Effective management of health and safety, environmental, ethical and other social risks is fundamental to the Board’s duty of care to the Group’s stakeholders, as well as being important to Keller’s corporate reputation and profitability.
The Board recognises that its responsibilities extend beyond financial results and related matters. Effective management of health and safety, environmental, ethical and other social risks (described together here as ‘social risk’) is fundamental to the Board’s duty of care to the Group’s stakeholders, as well as being important to Keller’s corporate reputation and profitability.
The Board’s role is to: provide effective leadership; establish overall policy for the Group; and monitor the performance of the operating companies in relation to social risk, whilst the Chief Executive is ultimately accountable for the Group’s social responsibility. Within each of our businesses, line management is charged with: delivering performance that is socially responsible; supporting Group policy; and providing leadership within their business. All employees are responsible for following Group policy with the support, direction and commitment of line management.
Our Code of Business Conduct, which can be found on our website, comprises the guiding principles which govern our attitude to social risk and which promote honesty, fairness and integrity in our relationships with (i) employees; (ii) customers, suppliers and competitors; and (iii) the community/environment.
The rest of this report is organised under four headings, representing the main areas where our business impacts on others and where we recognise our responsibilities to society:
