Social Value Report 2022-2023

Total Social Impact Value for 2022-23 = £53,842,080

OUR SOCIAL VALUE HIGHLIGHTS 2022-23

CONTENTS

CREATING VALUE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES

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Foreword

Social Value Created Graph Great People Equality, Diversity, & Inclusion Wellbeing Creating Local Opportunities

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Communities Code Blue CPR Street Soccer

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Environment Sustainability Statement Putting the Circular Economy into Action Supply Chain Helping Local Companies to Flourish

FM Conway is committed to supporting the UN SDGs. We demonstrate this through our Sustainability Strategy, and throughout this report we will highlight our activities that support individual or multiple UN SDGs. UNITED NATIONS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (UN SDGs)

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The Year Ahead Great People

Community Environment Supply Chain

Assumptions and Limitations The values in this report have been generated using the open-source National Themes, Outcomes and Measures (TOMs) Social Value Measurement Framework (National TOMs 2022 open-source spreadsheet). Barry Collins is a trained social value practitioner with over 25 years’ experience in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), and he has produced social value, sustainability and CSR Reports for a range of private and public organisations, including FTSE 100 companies.

FOREWORD

At FM Conway, we recognise that the positive environmental and social impacts are as much a part of the fabric of our business as the maintenance and improvement of our road infrastructure, the built environment, and the public realm. Our approach to the environmental and social challenges we face is not an added part of what we do, it is integral to our business. Industry leading recycling and innovation in low carbon products and services, not only help our customers to meet their challenging targets, but also helps our business to grow, and as a growing business we can do so much more. Local recruitment and local suppliers help to support the wealth creation and resilience of our local communities, as does the charitable work of The Conway Charitable Foundation and the time we spend working with local schools and colleges. Our apprenticeship scheme helps local people aspire to careers in the construction and infrastructure industries. These are important industries, which are at the centre of the climate change challenge and provide a significant proportion of the country’s employment. Industries where people can make a real difference. We want to provide a safe, fair and inclusive workplace for all our employees. We are a family business with family values, and the health and wellbeing of all our people is at the heart of our operations. We are delighted that out safety programme ‘Big Ten in 10’, and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) strategy, ‘All Great People’ are both award winning, but more importantly that they create a working environment and culture that we can all be proud of. Our Social Value Report outlines some of our key contributions and the social value that they generate. We hope you enjoy the report.

Joanne Conway Executive Group Chair and CEO of the FM Conway Group

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EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING & WELLBEING £25,711,167

LOCAL SUPPLY CHAIN SPEND £25,052,995

Employment Health & Wellbeing Apprenticeships Training

Local suppliers Business development and resilience Local wealth creation

2022-23 SOCIAL VALUE CREATED £53,842,080

The Conway Charitable Foundation Community Organisations Charity Partners £1,225,002 COMMUNITY

Carbon Net Zero Recycling Circular Economy £1,852,916 ENVIRONMENT

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GREAT PEOPLE

ACHIEVEMENTS • Disability Confident Status Renewed • Collaborative Female Recruitment • Armed Forces Veteran Recruitment

Social value is created by ‘what changes’ in people’s lives. Our support for our great people continues to focus on the employment of local people, our apprenticeship programme, and the training, development, health and wellbeing of everyone who works for us. Additionally, the time our people spend supporting schools and colleges, helping inspire local people, is also accounted for in the social value we create as an employer.

