Volunteering to support a local butterfly reserve
A team of volunteers from Gammon, our 50:50 joint venture in Hong Kong, have helped to repair a network of footpaths at the Fung Yuen Butterfly Reserve.
Our 2040 ambition
Positively Impact More than 1 Million People
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2030 target |
Measurement |
Primary UN Sustainability Development Goal
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Infrastructure already has a hugely positive impact on people’s lives. From transport links which help people access jobs, leisure activities and friends and family, to the assets which deliver the water and energy to homes and businesses around the world, its impact is felt every second of every day.
But beyond the immediate benefits of the assets themselves, the sector also has a significant social impact: regenerating communities, driving employment and training opportunities, enhancing biodiversity, supporting small, local supply chain partners and minority businesses, boosting growth. It literally has the power to transform lives and build new and better futures. This ‘social value’ has long been embedded in how Balfour Beatty operates. For us, it’s a core element of leaving a meaningful, lasting legacy in the communities we work with and it has seen the projects we deliver improve the wellbeing and prosperity of many thousands of people. But we want to go further. We want to make it clear how important this is to us by making it our ambition to Positively Impact More than 1 Million People by 2040.
Making a positive impact
Our ambition to Positively Impact More than 1 Million People between now and 2040 seeks to build upon our existing social value measures to capture the broader positive and lasting impact we have on people’s lives. This means, for example, that we’ll look more holistically at the wider impact of the volunteering our workforce undertake, and the number of people positively impacted, rather than simply counting the number of days spent volunteering. It’s about a greater focus on, and increased quality of the outcomes we deliver.
Our many years as a leader in this area will allow us to share best practice and cross-pollinate ideas across our three geographies, which will each have different approaches, priorities and successes. We will continue to review and evolve our approach to measuring our lasting impact on the communities we operate in as understanding across the industry evolves and matures.
Here are some of our highlights from 2022
£816m
social value generated in the UK
6.5%
of UK workforce in earn and learn positions
£1.5bn+
spend with SMEs and local businesses in the UK
Case studies
Find out how we're leaving a positive legacy in the communities
in which we work in.
Supporting young people with employment opportunities
Our Northamptonshire street lighting contract team have been working with one of our Corporate Charity Partners, Groundwork, to provide local young people with employment opportunities.
Improving air quality around schools in Leeds and Manchester
Balfour Beatty collaborated with Groundwork, one of our Corporate Charity Partners, to fund two Breathe Easy projects to help reduce air pollution around schools in Leeds and Manchester.