Bellway4Good Corporate Responsibility 2016/2017 CONTENTS 1. VISION Introduction ...............................................................................................................................................3 Executive Chairman’s Statement ................................................................................................3 Performance against 2016/17 CR Targets ...............................................................................4 2017/18 CR Targets ..................................................................................................................................5 5 Year CR Data .........................................................................................................................................6 2. ENVIRONMENT Biodiversity and Ecology..................................................................................................................7 Energy ............................................................................................................................................................7 Water ...............................................................................................................................................................7 Domestic Waste ......................................................................................................................................8 Transport and Connectivity ...........................................................................................................8 Climate Change ......................................................................................................................................8 Carbon Footprint Verification Statement ..............................................................................8 3. CONSTRUCTION Planning ........................................................................................................................................................9 Research and Development – Sustainable Construction .........................................9 Procurement and Supply Chain Management .................................................................9 Construction Waste ..............................................................................................................................9 Waste Performance ............................................................................................................................10 Construction Site Management .................................................................................................10 4. SOCIETY AND ECONOMY Bellway Employees ............................................................................................................................. 11 Charitable Giving................................................................................................................................... 11 Health and Safety.................................................................................................................................12 Economic Development .................................................................................................................13 Customer Engagement ...................................................................................................................14 Creating Sustainable Communities .........................................................................................14 2 1. VISION Introduction As one of the UK’s largest house builders, Bellway Homes has a role to play in addressing the growing national housing shortage by building high quality new homes in desirable locations. We believe we can fulfil this role whilst at the same time operating our business in a socially responsible, ethical and sustainable way. A sustainable approach to construction isn’t just beneficial for the environment; it makes commercial sense and brings benefits to our shareholders, customers, employees and the local community. Our long term approach to Corporate Responsibility (CR), branded as Bellway4Good, focuses on three principal areas of importance to our business and encompass various ‘themes’ against which we set annual targets to monitor our ongoing performance. • Environment - biodiversity and ecology; energy; water usage; waste; transport; carbon emissions. • Construction - planning; research and development; supply chain management; waste management; site management. • Society and Economy - employee development; charitable giving; health and safety; economic development; stakeholder engagement; customer care; sustainable communities. Bellway4Good is our commitment to ensure that we operate our business in a responsible manner and is reflected through our actions and within our comprehensive suite of corporate policies, processes and procedures. This update covers our CR activity in the 2016/17 year. It summaries key CR developments and data, including how we have performed against our annual targets, and sets out our targets for the current 2017/18 year. For full details of our CR vision and strategy, and information on how we manage our key CR impacts, please see our web based CR report at www.bellway.co.uk/corporate-responsibility. Executive Chairman’s Statement It has been another record year for Bellway as we’ve continued our approach to being a responsible homebuilder, further developing our CR activity under the Bellway4Good banner. We have increased the number of new homes sold in 2016/17 by over 10% to 9,644 and as we continue to grow so does our workforce with the average number of people directly employed increasing by around 7% to 2,595. We also engage with our sub-contractors and supply chain partners, and we estimate that in total, between 29,000 and 30,000 jobs were supported as a result of Bellway’s operations. I would like to extend my thanks to all those who have worked for and with Bellway in the last year. Their skill, hard work and dedication has been recognised in a number of ways: • We were proud to have been awarded 5 star homebuilder status by the Home Builder Federation (HBF), demonstrating our commitment to customer service. • A record 49 of our site managers were recognised in the National House Building Council (NHBC) Pride in the Job Awards. • We received 10 NHBC Health and Safety Awards. We continue to invest in our workforce and this year we created a set of structured apprenticeship programmes and increased the number of apprentices and graduates within the business by 11%. Training across the Group has increased with average training days per employee rising to a record 4.2 days. This was the third year that we have set ourselves a range of CR targets to drive forward performance across the business and we are pleased to report some key successes: • Increased the percentage of construction compounds fitted with energy saving devices to 94% (2016 – 84%). • Launching a trial energy saving campaign for divisional offices. • Further improved our waste diversion rate to 97.8% (2016 – 95.9%). • Improved our NHBC safety score by almost 10% to 0.690 (2015 – 0.766). • Achieved the top rank in the World Wild Fund for Nature’s (WWF) Timber Scorecard 2017. • Raised and donated £385,913 to Cancer Research UK, our corporate charity. • Quantified the wider benefits that our business delivers through the publication of Bellway’s first Economic and Social Impact Report. We remain committed to improving our CR credentials, listening to and meeting the needs of various stakeholder groups and improving the sustainability of our homes. If you have any comments about our approach to CR we would welcome your feedback. John Watson Executive Chairman [email protected] 3 1. VISION PERFORMANCE AGAINST 2016/17 TARGETS Environment We will increase the proportion of construction compounds fitted with energy saving devices to at least 90% Energy • By the end of 2016/17, 94.0% of our compounds were fitted with energy saving devices (2016: 84.3%). We will limit the engine size of forklifts to 55 watts on all sites by 2019, delivering fuel and carbon savings Energy • 83.5% of our forklift fleet has now been fitted with 55 watt engines (2016: 68.9%) We will develop a ‘best practice’ energy saving campaign, implement in 1 division and assess its impact prior to considering roll-out across the wider business Energy • The campaign has now been launched in 3 divisions. We will assess its effectiveness in reducing energy usage before considering a roll-out to all divisions throughout 2018 We will introduce metered supplies for construction water usage at 90% of new developments, building up an accurate picture of Bellway’s water usage Water • 91.3% of new sites were fitted with water meters. Construction water usage will continue to be monitored and analysed, with usage trends identified based on differing site characteristics. Reduction initiatives will then be tailored to different site types and construction methods We will develop quarterly carbon reporting with a view to establishing carbon reduction targets in future years Carbon • Carbon data is now collated on a quarterly basis and throughout 2018 further analysis will be undertaken to establish a ‘cost of carbon’ measure, identify opportunities for savings, roll-out best practice and consider potential carbon reduction targets Construction We will continue work to introduce a maximum number of waste management contractors across all Construction divisions, aiming for 100% compliance by 2018 and work to identify