Receiving two awards for ‘Inclusive Employer’ from the Better Society Awards in 2021, and for ‘Excellence in Delivering Equality, Diversity & Inclusion’ from National Highways in 2022, has been a great reflection of the work and commitment of our people in increasing the diversity within our organisation. We were proud to have our Disability Confident Leadership status renewed in March 2023, after the successful submission of data and evidence to demonstrate the huge effort to increase employment opportunities for people with disabilities within our teams. In collaboration with our client, TfL, we participated in the Women in Transport and Engineering work place programme, successfully hosting six candidates for two weeks, and offering two candidates permanent positions, which they accepted. Our interim Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Strategy report was published in 2022, with over 57% of actions completed, and the rest in progress or planned. EQUALITY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING & WELLBEING HAS CREATED £25,711,167 in Social Value

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WELLBEING

Our apprentice programme provides opportunities for people to join our business and earn whilst they learn in a diverse range of occupations, from highways maintenance operatives to people studying for civil engineering degree apprenticeships. We are delighted to support people entering a career in the construction sector, and particularly with FM Conway. Our business recognises that by promoting apprenticeship opportunities we are addressing the skills shortages in our sector, as well as attracting diverse talent from our local communities, increasing wealth and prosperity for everyone. We have a programme of careers days, placements and recruitment events throughout the year, where people can find out about the opportunities we have to offer. Alternatively, they can contact us at: talent@fmconway.co.uk . CREATING LOCAL OPPORTUNITIES

A healthy culture at work both energises and motivates people. We want our workforce to enjoy working at FM Conway. People First is our commitment to always putting our people first. To deliver on this commitment we have a number of strategies and policies in place such as ‘Healthier Together’ our Health and Wellbeing Strategy, and ‘Big Ten in 10’ , our Health and Safety Strategy. In addition, we continue to collaborate, sharing best practice at industry forums and events. • 110 Mental Health First Aiders • Telus, a dedicated Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) 24/7 • Construction Helpline, promoted via the Lighthouse Club 24/7 • Dedicated HR Business Partners Our ‘Rewarding Great People’ platform provides access to discounts for shopping, insurance, gym membership and many other wellbeing initiatives. Employees are supported & can access information from:

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COMMUNITIES

DONATION • Royal British Legion Industries - £50,000 • Code Blue CPR - £40,000 • Honeypot Childrens Charity - £35,000

At FM Conway, we see our communities as an extension of our business. We recruit our great people from our communities; where we live, where our children go to school, and where we socialise. Our communities have faced significant challenges over the last few years and we will continue to support them in every way we can.

CODE BLUE CPR

FM Conway has donated £40,000 to Code Blue CPR, an organisation which provides defibrillators, and the related training, into the community. Defibrillators are seven times more likely to be used than a fire extinguisher, therefore placing them in easy access locations in the community can go a long way to improving the survival chances of those suffering a cardiac arrest. We are working with Code Blue CPR to place the defibrillators in local communities where public access to them is currently limited, and we are delighted that via our partnership, 400 people will receive training on their use.

“I have had a long-standing relationship with FM Conway, their commitment to heart health is exceptional.”

CHARITABLE DONATIONS £1,225,002 in Social Value

David Sullivan, CEO, Code Blue CPR

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FM Conway has donated £1,367,000 to The Conway Charitable Foundation since it was founded in 2013

STREET SOCCER

Street Soccer is a UK wide programme, bringing the power of football into communities to inspire and encourage vulnerable and disadvantaged children and young people to turn their lives around for the better. FM Conway has supported this initiative since its first ever programme in Maidstone, Kent, and we are proud to continue to support the great work of the charity and to see it flourish.

“It was fantastic that FM Conway believed in this programme from the start, it is fair to say that without their funding, our nationwide programme may never have got off the ground.”

Keith Mabbutt CEO, Street Soccer

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FM Conway has a long track record of environmental excellence, allowing us to offer world class solutions to our customers. We are targeting Net Zero carbon five years ahead of the government’s target of 2050, and our carbon reduction and recycling both create significant social value. ENVIRONMENT

ACHIEVEMENTS • Comprehensive Roadmap to Net Zero • A range of high recycled content asphalt products • Over 15,000 tonnes of hard-to-recycle waste recycled at our Drainage Water Treatment Plant

SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT

We recently reviewed and updated our approach to sustainability to better reflect the excellent work being delivered across our business and our renewed focus on delivering a greener future. Our improved Sustainability Statement focuses on six key areas: • Our roadmap to Net-Zero Carbon by 2045 • Being resource efficient and enhancing natural capital • Responsible recycling and the circular economy • Producing a greener product portfolio and championing a low carbon economy • Investing in our communities • Putting our People First Our Drainage Treatment Plant, built almost 20 years ago, is an excellent example of the circular economy. The facility allows us to divert hard-to-recycle gully waste from landfill, and provides us with stone, sand and gravel for use as recycled material in our aggregates division. Additionally, the water recovered is cleaned and used in our aggregate washing plant, providing a virtuous circle of recovering solid constituents from the gully waste and using the water to wash the recycled aggregates for use in high value applications. PUTTING THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY INTO ACTION

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OUR INDUSTRY LEADING ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS GENERATED £1,852,916 in Social Value

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SUPPLY CHAIN

ACHIEVEMENTS • New supply chain portal • Comprehensive radius reporting to record locality to site • Support for small to medium enterprises

We are proud of our partnership with local suppliers. Working in collaboration, sharing best practice, and developing relationships to encourage innovative, sustainable solutions are integral for both our business and the industry. Using local suppliers helps to create employment opportunities, wealth, and prosperity in our communities, contributing to resilience during challenging economic times. And by understanding the make-up of our supply chain better, we hope to unlock greater efficiencies and achieve the best possible outcome for our customers and our communities.

WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP FOR 20 YEARS!

Proctors started working with FM Conway in 2000, 23 years ago. At that time, FM Conway had one depot, based in Penge, and had just purchased their Dartford depot. John Proctor takes up the story. HELPING LOCAL COMPANIES TO FLOURISH “In 2000, we were a two-person operation, with just myself working as an electrician, and an apprentice electrician. We fitted out the workshop, garages and offices at Dartford and then slowly our work with FM Conway expanded. At one stage, during the Illuminated River works, we employed six people and 18 local subcontract electricians. Pictures and details of the work we carried out were added to our website and we began to get leads for other specialist lighting works.” “We are proud of the work we carried out, and I have thoroughly enjoyed working with FM Conway over the past 23 years and consider them a fantastic partner to work with.”

OUR SUPPLIERS: 57% OF OUR LOCAL SUPPLY CHAIN SPEND IS WITH SMES

LOCAL SUPPLY CHAIN SPEND GENERATES £25,052,995 in Social Value

John Proctor Proctor Electrical

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THE YEAR AHEAD

GREAT PEOPLE

ENVIRONMENT

At FM Conway, we recognise that a truly inclusive business allows its people to be their very best, and this will remain our key focus over the next 12 months. Through our ‘All Great People’ EDI Strategy and our ‘Healthier Together’ Mental Wellbeing Strategy, we will support our existing colleagues and the communities in which we live and work by: • Prioritising local employment, including a focus on apprentices • Achieving Armed Forces Gold accreditation • Publishing an ethnicity pay gap • Supporting women into construction, transport, and engineering • Creating programmes that support refugees and the homeless As a proud family business, we want to ensure that our communities are thriving. These are the communities that we work to maintain and enhance, and they are at the heart of all we do. We will enhance our commitment to our communities by: • Launching our new community volunteering strategy • Increasing our support for youth homelessness through the Street Soccer School • Exploring opportunities for an employee and community nursery • Continuing to support and deliver the London Construction Academy • Promoting wellbeing in our communities including access to defibrillators COMMUNITY

