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Our purpose and values

What we do and how we do it contributes to a sustainable future for our people, customers and communities.

Purpose

Our work makes a clear contribution to society and the environment around us. Whether we’re building schools to provide inspiring spaces for learning, roads to connect communities or looking after hospitals to create the perfect environment for patients – it all contributes to our purpose – to build for a better society.

Values

Our work is underpinned by our values that express who we are, how we behave and what we believe in. Living by our values helps us to make the best decisions, be successful and stand out for all the right reasons.

Care for Life

  • We care for the lives of people and the environment
  • We work safely, or not at all
  • We never walk by if we notice unsafe actions
  • We support health and wellbeing
  • We promote green solutions and we run our operations in a green way
  • We are accountable to future generations

Act Ethically & Transparently

  • We do business with a high degree of integrity and transparency
  • We live by our Code of Conduct and never accept shortcuts
  • We foster a working climate where everyone can speak their mind

Be Better – Together

  • We always strive to be better in all we do
  • We are a learning organisation and generously share our expertise
  • We take pride in quality and innovation
  • We build One Skanska teams together with customers, partners and communities
  • We leverage diversity to deliver the best solutions
  • We foster an inclusive culture where we are open and fair, showing trust and respect for each other

Commit to Customers

  • We help our customers to be successful in their business
  • We strive to understand their needs and their customers' needs
  • We are here to help our customers turn their visions into reality

Take a look at some of our latest projects to see our values in action. 

Last updated: 23/01/2017