Environment

Board and Senior Management are committed to delivering continual environmental improvements across the organisation. Sustainability is embedded throughout the organisation and is a central consideration in the decision making process.

Across the business we also have some of the best STEM graduates driving the green agenda. Babcock has held the Carbon Trust Standard for its UK operations since 2010 and will be seeking reaccreditation in 2020. The continuous monitoring of energy consumption and the attention to environmental policies ensure that the environmental impact of the company’s operations is minimised.

We have advanced energy management practices in place across the organisation which allow us to effectively manage our consumptions and emissions. We have implemented a Metering, Monitoring and Targeting (MM&T) strategy which allows us to easily identify and remediate any inefficiencies.

We recognise that climate change could have major impacts, not just to our business but to the environment in which we operate. Potential impacts include floods, hurricanes, fires and droughts. We identify the risks of climate change on our operations at a contract level and this is reviewed at business unit and sector board level. We then communicate any material risks to the Audit and Risk committee on a bi-annual basis.

Our supply chain has an important part to play in supporting our efforts to reduce emissions. This year we introduced a Group-wide procurement policy that requires environmental aspects to be taken into account as part of the competitive tender process. We are working closely with our suppliers to reduce packaging where feasible. We have also implemented more recycling and re-use initiatives in order to minimise waste.

We recognise the impact that CO2 emissions and greenhouse gases have on our environment. We are committed to reducing our impact and over the upcoming year will review appropriate, accredited targets.

Across the organisation we continue to develop and improve our built estate and we strive to achieve excellent sustainability credentials with all developments. Sustainable considerations are at the core of the design and decision making process. We strive to deliver high quality assets which meet the current and future needs of our staff and customers whilst minimising our environmental impacts.

We also actively help our customers meet their waste management targets. Babcock manages the rental leases for the UK MOD’s white fleet, and is supporting the MOD and the UK Government in the transition to ‘Road to Zero’, which includes a commitment to convert 25 per cent of combustion engines to ultra-low emission by 2022, and 100 per cent by 2030.

As part of our efforts to minimise waste, Babcock Networks Limited achieved 100 per cent diversion of construction waste from landfill across all overhead line projects, equating to 39,462 tonnes. This is in addition to our Rosyth business which has been zero to landfill for a number of years now.