Corporate Social Responsibility

 

As a specialist infrastructure contractor working across rail, highways, utilities and industrial services, we know our work affects people and places long after a project closes. Our corporate social responsibility commitments are set out in our ESG and Sustainability Strategy 2025 to 2030, built on three pillars: People, Planet and Prosperity. Performance against the strategy is reported to our Board every month.

Our CSR performance in 2025/26

  • Accident Frequency Rate of zero, with no reportable incidents during the year
  • £658,289 of social value delivered, measured using the Rail Social Value Tool
  • 26% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions against our 2020/21 baseline
  • PAS 2080:2023 carbon management certification, awarded by BSI in December 2025
  • 82% of supply chain spend placed with small and medium-sized enterprises
  • 20 apprentices employed across the business

Health, safety and wellbeing

The safety of our people, our clients and the public comes first. In 2025/26 we recorded an Accident Frequency Rate of zero, and we hold the RoSPA Gold Medal for six consecutive years of Gold award status. Our occupational health and safety management system is certified to ISO 45001.

We support mental health in line with the principles of the Government's Thriving at Work review. Working with the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity, we provide Mental Health First Aiders across our sites, run wellbeing awareness campaigns and offer flexible support to anyone who needs it. Every employee works towards a training target of one day for every 40 days worked.

Planet: our path to net zero

We have committed to near-term Science Based Targets for our Scope 1 and 2 emissions and to net zero across our full value chain (Scope 1, 2 and 3) by 2045, five years ahead of the UK's 2050 target. Our Carbon Reduction Plan meets the requirements of PPN 06/21.

PAS 2080 certified carbon management

In December 2025 BSI certified Taziker to PAS 2080:2023, the standard Network Rail, National Highways and other major clients use to judge supply chain carbon competence. A Project Carbon Management Plan is now in place on every major project, carbon optioneering and baselining are standard at tender stage, and more than 90% of our project managers have completed carbon literacy training.

Cutting emissions on site and on the road

  • Hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) is our default fuel on all sites, replacing around 263,000 litres of diesel last year
  • 100% renewable electricity across all company premises
  • Solar-powered welfare units deployed across project sites
  • Every company car is fully electric or plug-in hybrid

Waste, resources and biodiversity

Spent blasting grit has historically been difficult to recycle. We now send it to recycling processors where it is reused. Last year this kept 180 tonnes out of landfill.

We work with Network Rail and National Highways on biodiversity working groups, and in 2025/26 delivered our first projects using Defra's statutory biodiversity metric on our Network Rail CP7 work. Local Needs Analyses now help us target ecological and community benefits where they make the biggest difference.

People: building a skilled and diverse workforce

People sit at the centre of our EPIC values: Excellence, People, Innovation and Collaboration. In 2025/26 we employed 20 apprentices, completed a T-Level placement and delivered 57 hours of STEM outreach in schools and colleges.

Our Women's Focus Group shapes how we recruit and support women in a traditionally male-dominated sector. We run female-focused campaigns for trades including steelwork, industrial coatings and access, and offer degree apprenticeships and graduate roles through our university partners. We are a Disability Confident Employer and have signed the Armed Forces Covenant.

Through our partnership with Standing Tall, we provide training, on-site support and a route into skilled work for people who have experienced homelessness.

Prosperity: social value in the communities we serve

Our Social Value Advisor works with site teams to deliver outcomes that matter locally, aligned with the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 and the Government's Social Value Model. In 2025/26 our community activity generated £658,289 of social value, measured using the Rail Social Value Tool.

  • Every full-time employee can take up to three days a year for volunteering; colleagues gave 190 hours last year
  • 82% of supply chain spend went to SMEs, keeping investment in local economies
  • Our Charities Committee raised £5,014 for Cash for Kids, our annual charity partner

Responsible business and governance

We operate to a published Code of Conduct, supported by policies on responsible sourcing, anti-bribery, modern slavery and human trafficking, and whistleblowing. Our management systems are certified to ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and ISO 27001:2022, and we hold Silver status with the Supply Chain Sustainability School. We report under SECR and ESOS Phase 3.

Looking ahead

Over the next year we will automate carbon reporting across our project portfolio, embed PAS 2080 in every major project and extend biodiversity reporting beyond our CP7 work.

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