16 DELIVERING TODAY FOR TOMORROW autumn 2011 Construction & Infrastructure Affordable Housing Fit Out Urban Regeneration DELIVERING TODAY FOR TOMORROW Investments In order to drive sustainability forward within the Morgan Sindall Group, we must give our Total Commitment to making it happen. Our Ynysowen Community Primary School – Roadmap for Sustainability An exemplar of sustainable design maps out targets, milestones A Focus On: and actions for each division and the Group as a whole TODAY is published by: to aim for. From this, six Key Commitments have Morgan Sindall Group plc Morgan Sindall Group plc is a been identified that will Kent House leading UK construction and Morgan Sindall steer us in the right direction. 14-17 Market Place regeneration group with a turnover So, whether it is helping London W1W 8AJ of £2 billion, employing over to reduce the energy and Tel: 020 7307 9200 7,000 people and operating in the waste from our offices and www.morgansindall.com public and commercial sectors. Group’s Roadmap sites, staying safe at work or email: [email protected] It operates through five divisions getting involved with local of construction and infrastructure, communities, each and affordable housing, fit out, urban every one of us has a part regeneration and investments. for Sustainability to play in helping us achieve our Total Commitment. 2 DELIVERING TODAY FOR TOMORROW IT’S ALL ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY 3 In the long term the only businesses that are going to succeed are those In this issue… that deliver sustainable solutions. Sustainability opens new market This issue of TODAY focuses on Morgan Sindall Total opportunities and so ultimately the Group’s new Roadmap for Sustainability. It starts off success of sustainability becomes Commitment the success of the company. The by explaining what the Roadmap is and why the Board Roadmap sets out what we’re trying see it as a critical tool for helping guide the Group’s in Practice to achieve and how we’re looking to journey towards sustainability. achieve it. It is a Total Commitment because we are looking to do the utmost possible in all areas of The Six Commitments ...............2 sustainability. Rather than looking at sustainability as a challenge I would Implementing the Group Roadmap cannot be achieved without the like you to look at it as an opportunity Construction and Increasingly we have been hearing support and commitment of Morgan Sindall Group’s five divisions. for us to innovate and become even Sustainability is about Infrastructure .........................................4 about sustainability and as a company Each division has already signed up to the Roadmap, and agreed to better and more successful at what the human race’s ability it’s time to sit up, take notice and act; we do. to survive and prosper. give their Total Commitment to sustainability by focusing on the it’s not a matter of simply ticking a six commitments. box to say that we are sustainable. Paul Smith, Chief Executive To me, Total Commitment is about either Affordable Housing .......................6 believing in something or not. It’s about We can all make a difference both at Since the divisions are all different, they will contribute towards the work and at home, and on a personal integrity. No half measures. No excuses. No apologies. No looking for someone else to journey for sustainability in different ways and show leadership in level I will be looking at fossil fuel- Fit Out................................................................8 free alternatives on my own personal do it for you. different areas. Most of this issue of TODAY provides a showcase building project. The key point to make It’s about placing sustainability at the for some examples of how the divisions are, in practice, already is that sustainability is a journey we are heart of all that we do both personally and providing project solutions that contribute towards the Roadmap’s Urban Regeneration .................10 embarking on together. As a company corporately. It’s about being responsible for that enhances the environments and our actions and taking defendable decisions. six commitments. There is already lots going on and so the following communities in which we live and It’s about making choices that are good for pages highlight just two of the six commitments for each division. work, I am confident that by working us as individuals, good for the growth and Investments ..........................................12 together sustainable practices will prosperity of the company we work for and Finally, TODAY explores some examples of how Morgan Sindall become part of our DNA and culture. good for the planet we all live on. Group’s operations are themselves being made more sustainable, for John Morgan, Executive Chairman Paul Whitmore, Commercial Director example in terms of the offices it owns and construction sites it runs. Walking the Talk ............................. 