For over 30 years, FM Conway has pioneered sustainable construction activities to ensure that we deliver a positive lasting legacy within our communities. Our unique self delivery model enables us to invest in opportunities which avoid the use of natural capital, including quarries, fossil fuel, raw materials, and other virgin sources. Our Net Zero strategy sets out our roadmap to 2030 and over the next year we will: • Develop and publish a new Sustainability Statement • Introduce an all-electric company car policy • Produce bio-diversity assessments for all key sites • Reduce the absolute carbon emissions across the Group from our baseline year • Certification to PAS2080 to support decarbonisation through the supply chain and create a culture of carbon reduction We understand that only through collaboration and innovation with our supply chain will we fulfil our ambitions and strategies. Our supply chain will help to drive our own improvements and efficiencies. Over the next 12 months, we will continue to work closely with our supply chain to unlock these benefits and help to demonstrate best practise with a focus on: • Increasing our local supply chain and encouraging SME’s and VCSE’s • Sharing of our EDI strategy and vision • Improving data and information on our supply chain • Working with our supply chain on carbon reduction • Collaborating with clients, producing case studies, and sharing best practice SUPPLY CHAIN

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AWARDS

ENGLISH VETERANS AWARD 2022 RESERVIST OF THE YEAR (BRONZE)

NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AWARDS 2022

At the National Highways Awards 2022, FM Conway won the ‘Excellence in Delivering Equality, Diversity & Inclusion’ award at the National Highways Awards 2022 for our initiative ‘All Great People: A Drive for Equal Opportunity’.

FM Conway Workshop Fitter, Chris Margett, was awarded ‘Bronze’ in the ‘Reservist of the Year’ category at the English Veterans Awards 2022.

ENGLISH VETERANS AWARD 2022 EMPLOYER OF THE YEAR (BRONZE)

MPA JOHN CRABBE MEMORIAL TROPHY 2022

FM Conway was awarded ‘Bronze’ in the ‘Employer of the Year’ category at the English Veterans Awards 2022.

FM Conway won the John Crabbe Memorial Trophy at the Mineral Products Association and British Precast Health & Safety Awards 2022. The award recognised the business for its overall outstanding excellence in health and safety, including its open and positive culture of care and high level of employee engagement throughout the workplace in making suggestions to improve safety.

CONSTRUCTION NEWS AWARDS 2022

FM Conway won the ‘Health, Safety and Wellbeing Excellence (Company)’ award at the Construction News Awards for its initiatives combating Occupational Road Risk.

CONSTRUCTING EXCELLENCE NATIONAL AWARDS 2022

FM Conway won the Constructing Excellence National Award for ‘Health, Safety & Wellbeing’ thanks to its Occupational Road Risk initiative.

CECA SOUTHERN MOST PROMISING TRAINEE QUANTITY SURVEYOR 2022

GREEN APPLE ENVIRONMENT AWARD 2022 (INTERNATIONAL GOLD)

Tom Green, Structures Apprentice, took home the ‘Most Promising Trainee Quantity Surveyor’ Award at the CECA Southern Awards 2022.

FM Conway won a Green Apple Environment Award, being recognised in the ‘Carbon Reduction’ category for our entry ‘Thin Surface Course Trials Containing 85% Reclaimed Asphalt’.

CECA SOUTHERN WORKPLACE WELLBEING AWARD 2022

FM Conway won the CECA Southern ‘Workplace Wellbeing’ Award for its Mental Health Awareness Week initiative.

UK FLEET CHAMPIONS AWARDS 2022 COMPANY DRIVER SAFETY (LARGE FLEET)

CONSTRUCTING EXCELLENCE NATIONAL AWARDS 2022 (SOUTH EAST REGION)

FM Conway has won the Company Driver Safety (Large Fleet) Award at the UK Fleet Champions Awards 2022.

The award recognises organisations in the private sector that have implemented initiatives that effectively enable drivers to be safe, with judges also looking at education and awareness-raising systems about safe driving that extends beyond employees.

FM Conway won the Constructing Excellence South East Region Award for ‘Health, Safety & Wellbeing’ thanks to its Occupational Road Risk initiative.

EXCELLENCE Great people delivering great work, always

CARE As a family business we act with care and compassion

INNOVATION Our passion is to always find a better way

INTEGRITY A business committed to doing the right thing

FM CONWAY Conway House Vestry Road Sevenoaks Kent TN14 5EL

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