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Building a better future – for everyone

At Hill & Smith VRS, our people, planet and purpose guides every decision we make. Corporate social responsibility is an integral part of how we operate. We provide exceptional health, safety and wellbeing standards for our team, and actively support the communities we’re a part of. We also take our environmental responsibilities seriously, with a clear commitment to reach net zero across our operations by 2040.

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Designed to ‘achieve a better and more sustainable future for all’, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were set as part of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. They aim to reduce climate change and poverty, and improve education, health and economic growth worldwide.

Along with our parent company Hill & Smith PLC, we set our Sustainability Goals around three key areas and proactively work towards:

Protecting the world 

Serving and enhancing lives

Sustainable governance 

How we achieve these goals

 

Apprenticeships
We’re silver members of The 5% Club. And we’re Apprenticeship Levy funders, using the scheme to upskill existing employees and recruit apprentices to nurture into future leaders.
Safety
We have achieved the RoSPA Gold Medal award for the past several years. This highlights that health and safety is at the core of everything we do.
Volunteering
Staff volunteering during working hours has doubled year on year.
Fairness, inclusion & respect
We’ve introduced a Reward & Recognition scheme aimed at all staff, recognising and celebrating contribution and achievements of each in our organisation
Wellbeing
18% of all staff members are Mental Health First Aiders

 

Sustainable products
We’re committed to offering products and solutions that lower emissions and our impact on the environment.
Educational visits
Our contribution includes career talks, primary school sustainability initiative and STEM awareness.
Stakeholder engagement
We participate in key events such as the National Highways engagement event with the National Biodiversity Network.
ESG reporting
We’ve achieved Gold CSR-Accreditation in 2021 and 2024.
Charity
Committed budget to support local communities through sponsorships.

 

Carbon neutral/net zero
Our carbon footprint assessment shows at least a 5% overall reduction from 2021 to 2022.
Leaner construction
Our focus on product and method innovation, and supply chain collaboration support lean construction programmes.
Sustainable materials
We’re dedicated to finding more sustainable materials within our solutions, to lessen our impact on the environment.
iNaturalist project
Biodiversity and our roads: Do we thrive where we drive?
Waste
All packaging and PPE is recycled, and rainwater is collected and reused at all sites.

 

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