SOCIAL
We believe that good governance is the cornerstone of
sustainable infrastructure development.
With every new project, we make sure local communities have input. It’s essential to consider everyone we affect with our work and to ensure that people are heard and positive actions taken.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CRS) Expertise:
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Job creation in developing communities
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Governance capability and capacity building
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Inclusion and Diversity
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Supply chain due diligence
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Socially responsible business practices
Infrastructure plays a vital role in the social, economic, cultural, and environmental well-being of any community, city or nation. It can provide:
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Essential services such as transportation, clean water supply/purification facilities such as sewage treatment plants, and energy distribution networks (electricity grids).
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Employment opportunities directly related to a project’s design and construction.
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Improvements in quality of life, by providing public spaces, parks, or plazas with recreational amenities.
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New technologies that can enhance productivity at work sites.
Responsible and sustainable infrastructure development encourages a stable society.
"Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable."
- The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 11
This goal can only be achieved with an increase in disaster relief funding and social services, such as health care or education. For all people to have access to clean water by 2030 would require greater investment in public sanitation systems like wastewater treatment plants or sewage networks.
Social responsibility, the bedrock of all our company decisions, is reflected in how we support our staff, suppliers, clients and everyone connected to the work we’re proud to do.
“When the solution helps move a system from an equilibrium that is unjust
(where there is suffering, exclusion or marginalization) and helps establish a new, more just, equilibrium then social entrepreneurship is at work.”
Oscar Auliq-Ice
