OVERVIEW
Recognizing the symbiotic relationship between business sustainability and the sustainable functioning of its social surroundings, CAL has a solid track record of corporate citizenship which has been embedded in the business over several decades.
Our primary purpose in society remains the delivery of infrastructure services that enables economic and social development, in a sustainable way. This dual focus helps to ensure a sustainable future for our business, while creating shared value for our clients, our employees and positively impacting the communities in which we operate. Sustainable development within CAL encompasses the commitment of leadership, business units and all employees. Sustainable business practice is embodied in our attitude towards Health, Safety & Environment (HSE); Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) & Transformation; and Ethical Governance. Each of these areas are embedded within our core business, are interconnected and contribute to creating shareholder value. CAL’s B-BBEE strategy and status is especially noteworthy, with a Level 1 rating on the Generic Codes. CAL is also a wholly black-owned and 58.07 % women-owned business. CAL’s Integrated Management System ensures our divisions adopt the most stringent standards and compliance to ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001, in addition to compliance to ours client’s management plans and local and national legislation.
Health, Safety & Environment
Construction is a high risk industry, where the potential for risk and injury are significantly higher than in other industries. CAL recognizes that we have a legal and ethical obligation to ensure that our operations do not result in negative impacts and to safeguard our employees. We also recognize that Occupational Health and Safety extends beyond our employees, therefore encompassing our obligation to other participants involved on our projects, communities and the environment as a whole.
Safety
Visible Felt Leadership CAL understands the role of management as change agents and facilitators of our safety culture. How we act, re-act and manage ourselves has a direct impact on how our people in CAL take decisions, priorities and act. This felt leadership from management leads our people at all levels to understand and “feel” our leaders’ high standards, and accept their strong commitment to safety as non-negotiable. Major Incident Prevention Programme. CAL recognizes that by focusing mainly on low injury rates does not necessarily equate to zero fatalities. In order to address known fatal risks, CAL has implemented its Major Incident Prevention (M.I.P.) Programme, which concentrates efforts on the verification of critical controls by supervisors in the field. M.I.P. analyses pathways where fatalities might occur and where direct intervention can prevent a Major Incident Event (M.I.E.) from occurring. M.I.P is easily adapted to any project or work site and by capturing the lessons learnt back into M.I.P, it continuously locks future improvements. Collaboration with stakeholders CAL organizations is a proud and active member of Master Builders, SAFCEC, the SACPCMP and the CIDB, all non-profit aimed at improvingA, safety of all construction industry stakeholders through the free exchange and sharing of information. Lost Time Incident Frequency Rate – FY12 to FY21
Occupational Health & Wellness
CAL values its employees and implements appropriate programs which are designed to support and assist employees in balancing work-life demands. Through the Wellness@Work initiative, CAL offers both on and offsite support services to employees and their immediate families, including but not limited to:
- Free, confidential support and trauma counselling services
- Health and wellness screening
- Health risk assessments
- Medical surveillance
- Executive medicals
Environment:
CAL aspires to Zero Harm in all aspects of its business including the natural environment in which it operates. CAL has established practices to prevent and mitigate pollution emanating from our industrial processes and this knowledge is expanded on and spread to all projects. We have developed critical environmental standards to ensure environmental performance against which risks and opportunities can be assessed and managed. In addition, we have developed several performance strategies to limit our use of or manage:
- water
- energy consumption
- process waste and
- prevention of pollution to water, air and land.
Climate Change: CAL acknowledges that climate change is a major threat facing us and we are committed to making a determined effort to operate in an ever more efficient and sustainable manner. Legal Compliance: Our client Environmental Authorizations are embedded in our daily processes to ensure our operations constantly understand their obligations to our legal commitments. In addition to this we also ensure our operations are legally assessed annually
B-BBEE & Transformation
Enterprise & Supplier Development
Skills Development
Investing in the Future
Socio-Economic Development
Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment & Transformation