Sustainability Report 2010
- Overview
- Strategy and governance
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Customers
- Customer feedback and satisfaction
- Partnering for sustainability
- Our people
- Communities
- Suppliers
- Environment
own report
Partnering for sustainability
Partnering for sustainability is the cornerstone of our new 2020 sustainability strategy in which we focus on collaborating with customers and suppliers to share expertise in order to deliver sustainable services and solutions that go beyond our immediate operations. Sustainable services often have the added value of improving efficiency and reducing costs.
In 2010, we partnered with many of our customers to deliver more sustainable solutions. Here are some examples:
- We joined our customers in sustainability forums such as ‘CO2 Sense’ in Yorkshire, a regional forum for sharing best practice techniques in carbon management. Here we worked with our customers to develop strategies for carbon reduction and jointly shared the experience of our efforts in the professional journal Property and Facilities Management.
- As a result of our contract for Birmingham City Council to build the new Library of Birmingham, we joined forces with the City Council and developed a programme of community involvement. This included becoming one of the Official Arts Sponsors in the community.
- We worked with Barclays Global Investors (BGI) in London to replace its old water chillers. BGI was eager to put energy conservation at the very heart of the project and so we were delighted to be able to suggest cutting-edge technology that significantly reduced BGI’s energy bill and its carbon emissions by 443 tonnes per year.
- In the Middle East, Emrill, our Joint Venture facilities management business, partnered with its client Deutsche Bank in beach and desert clean-up campaigns.
Night-time savings
One of Carillion’s highway maintenance contracts in Derby involved removing the old road surface and then resurfacing a carriageway during night-time operations. Due to night-time constraints, disposal of the old road surfacing material could have been expensive because it would have required double handling.
We worked with our customer, Derby City Council, to schedule the resurfacing work to run at the same time as another Carillion project nearby, to which the waste material was transported directly and reused. This saved around 150 heavy goods vehicle (HGV) journeys and ensured that zero waste was sent to landfill.
Third Green Apple
Carillion Facilities Management, in conjunction with Centrica and British Gas, has won the Green Apple Award for Environmental Best Practice for the third year in a row. This is in specific acknowledgement of our carbon reduction campaign in 2009.
“To have been presented with a Green Apple for the third consecutive year at the House of Commons is a remarkable tribute to all involved in our energy-saving campaigns. It is recognition of how we are leading the corporate field in environmental progress.”
James Rushen
Group Head of Environment, Centrica plc
“Once again we are delighted that our efforts to work with clients on our shared sustainability goals have been recognised.”
Mark Grundy
Carillion Account Director
David Cameron visits the Library of Birmingham Project and speaks to our people about Carillion’s involvement with the community.
Sustainable FM Awards 2010
Carillion Facilities Management won the Sustainable Supplier of the Year for Total Facilities Management Service award at the Sustainable FM Awards 2010, for inspiring and practical developments in sustainable facilities management.