14 THE 22 PRIORITY THE SIX PEOPLE 1 Total commitment to a safe workplace OBJECTIVES COMMITMENTS 2 Total commitment to developing talented employees The Roadmap provides a Six key areas of strategic 3 Total commitment to reducing energy consumption and carbon emissions detailed action plan for 22 priority improvement have been selected as PLANET sustainability objectives that critical to driving sustainability into 4 Total commitment to reducing waste are relevant and appropriate to the Group’s cultural DNA. These Morgan Sindall Group. They are will form the main focus of attention drawn from the People, Planet, and activity. They will be explained 5 Total commitment to improving sustainable procurement Profit model that has been to every employee and will become PROFIT adopted by the Group. the basis of our reporting. 6 Total commitment to supporting local employment 4 DELIVERING TODAY FOR TOMORROW IT’S ALL ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY 5 Construction and Infrastructure IN PRACTICE 1 Total commitment to a safe workplace Everyone has the right to Total commitment to improving sustainable procurement 5 IN PRACTICE Meet the London, Richard Barnes, who said that be 100% Safe responsible procurement makes good Carnegie business sense. “I am delighted to see major Contractor contractors like Morgan Sindall putting gives an Morgan Sindall has renewed its Morgan Sindall’s work. It is aligned with responsible procurement into action.” commitment to safe working with our values and our philosophy of Perfect for Pudding The location of the work is adjacent to education in the launch of 100% Safe. Delivery, making it fundamental to delivering Our Commitment the southern part of the London 2012 exceptional customer service. Building on the great work that Morgan Mill Lane Olympic site and Morgan Sindall has been sustainability For some time now, sustainability The approach was launched companywide proud to support the Mayoral ‘responsible Sindall has done in previous years, has been on the radar of many on 4 April. Since then sites and offices have Morgan Sindall is putting sustainable procurement’ agenda. This involves By rewriting the design 100% Safe is a new approach to safe businesses but few of these have, until been learning about 100% Safe and what it procurement into action on the purchasing goods, works and services in rule book to meet the working that is centred on five ‘Safe’ pillars: recently, started to treat it as a priority. means for them. A series of presentations Pudding Mill Lane rail project. a socially and environmentally responsible specifications for BREEAM • Safe places – creating environments However, recent shifts in expectations, were given to all staff, extra resources have The contract, worth in the region of £50m, way that delivers both value for money which provide security and protection both from our employees and customers ‘Outstanding’, Carnegie been placed on the intranet and special will link the new Crossrail tunnels to the and benefits to London. For example; at from harm as well as other stakeholders, means that Primary School should be packs have been issued to all sites. The existing Network Rail infrastructure in the Pudding Mill Lane, the team has chosen a • Safe by choice – choosing to be safe, there has never been a better time for the first primary school in company held its first 100% Safe by Action London Borough of Newham. Morgan concrete supplier that is registered to the avoiding unnecessary risks Morgan Sindall to place sustainability at the country to gain this top • Safe relationships – gaining trust through day in June, where the senior executive team Sindall hosted a ‘Meet the Contractor’ event BES 6001 standard (responsible sourcing the heart of our offering. recognition for sustainability. active engagement, collaboration and visited sites to gain experience of how 100% on 21st July in Stratford which proved to of construction products), a standard only feedback Safe is working in practice. Sustainability has become a critical factor be not only an excellent way to gain access awarded to suppliers who responsibly Morgan Sindall was appointed as of our success and is key to our future the main contractor to design and • Safe by design – staying safe by “100% Safe is an approach based on fact to new competitive suppliers and pools source materials. By continuing to make growth. It is now a component part of our build the new school by Fife Council, undertaking proper planning and making rather than theory, and knowledge gained of talent but also strengthen links with the responsible choices for projects, Morgan customers’ and suppliers’ agendas. It has whose procurement model was one the right decisions from tried and tested experiences across communities directly impacted by the work. Sindall is driving forward its commitment become integral to the way businesses to improving sustainable procurement. of the main reasons that this school • Safe lives – caring for people, promoting the business”, said director of safe and The event featured the Deputy Mayor of operate.