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 | | CONSTRUCTION ETHICS AWARD MAKES HISTORY CARDIFF | | | Benfield ATT | | 09/08/2006 | | | CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR) history has been made as a mainstream UK building company won its third consecutive award for its positive impact on society from the Business in the Community. This is the first time a UK construction firm has won such successive Awards, demonstrating that ethics in Construction are not dead. Corporate social responsibility is now high on the agenda for most contractors - not only does it look great on the annual report, it also `masks' the unethical nature of such firms. Hard political negotiations, in-house lawyers, contracts based on distrust ... need we go on?
One firm in particular however, seems set on changing the face of the construction industry. The Prince of Wales' CSR charity - Business in the Community - recognised Benfield ATT as the only `Big Tick' Example of Excellence in the construction industry. This makes Benfield ATT - the leading Welsh timber frame engineering company - the UK's first contractor to receive the Impact Upon Society Award three consecutive times.
'As an Example of Excellence for the third year running, Benfield ATT have set the standard for the rest of the construction industry, demonstrating Corporate Social Responsibility to the European Business Excellence Model standard ... this is a great achievement." said Julia Cleverdon CVO CBE, Chief Executive of Business in the Community.
Specialists in timber frame building for over twelve years, Benfield ATT proved to the 2006 BiTC judges that its community involvement is integrated into the general management of the business. Over the last three years, Benfield ATT have implemented many new initiatives. Environmentally, they were the first timber frame manufacturing firm to gain Chain of Custody from the Greenpeace and WWF-backed Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC) as well as monitor and report on their environmental performance. Seeing standard JCT sub contracts as inappropriate for specialist suppliers because "They're simply backward - they have no place in a modern future-looking industry such as bespoke timber frame", the company has developed its own terms for incorporation into these and other, more progressive, contracts like the PPC 2000 `partnering' contracts.
Involvement in the regeneration of the disaster-stricken Maldives islands, commitment to environmentally-friendly building projects and dedication to its employees all helped Benfield ATT stand-out as the clear `Big Tick' award winner of the Impact Upon Society category at the Business in the Community Wales Awards for Excellence, sponsored by Royal Mail. | |
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