{"id":118080,"date":"2022-11-07T15:17:51","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T15:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=118080"},"modified":"2022-11-07T15:17:51","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T15:17:51","slug":"hs2-contractor-wins-gold-accreditation-for-diversity-and-inclusion-best-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/hs2-contractor-wins-gold-accreditation-for-diversity-and-inclusion-best-practices\/118080\/","title":{"rendered":"HS2 contractor wins gold accreditation for diversity and inclusion best practices"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Balfour Beatty VINCI has been awarded the Clear Assured Gold standard accreditation for achieving diversity and inclusion best practices across its work<\/h2>\n<p>Construction partner to HS2, Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV) has been recognized for its commitment to embedding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/diversity-and-inclusion\/103895\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">diversity and inclusion<\/a> best practices into all elements of its work.<\/p>\n<h3>Clear Assured assesses how a company is employing diversity and inclusion best practises<\/h3>\n<p>The Clear Assured Gold standard accreditation is part of a framework that examines all aspects of an organisation\u2019s performance to ensure the integration and promotion of diversity and inclusion best practices.<\/p>\n<p>The framework utilises an audit and evidence-based assessment to ensure equality, diversity and inclusion are embedded into an organisation.<\/p>\n<p>The Clear Assured Framework is underpinned by a robust audit and evidence-based assessment process that examines all aspects of an organisation\u2019s performance to ensure it embeds and promotes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/diversity-and-inclusivity-hs2-publishes-annual-edi-report\/113997\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">equality, diversity and inclusion (ED and I)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>BBV and HS2 have made significant strides in their commitments to EDI<\/h3>\n<p>HS2 Ltd set the standard when it achieved Platinum status \u2013 the only company in the UK to do so \u2013 in February 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Now its construction partners, and businesses within the wider supply chain, are being supported to achieve the same high standards across their recruitment practices and workplace environments.<\/p>\n<p>BBV have previously achieved Bronze status in January 2021, Silver in October 2021 and most recently, Gold in October 2022.<\/p>\n<p>They scored highly across a number of categories, including finding talent, policy and procedure, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/why-are-we-failing-to-attract-young-people-and-women-in-construction\/116062\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">assessing talent and retaining talent<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The construction company was also praised for its transparent approach, delivering training programmes and its work with third-party suppliers.<\/p>\n<h3>A \u201cmarvellous milestone\u201d for BBV and HS2<\/h3>\n<p>Head of Clear Assured, Anna M\u00e4kinen, added:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAchieving Clear Assured Gold accreditation is a marvellous milestone for Balfour Beatty VINCI and demonstrates ED&amp;I is fully integrated into the business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir leadership, support for underrepresented groups and in-depth knowledge of EDI issues is clear to see. They\u2019ve evidenced that they\u2019re constantly learning, taking in feedback and making positive changes towards a more authentic inclusive culture\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Natalie Penrose, head of legacy at HS2 said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/hs2-workforce-rises-nearly-30000\/117877\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Almost 30,000 people are now working on HS2<\/a>, and we\u2019ve made a steadfast commitment to ensuring our workforce is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/featured\/women-in-construction-savannah-williams-duberry-discusses-her-career\/114294\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">representative of the diverse communities<\/a> that Britain\u2019s new railway will serve.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy striving to ensure that our working practices and construction sites are safe, inclusive, and responsive to individuals\u2019 needs, we\u2019re making great waves in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/featured\/women-in-construction-ambassador-michaela-wain\/116731\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">attracting more women<\/a> and people from disadvantaged and underrepresented groups into our workforce.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Social value and boosting skills in local areas are a priority of BBV\u2019s HS2 developments<\/h3>\n<p>BBV estimates it will support circa 7,000 jobs to deliver its programme of work on HS2 and it places a strong focus on supporting local people, particularly those who are out of work, into new careers within the construction sector.<\/p>\n<p>Through specialist training academies across the West Midlands, BBV invests in helping people to develop new skills which will enable them to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hs2.org.uk\/jobs-and-skills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">play a key role in HS2\u2019s construction<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lucy Jones, HR director at Balfour Beatty VINCI said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAchieving Gold accreditation is great recognition of the foundations we have laid at Balfour Beatty VINCI since 2020. 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We will continue to make improvements across our joint venture, drive behavioural change, and support underrepresented groups including through engagement with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/3-challenges-trade-contractors-face-when-managing-supply-chain-operations\/115249\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">valued supply chain partners<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Balfour Beatty VINCI has been awarded the Clear Assured Gold standard accreditation for achieving diversity and inclusion best practices across its work. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[285],"tags":[619,628,994,661,473],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[172945],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-118080","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-hr-skills-news","7":"tag-balfour-beatty","8":"tag-diversity","9":"tag-equality","10":"tag-hr","11":"tag-hs2","12":"stakeholder_rel_tag-balfour-beatty"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Diversity and inclusion best practices win gold accreditation for BBV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Balfour Beatty VINCI has been awarded the Clear Assured Gold standard accreditation for achieving diversity and inclusion best practices across its work\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/hs2-contractor-wins-gold-accreditation-for-diversity-and-inclusion-best-practices\/118080\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"HS2 contractor wins gold accreditation for diversity and inclusion best practices\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Balfour Beatty VINCI has been awarded the Clear Assured Gold standard accreditation for achieving diversity and inclusion best practices across its work\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/hs2-contractor-wins-gold-accreditation-for-diversity-and-inclusion-best-practices\/118080\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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