Champions and work streams

John Laing’s CSR group includes ‘champions’, who work with small groups of motivated staff to help effect change in eight key areas, including: human capital, the natural environment, waste, energy and water, materials, community, supply chain and communications. Here you can meet our champions, see their over-arching policies and also view some examples of where our teams are making a difference.

John Laing's CSR governance and management structure.

Robin Phayre - Waste champion

Waste

Our policy is to establish and maintain a waste management system that will support: the reduction in the volume and toxicity of waste; the increased re-use of waste as a resource; and the recycling of any additional waste. This will help to reduce the costs of service provision and to meet our legislative requirements.

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Mick Hamilton - Human capital champion

Human Capital

Our policy is to create, maintain and develop a range of support measures to enable our people to perform at the highest possible level and maximise their personal and professional development opportunities within the Company.

Martin Jameson - Energy and water champion

Energy and water

Our policy is to be committed to responsible energy management in partnership with our clients and practice energy and water efficiency throughout all areas where we have or could have influence over energy usage.

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David Whipp - Community champion

Community

Our policy is to establish and maintain an effective and efficient community programme that enables the company to make an identifiable difference by our active participation in the communities in which we live and work.

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Dave Scott - Materials champion

Materials

Our policy is to deliver commercially viable benefits across the business through the consideration of environmental and socio-economic factors in the specification and selection of materials employed directly and indirectly by the Group. All procurement processes are reviewed to ensure that such considerations are embedded and support the policy objectives.

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Clare Craven - Natural environment champion

Natural environment

Our policy is to protect the natural environment, sustain biodiversity and minimise the depletion of natural resources by working in a socially responsible manner with our partners and stakeholders.

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Christine Jones - Communications champion

Communications

Our policy is to actively communicate our ambitions and successes both to staff, to help instil CSR into the culture of the business, and externally to our customers and the market generally to demonstrate our approach to sustainability, and where we are and can actively make a difference.

Andrew Gibb - Supply chain champion

Supply chain

Our policy is to strive to achieve significant savings by managing better our procurement and commercial activities. We will establish and maintain an effective and efficient method of procurement in a safe, ethical and professional manner in partnership with our suppliers.

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