New policy promises include on employment and wages
Wates has unveiled a five-year social value strategy called Creating Opportunities which will focus on three key areas.
These are challenging inequality, inspiring and educating young people about careers in the built environment and supporting and scaling the social enterprise sector.
Key promises within the policy include hiring at least one person from a group identified to be severely distanced from employment on every project and launching a new primary school engagement programme to help encourage children to consider construction as a career at a younger age.
Wates chief executive David Allen (pictured) said: 鈥淏y considering social value in our business decisions, including the way we employ staff, engage with communities and buy products and services, we can cultivate a more sustainable and inclusive society.鈥�
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The announcement comes at a time where the sector has upped its focus on social value with framework providers such as Scape and Pagabo both making it a key consideration when deciding who to appoint to their multi-billion-pound deals.
Last week, DSDHA was handed the inaugural Delivering Social Value Award at the