Creating a better tomorrow

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBLITY
RIDER LEVETT BUCKNALL

As an independent global practice of consultants, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is at the core of our values, and firmly anchored in our corporate culture.

Our CSR programs reflect how we align our values, behaviors, and business practices with the expectations and needs of our clients, employees, and local community.

We are committed to creating a better tomorrow.

Our efforts go beyond words, and are demonstrated by our teams throughout North America.

RLB in North America is committed to:
  • Fairness and Equality of Opportunity
  • An inclusive and safe working environment
  • Reducing our environmental footprint
  • Communicating, monitoring and improving our CSR performance
  • Working with clients to create a better tomorrow

PEOPLE

Investing in our people reinforces our continued success.

We know that by building a diverse and inclusive workforce, we are preparing our business for the future. Diversity and inclusion strategies and policies exist across every area in which we work.

We focus on:
  • Prioritizing the wellbeing of our staff through a number of health and wellness programs
  • Building a diverse workforce by recruiting, retaining, developing and promoting a team that reflects the communities in which we live and work
  • Supporting staff seeking to expand career-related capabilities, through accredited colleges, universities, and professional organizations

CLIENTS

We believe in delivering successful and sustainable outcomes for our clients.

We bring our understanding of the longer-term social and economic impact of our activities to help our clients build for a better future.

We focus on:
  • Understanding our clients’ sustainability requirements and embedding these as outcomes of our service delivery
  • Offering a suite of sustainability services, including life-cycle costing, re-lifing, and building quality assessment
  • Ensuring we work in a sustainable way

COMMUNITY

We give back to the communities in which we live and work.

Our CSR program advocates community and social impact activities, which supports our commitment to creating a better tomorrow.

We focus on:
  • Volunteering and fundraising activities that support local communities
  • Sponsorship and engagement with local and national charities
  • Mentoring the next generation of experts through professional organizations and university programs
  • Interacting with local universities as guest speakers in industry-related courses
  • Engaging the younger generation to foster and promote the AEC industry

ENVIRONMENT

We are committed to minimising our environmental impacts and delivering positive environmental outcomes.

We have a robust internal sustainability policy where we look to source and embrace the most environmentally sound building practices but with viable economic benefits.

We focus on:
  • Reviewing our activities to identify environmental impacts and opportunities for improvement
  • Responsible sourcing of materials and reducing our use of single-use plastic
  • Reaching our environmental management targets, covering both our day-to-day business activities and the services we deliver for our clients

Having over 4,300 people based in over 140 offices across more than 40 countries,
means we work on landmark projects across the globe.