With our Never Harm value firmly in mind, we continually strive to build a proactive culture across our organisation.
We bring our Never Harm value to life through our Simple Actions campaign which demonstrates the steps employees can take every day, on every project, to protect people and the environment. During 2024 we worked safely over more than 22.7 million hours. However, this is never allowed to give way to complacency, and every day is day one when it comes to managing safety and risk in everything we do.
We also take a holistic approach to sustainability and social responsibility. We strive to build more resilient infrastructure and more durable, low-carbon assets. By working with our supply chain and clients, we are minimising landfill waste, material and water use, while increasing recycling opportunities and trialling new products with high-recycled content.
We recognise that protection of the environment is integral to our business. We are committed to undertaking works in an environmentally responsible manner. Our 2026 Sustainability Strategy for Murphy at 75, our 75th anniversary in 2026, sets a clear, five-year plan to reduce on-site risks, improve our impact on climate change and reduce operational emissions.
investment over the next five years in state-of-the-art, environmentally conscious plant, equipment and vehicles
net reduction achieved in emissions by 2026 and carbon net positive by 2050
trees to be planted every year, including one for every new starter to grow alongside their career
A Greener Murphy is our ambitious Climate Action Plan to have net zero direct emissions by 2030. Here are some of our highlights so far...
Achieving a further 6.1% reduction in carbon emissions vs. 2023.
More than halving our emissions reduction total vs. our 2019 baseline by 54.3% – surpassing our 50% reduction target one year early, with a clear focus to continue on this trajectory and to finish strong by our ‘Murphy at 75’ anniversary.
Validated our emission reduction targets through the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), aligned with 1.5°C.
Ranked in the Financial Times’ ‘Europe’s Climate Leaders’ list for the first time – cementing our position in the Top 600 businesses making significant headway regarding cutting their emissions.
Launch of our own Murphy Carbon Calculator platform to help projects track operational emissions in real time.
99.5% diversion of total waste from landfill, with 100% of avoidable waste diverted from landfill.
41% of total vehicles in the business are now EV/Hybrid (vs. <15% in 2022).
£23.0m invested in state-of-the-art environmentally conscious plant and equipment.
Accelerated the rollout of our renewable alternative fuel transition plan – with over 1.9 million litres of 100% pure Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) being used across the UK and Ireland, an increase of 140% vs. 2023.
Separately, a different danger affects our industry as a whole. It is a tragic reality that more people are lost in the construction industry to suicide rather than from accidents. Consequently, as a self-delivery employer working in remote geographies, we are very alert to the mental health challenges facing our colleagues. In 2024 we continued to invest heavily in mental health first-aid training and awareness, backed up by partnerships with the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity.
people in our teams received mental health training
of our operational teams completed a health surveillance medical during 2024
site support visits, with our CDP coaches providing real-time coaching where it mattered most
years of operation for our in-house Culture Development Programme
