Leading support services and construction company Carillion is celebrating after topping its sector and gaining Platinum status in the prestigious Business in the Community Corporate Responsibility Index as well as coming in the top ten in the Sunday Times Best Green Companies awards.
The BiTC Corporate Responsibility Index is the UK’s leading voluntary benchmark of Corporate Responsibility which compares, celebrates and communicates the social and environment performance of companies.
Those that achieve Platinum status demonstrate that CR is embedded in strategic decision-making and incentive structures and have improved CR management and performance over three/four years.
While the Sunday Times Best Green Companies awards recognises companies at the cutting edge of improving corporate environmental performance and this year Carillion achieved tenth place overall and fourth in its category (Bigger Companies with High Environmental Impact).
Carillion is one of only 15 companies to remain in the Best Green Companies top 60 list since it started four years ago.
The news comes at the close of Carillion’s annual Sustainability Week events, which always coincides with World Environment Day.
Commenting on Carillion’s success, Richard Howson, Chief Operating Officer said:
“We are absolutely delighted to have topped our sector in the BiTC awards giving us Platinum status as well as gaining a top ten position in the Sunday Times Best Green Companies Awards.
“Our new strategy aims to make us not only a leading sustainable business but also the leading sustainable support services company – and these new awards certainly demonstrate we’re going in the right direction!
“We couldn’t have done this without the skill and dedication of all our people working collaboratively to deliver our sustainability commitments.”
