working in partnership with Beyond philanthropy Emily Davies and Richard Fryer, 7 th June 2013

Corporate Sustainability Where to focus community engagement? Contract values Contract resources Client priorities Local Demand Local Supply

Routes to creating social impact Routes to creating Social Impact 1. ADDED VALUE ( To community and charitable groups) 2. EMPLOYEE VALUE (To Amey employees) 3. BUILT IN VALUE (To the client/customer) 4. INDIRECT VALUE (to businesses in local community) 5. VALUE TO ALL (to all that live, work and visit) Examples Charitable support: cash donation, volunteering, benefits-in- kind Amey Foundation Community Involvement Days Employee engagement & wellbeing Learning and Development Talent Tracker Amey Academies Structured work placements – school students, trainees, apprentices, technicians, students, graduates Community stewards and engagement with community groups to optimise works Local / SME supply chains Up-skilling supply chains Social enterprise supply chains 3 rd Sector partnerships to support delivery of services Contracts with social outcomes i.e. prisons Designing low carbon cities Creation of Social Enterprises utilising client assets Areas of Focus EDUCATION, SKILLS & EMPLOYMENT, ENVIRONMENT INPUTSOUTPUTSOUTCOMESIMPACTS

Birmingham Highways Maintenance and Management Service 25 year, £2.7bn highways maintenance contract for Birmingham City Council The largest and most complex contract of its type in Europe Amey responsible for every street, footway and associated asset (e.g. street lights, trees, tunnels, bridges, signs, etc) in Birmingham The contract employs 550 people directly (of whom 265 TUPE transferred from BCC and other service providers) and 1000 indirectly, when taking account all subcontractors.

1. Young people and skills Business and local needs centred around young people, developing skills, ageing workforce To date, recruitment of: Approx. 100 long-term unemployed 33 apprentices, 6 graduates 1 full time Duke of Edinburgh youth worker Positive relationship with trade unions Over 250 employees improved skills qualifications in Literacy, Numeracy and IT. Commitment of £15,000 towards a new purpose built on-site academy at our Bordesley Green depot BHMMS bid end of March 2013 – in partnership with unions and SCCB - to UK Commission for Employment and Skills for ‘Employer Ownership of Skills Pilot’ for development of ‘Amey Highways Academy’ Pre-employment skills for school students and long-term unemployed Enhanced apprenticeship programme, open to our sub-contractors New, bespoke suite of training modules for all operatives, open to our sub-contractors Notified if successful July.

2. Impact upon the local economy 90% of our suppliers have operations in the local area 88% of focused spend targeted with suppliers in Birmingham and the West Midlands Use of local social enterprises as part of supply chain wherever possible e.g. -Lifework – footway construction -Jericho – catering and bespoke printing -The Scrapstore – donation of waste to be reused as children's play equipment Example: Supporting suppliers to achieve RoSPA Gold

3. Approach going forward Aim to leave a legacy – so that after we’ve gone the impact and action stays Aim to lever greater action – such as training the supply chain on sustainability It’s got be win, win, win – best for the community, best for the client, best for the business Examples: a)BCC Bridge initiative - 17 BHMMS employees used their Community Involvement Day to undertake mock-job interviews and CV writing skills for 73 BCC workers at risk of redundancy throughout March b)Queen Alexandra College in Harborne - leading national college for the visually impaired and / or disabled. Currently in discussions to design, build and operate a typical street scene on their site to help train students to travel and manage the outside environment. c)Currently in discussions with Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust, Balsall Heath Forum, WM Police and Princes Trust