Hill & Smith PLC - Our Approach
Our approach

Our Approach

Our Approach to Sustainability

Our purpose to create sustainable infrastructure and safe transport through innovation guides our strategic and tactical decisions, ensuring that improving sustainability is woven into our daily working lives.

DETERMINING our Approach

Our Board responsibility for our overall ESG strategy and the ESG Committee is responsible for translating this strategy into focused initiatives, near and medium-term targets and actions. We determined our ESG focus areas by taking a materiality-based approach to ESG. The first step was to commission an independent materiality study, which involved a selection of senior managers identifying from a longlist of possible subject areas, 15 specific ESG topics that the Group should consider. We then approached 38 stakeholders from across our supply chain. We consulted a diverse range of our employees, major customers and suppliers, a major bank, and several significant investors. We then ensured that each stakeholder group’s key thoughts were recognised by carrying forward their top three areas of interest into our analysis. The next step involved comparing our stakeholders’ input to the relevant Sustainability Accounting Standards Board ('SASB') materiality maps. In Hill & Smith’s case, the two that are most relevant are Engineering & Construction services and Road transportation.

Dimension Category SASB matrix H&S materiality study ESG Focus
    Engineering & Construction Road Transport    
Environment Ecological Impacts .      
Waste and hazardous materials management        
Waste and wastewater management        
Air quality     .  
Energy Management   .   .
GHG Emissions   . .
Social Capital Selling practices and product labelling        
Customer welfare        
Product quality and safety .      
Access and affordability        
Data security        
Customer privacy        
Human rights and community relations        
Human Capital Employee engagement, diversity and inclusion     . .
Talent development/employment practices     . .
Employee health and safety . . . .
Labour practices        
Business model and innovation Physical impacts on climate change       .
Sustainable products       .
Materials sourcing and efficiency        
Supply chain management        
Business model resilience        
Product design and lifecycle management .      
Leadership and governance Systemic risk management        
Critical incident risk management   .    
Management of the legal and regulatory environment        
Competitive behaviour        
Business ethics .   . .

 

OUR SUSTAINIBILITY PRIORITIES

We determined our ESG focus areas by taking a materiality-based approach to ESG.

This two-stage materiality process identified the following seven sustainability priorities for Hill & Smith:

protecting the world

01

Greenhouse Gas ('GHG') emissions and energy management

02

Sustainable products - infrastructure

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Saving and Enhancing Lives

02

Sustainable products - safe transport

03

Health & safety

04

Talent and engagement

05

Inclusion and diversity

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Sustainable Governance

06

Climate risks

07

Ethical conduct

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Hill and Smith’s
Role in Sustainability

Protecting the World

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