GOVERNANCE
Stuart McLachlan is the Board member with responsibility for sustainability, and WSP’s performance is reviewed by both the Board and the Performance Committee. WSP’s Sustainability Strategy is managed by a Group Head of Sustainability, Dr Paul Toyne, who reports to Stuart McLachlan and is supported by a Primary Network of senior managers who, in turn, are accountable to the managing directors of each business. Convening monthly, the Primary Network’s role is to ensure Group objectives are implemented in a way relevant to each business and market.
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
WSP chooses to engage with credible industry bodies and organisations who, like us, are committed to raising standards within the built environment and recognise the signifi cance of sustainability within these standards. For example, WSP is a member of national Green Building Councils, and we actively support their mission for a sustainable built environment. WSP chooses not be associated with groups and organisations that don’t share similar values to us and are either political or, by the nature of their work, lack credibility.
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ENVIRONMENT & ENERGY
NUMBER OF TRAINING DAYS PER EMPLOYEE BY REGION WSP GROUP SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2010 | 9 TOTAL
SUSTAINABILITY AS A MARKET OPPORTUNITY FOR WSP
We recognise that the global mega-trends of population growth and urbanisation in a world constrained by resources, energy, food and water will drive governments and business to seek more sustainable solutions. We believe we are well placed to win work in this area and have developed our service offerings accordingly. Examples include:
• Advising our clients’ response to increasingly demanding building controls and regulations – for example, how to go beyond compliance by designing more sustainable buildings that protect the asset value
• Sustainable retrofi tting of commercial property – across all our regions we are involved in projects to refurbish commercial buildings and make them more energy effi cient
• Assisting our clients in developing corporate strategies, such as climate change adaptation plans that help manage their risks associated with extreme weather events
• Helping clients at every stage of the project development cycle in the renewable energy sector through WSP Future Energy.
We believe that through integrating sustainability into everything we do, we can provide a better service for our clients.
We also believe that through integrating sustainability into everything we do, we can provide a better service and end product for our clients. Case study examples of this approach are described in the Our Stories section.
OUR PEOPLE
WSP trades on its expertise to provide design, engineering and environmental solutions to our clients’ problems. Our people mean everything to WSP, and we recognise that a talented and motivated workforce is key to achieving the goals of our strategy over the next fi ve years. We have a variety of activities in place in fi ve key areas – performance management and development; talent management; training; employer branding; and knowledge sharing and employee engagement – to ensure that we continue to attract, develop and retain the best people with the right skills. In 2010, the average number of training days per employee was 3.5 (see graph below).
2011 AND BEYOND
The focus of work on sustainability in 2011 is on ensuring all businesses, regardless of size and location, deliver progress against our sustainability strategy. Our Primary Network will continue to work closely together to help ensure we deploy the most cost-effective practical solutions. Specifi cally, it will work towards:
• Integrating sustainability and embedding sustainability into all our operations
• improving our ability to sell sustainability services and measuring the impact of our advice
• establishing and promoting networks for knowledge sharing
• improving our ability to measure and manage our key environmental and social impacts.
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As demonstrated by the case studies within the Our Stories section of this report, carbon emission reductions tend to dominate every project. Although important, it also highlights a crucial role for WSP to explain that sustainability is far more than carbon management for clients; and for us to become better at measuring the social benefi cial outcomes of our operations.
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