Working with our community

We are passionate about contributing to the communities in which we operate and engaging our people to join together to make a difference where it counts.

We aim to support our people in their own communities around the world through local charitable donations, fundraising, volunteering activities and sports and social events. Atkins’ network of house managers continues to help coordinate and promote these activities through our offices. A few examples of activities that took place around the world during 2009/10 follow. Fuller information is available on our website (www.atkinsglobal.com/cr).

We continue to be actively engaged in a range of educational initiatives from primary schools through to universities. For example we support a number of undergraduate prizes at universities, often with the emphasis on low-carbon solutions, and contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programmes.

Many Atkins locations around the world, including Hong Kong, Dubai, Sharjah and London, supported the global ‘Earth Hour’ campaign this year by ensuring that all lights were switched off for the event.

Staff in Bangalore supported World Environment Day by planting trees, cleaning up the area and donating bins to the vicinity around our office.

An employee from our geospatial team has used his expertise to help locals in Sri Lanka clear danger zones of mines and to co-ordinate relief effort following the Haiti earthquake.

Clients and staff from our Leeds office took part in the three peaks challenge, raising £140,000 for charity over the last five years. This year proceeds went to the Wakefield Hospice.

Employees and their families supported the Emirates Environment Group Clean Up UAE campaign in the Dubai Investment Park area. They also supported the can collection drive helping to collect more than 13 tonnes of aluminium cans for recycling.