. We’re designers, engineers, scientists, and project managers, innovating together at the intersection of Execute projects exceptionally community, creativity, and client relationships. Balancing for our clients. these priorities results in projects that advance the quality of life in communities across the globe. Combine what we know succeeded in the past with curiosity, creativity, Stantec trades on the TSX and the NYSE under the symbol and investment into what will STN. Visit us at stantec.com or find us on social media. succeed tomorrow. Embrace and continue to enhance our Collaborative Business Model and integrated platform Our Purpose Our Promise for competitive and operational advantage. How we make a difference What we stand for Make strategic acquisitions that in the world strengthen our ability to improve the communities, sectors, and geographies we serve. Creating communities Design with community in mind Our Business Our Values Objective How we act What drives us to do better We put people first We will be a top-tier We do what is right global design and We are better together delivery firm We are driven to achieve STANTEC INC. 5 Stantec 2017 Snapshot Total Company $5.1B 22,000 GROSS REVENUE EMPLOYEES Service Offerings Consulting Services We provide professional consulting services in engineering, architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, surveying, environmental services, project management, and project economics. Consulting Services derives its revenue from five business operating units. $4.0B 20,000 GROSS REVENUE EMPLOYEES Construction Services We provide construction and construction management services mainly on water-related projects for key long-term clients. $1.1B 2,000 GROSS REVENUE EMPLOYEES Acquisitions • Inventrix Engineering, Inc. • North State Resources, Inc. • RNL Facilities Corporation Supply Chain • Upstream – leased buildings, fleet, purchased goods and services • Stantec operations – employees, future employees, subcontractors, business travel • Downstream – clients, project partners, communities 6 2017 STANTEC SUSTAINABILITY REPORT ABOUT STANTEC 2017 Gross Revenue SERVICE OFFERINGS Consulting Services: 78% Construction