Kier Transportation is celebrating its latest accreditation from Social Value Quality Mark (SVQM).
As the first company to be awarded the Platinum level accreditation, Kier Transportation committed to a three-year process, which has seen it awarded Bronze, Silver and Gold accreditations consecutively.
Achieving Platinum requires two years of evidence and is currently the highest independent award for social value excellence in the UK.
To achieve the new accreditation, the organisation underwent an external audit, where SVQM looked at its examples of innovation and collaboration to embed social value.
Kier Transportation was also assessed for its influence in embedding best practice within supply chains and promoting positive change across the sector.
The awarding panel praised Kier Transportation’s “clear strategy and industry leadership in spreading its influence and innovation outwards”.
The panel also highlighted its systemic culture of employee volunteering, dedication to inclusion and diversity, and structured approach to collaborating with and upskilling its supply chains.
‘An incredible milestone’
Donna Howard, head of social impact and inclusion at Kier Transportation, said: “This is an incredible milestone, which demonstrates our success at delivering our Building for a Sustainable World framework and highlights our commitment to embedding social value into every aspect of our work.
“I’m incredibly proud of our teams and partners who have embraced the journey to Platinum, which has been both challenging and rewarding.
“It’s included: building robust frameworks to measure and report social value; collaborating with our supply chain and partners to amplify impact; upskilling teams and embedding social value principles into decision-making; and continuously innovating to ensure our actions create real, lasting change.”
Richard Dickins, managing director of SVQM, added: “Kier Transportation’s achievement of the Platinum Social Value Quality Mark is a landmark moment for the sector.
“This reflects not only their unwavering commitment to social value, but their pioneering approach to delivering it at scale and with measurable impact.
“Their exemplary approach to inclusion, creating opportunity for underrepresented groups and championing women into engineering, sets a new benchmark.
“Kier is redefining what’s possible – making them worthy awardees of the UK’s highest accolade for social value.”
