Renovating Gammon’s approach to sustainability

Gammon Construction sought the help of a trusted partner to facilitate deeper engagement and ensure a robust new approach was realised

Challenge

Gammon Construction Limited is a Hong Kong based construction and engineering contractor with operations and projects in and across China and Southeast Asia. Having achieved many of the aims of the 2020 Sustainability Roadmap and with the ongoing evolution of the construction market landscape, Gammon recognised the opportunity to hit pause and reflect if the sustainability strategy was optimal. This joint venture – privately-owned by Jardine Matheson and Balfour Beatty – wanted to ensure its approach for sustainability was well embedded in the corporate approach and supported their desire to maintain a market leading position. To do this, Gammon sought the help of a trusted partner to facilitate deeper engagement and to ensure a robust new approach was realised.

Solution

Through participating in internal stakeholder meetings, reviewing of previous practice and overlaying sector and market understanding, The Purpose Business supported Gammon in the development of their evolved approach to sustainability, Responsible Growth – 25 by 25. The new approach is anchored in four areas: safety, environment, value chain and people, all with innovation as a uniting concept. The Purpose Business also helped to align the new strategy to key international frameworks like the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The strategy is a crisp direction-setter mainly targeting 25% improvements across a range of objectives to be achieved by 2025.

Impact

The collaboration proved value-adding in several ways. The Executive Committee of Gammon was heavily invested in the entire process, and as a group, ensured the Responsible Growth – 25 by 25 strongly aligned with the business priorities, including vital areas such as improving efficiencies and safety through off-site construction.