Our corporate purpose, ‘building the foundations for a sustainable future’, is at the heart of everything we do.
We are helping to build a sustainable future by using less resources, reducing carbon emissions and reducing waste across our operations. We have a positive role in supporting our local communities, improving the environment and wider society.
The four Ps
We define what sustainability means to Keller using the four Ps: planet, covering environmental sustainability; people, covering social sustainability; principles, covering governance; and profitable projects, covering economic sustainability and how we apply sustainability in our work.
Sustainable development goals
Beneath each of the four Ps, we align our initiatives to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These goals provide a common language for us to communicate sustainability initiatives globally, both to our internal and external stakeholders.
We have four global SDG initiatives, with the whole Keller Group focused on carbon, gender DEI, safety, and good governance.
In North America, we also focus on responsible resource consumption, wellbeing, education, wider DEI, and partnerships with like-minded organizations.
Used alone or in combination, our techniques solve a wide range of challenges across the entire construction sector – from industrial, commercial, and housing projects to infrastructure construction for dams, tunnels, transportation, and water treatment, as well as projects to address environmental challenges. Our global knowledge base allows us to tap into a wealth of experience, and the brightest minds in the industry, to find the optimum solution. With our wide array of product offerings and our vast global experience, we are confident we can also find the lowest impact option for the job.
Global strength and local focus are what make us unique. Our knowledge of local markets and ground conditions means we’re ideally placed to understand and respond to a particular local engineering challenge. Additionally, this positions us to work with local vendors and local laborers to support the communities in which we work.
We believe no one should be harmed as a result of any work we do and our ultimate goal is zero harm. We have a proven track record of one of the lowest accident frequency rates in our industry, and the commitment of leaders and employees to ‘Think safe, work safe and go home safe’ has earned us awards and recognition from industry bodies as well as our clients.
We believe that the general well-being of our employees can be enhanced by working in an inclusive environment. We are striving to make our company more inclusive and to increase the sense of belonging across all types of people.
We are proud of the leadership role we take in the geotechnical industry on developing and sharing knowledge and advancing industry-wide approaches. Many of our team play key roles in professional associations and industry activities around the world, contributing to industry-wide specifications, guidelines, and codes.
Our local companies share knowledge with employees, peers, customers, and suppliers on an ongoing basis via a mix of technical papers, seminars and field visits. Working in this way not only advances our industry, but also creates great opportunities for our people to be recognized and rewarded individually for their contributions.
Staff from companies throughout the group maintain close contact with partner universities to share best practices and provide examples of their leading-edge engineering. This also provides a space for Keller to work with women and minority organizations in a university setting to help us recruit a more diverse work force. Further, Keller has teamed up with the University of Surrey, UK, on a research project to identify and drive sustainability best practice throughout all our operations.
Our leadership role
Every day, people around the world live and work on the ground prepared by Keller. As leaders in the ground improvement industry, we know that we can reduce the embodied carbon in foundations through innovative design and innovative products. We also know that we need to build up a more diverse workforce by connecting with educational institutions and hiring more types of people for the job. Lastly, with a focus on health and safety, including mental health, we feel we are supporting our local communities by providing well-paying, safe jobs. By focusing on these areas, we are adding Sustainability to the ways in which we can lead the industry.
