Balfour Beatty was commended at the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) Inspiring Change awards this week as it secured the 2019 ‘Inspiring Change in the Workplace’ award.
The award recognises Balfour Beatty’s Multicultural Affinity Network, set up in 2016, which aims to ensure the business understands cultural experiences and provides an open platform for employees to bring their own unique perspective to the development of the business’s working culture.
The Inspiring Change awards is an annual celebration of construction and infrastructure companies which have created a more inclusive and diverse culture, recognising those who have prioritised Diversity and Inclusion.
Balfour Beatty was acknowledged for its Reverse Mentoring programme which sees employees paired with senior leaders, enabling employees to share insights into the experiences of ethnic minorities and other underrepresented groups.
Balfour Beatty was also recognised for its Inclusive Leadership training, which equips senior leaders with the skills needed to embed an inclusive culture within their teams.
Balfour Beatty continues to work with CECA’s Fairness, Inclusion and Respect (FIR) programme to develop a case study sharing the company’s best practice with the wider industry. Specific engagement will focus on small to medium size enterprises (SMEs) with the aim of providing the necessary tools to develop fair and inclusive workplaces across the industry’s supply chain.
Paul Raby, Balfour Beatty’s Group Human Resources Director, said: “It is imperative that companies recruit and retain a workforce reflective of the society in which they operate – a diverse range of skills and expertise is critical to the successful delivery of any construction or infrastructure project.
“At Balfour Beatty we are committed to continuing to create and nurture a diverse and inclusive workforce and are proud to have been recognised at the Inspiring Change Awards for our efforts”.
Teik Tan, Assistant Supply Chain Manager and co-chair of the Multi-Cultural Affinity network was also highly commended for the FIR, Inspiration Individual award for his work.
Balfour Beatty is committed to equal opportunity having launched its Diversity and Inclusion Affinity Networks in 2016. The four networks – LGBT, Multi-Cultural, Ability and Gender Equality provide a platform for underrepresented employee groups to bring their unique perspective to the development of Balfour Beatty’s working culture and create a fair and inclusive workplace. As an employer of choice, Balfour Beatty recruits regardless of gender, ethnicity and social background to ensure it reflects the society in which it operates.
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Notes to editors:
- Balfour Beatty (www.balfourbeatty.com) is a leading international infrastructure group. With 26,000 employees, we provide innovative and efficient infrastructure that underpins our daily lives, supports communities and enables economic growth. We finance, develop, build and maintain complex infrastructure such as transportation, power and utility systems, social and commercial buildings.
- Our main geographies are the UK, US and Hong Kong. Over the last 100 years we have created iconic buildings and infrastructure all over the world including the London Olympics’ Aquatic Centre, Hong Kong’s first Zero Carbon building, the National Museum of the Marine Corps in the US and the Channel Tunnel Rail Link.
- Balfour Beatty is committed to creating an environment where all our employees can be themselves at work and perform at their best. With a number of major infrastructure projects in the pipeline, Balfour Beatty aims to meet current and future skills demand by attracting and retaining the best available talent and is committed to removing the barriers to inclusivity across the industry. A new diversity and inclusion three-year plan has been created which sets out our strategic aims, objectives and metrics in support of the Company’s endeavours.
- Leo Quinn, Balfour Beatty’s Group Chief Executive, is the board level sponsor for Diversity and inclusion. Leo has established a Steering Committee to govern strategic diversity and inclusion activities and track progress against the three-year plan.
