{"id":93949,"date":"2021-05-26T09:36:20","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T08:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=93949"},"modified":"2021-05-26T09:36:20","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T08:36:20","slug":"laing-orourke-sustainability-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/laing-orourke-sustainability-2\/93949\/","title":{"rendered":"Laing O\u2019Rourke appoints new group head of sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.laingorourke.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Laing O\u2019Rourke<\/a> has appointed Vicky Bullivant, former head of sustainable business at Drax Group, as its new group head of sustainability<\/h2>\n<p>The appointment comes a month after the company unveiled ambitious targets in a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/laing-orourke-sustainability\/91790\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">global\u00a0sustainability strategy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>These include committing to achieve operational net-zero by 2030; to be a net-zero company before 2050, and achieving a 50:50 gender balance across 5,500 global staff by 2033.<\/p>\n<p>Vicky Bullivant will lead a newly created, dedicated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/sustainability-built-environment\/88403\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sustainability<\/a> function and be responsible for the implementation of detailed road maps to deliver the new sustainability targets in both the company\u2019s operating hubs \u2013 Europe and Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Bullivant will report to group director of legal Madeleina Loughrey-Grant.<\/p>\n<h3>Sector experience<\/h3>\n<p>At Drax, Bullivant was responsible for developing the business\u2019 climate ambition, social strategy and community and charity policies.<\/p>\n<p>She also implemented plans to ensure early compliance with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fsb-tcfd.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Taskforce on Climate Related Financial Disclosures<\/a> (TCFD) requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining Drax, she held senior sustainability roles across the UK, Europe, US and Asia at Tate &amp; Lyle plc and Rolls-Royce plc, having begun her career in the public sector after gaining a BSc from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.londonmet.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">London Metropolitan University<\/a> and an MSc from the University of Aberdeen.<\/p>\n<h3>Collaboration and innovation<\/h3>\n<p>Group director, Madeleina Loughrey-Grant, said: \u201cWe are delighted that Vicky is joining us to accelerate our work to become a sustainable business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to find solutions to help address some of the most complex and important challenges of our time and find new ways to support our clients to design and construct greener buildings and infrastructure projects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis requires leadership, collaboration and innovation, and Vicky\u2019s experience will help us challenge ourselves to decarbonise faster and to deliver our sustainability ambitions at pace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vicky Bullivant added: \u201cI am delighted to be joining Laing O\u2019Rourke at an exciting time on its sustainability journey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe business knows it has to go further faster and has set ambitious targets in terms of decarbonising its own operations, working with supply chain partners to reduce GHG emissions and delivering social value by helping people to thrive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am looking forward to meeting my new colleagues, learning from them and implementing plans that help Laing O\u2019Rourke achieve its mission to be the construction sector\u2019s recognised leader for innovation and excellence.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laing O\u2019Rourke has appointed Vicky Bullivant, former head of sustainable business at Drax Group, as its new group head of sustainability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"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":[676,882,661,620,592,465],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-93949","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-hr-skills-news","7":"tag-construction","8":"tag-employment","9":"tag-hr","10":"tag-laing-orourke","11":"tag-skills","12":"tag-sustainable-construction"},"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>Laing O\u2019Rourke appoints new group head of sustainability<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Laing O\u2019Rourke has appointed Vicky Bullivant, former head of sustainable business at Drax Group, as its new group head of sustainability\" \/>\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\/laing-orourke-sustainability-2\/93949\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Laing O\u2019Rourke appoints new group head of sustainability\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Laing O\u2019Rourke has appointed Vicky Bullivant, former head of sustainable business at Drax Group, as its new group head of sustainability\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/laing-orourke-sustainability-2\/93949\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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