- Kitimat Modernization Project
During the early works of the Kitimat Modernization Project in Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada, we have supported Rio Tinto Alcan’s training and employment initiative for Haisla First Nation workers as well as their mentorship and capacity-building programs for Haisla Nation businesses. In 2011, 151 aboriginal people were employed on the project, with nearly 400 now in our database for employment.
- Angola LNG
Our Angola LNG project team hired more than 8,000 local workers during the course of the project and provided them with more than 200,000 hours of training. In addition to acquainting them with the project’s high quality and safety standards, the training leaves them well equipped for operations roles in the plant, and for work on future oil and gas projects in the area.
- FIRST Robotics
Through our targeted support of FIRST Robotics, Bechtel is helping high school students gain hands-on experience in teambuilding, fundraising, marketing, and business leadership as they design and build robots.
- Association Tour de Cure
Bechtel coworkers often join together for volunteer fundraising activities, such as the 2011 American Diabetes Association Tour de Cure bike ride.
- Engineers Week
Bechtel’s support for Engineers Week 2011 helped introduce some 350 Houston-area Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts to the exciting possibilities of a career in engineering.
- Angola LNG
Members of the Angola LNG project team.
Bechtel’s socially responsible and responsive business practices have long been essential to everything we do globally, locally, and during our decision-making processes. Our core values promote the longterm preservation of resources and improvement of the quality of life in communities where we work. Our ultimate foundation is an unshakeable commitment to safety, integrity, performance, and good citizenship.
Sustainability
While many firms view sustainability through mainly an environmental lens, we also focus on social sustainability, which helps customers gain project acceptance by bringing positive development impact to surrounding communities. We train local workers and companies in the skills needed to work with us, to supply our projects, and to become better qualified for ongoing work with others as they grow their individual and organizational “toolkits”; resumes; and, ultimately, their applied know-how.
In 2011, we made substantial progress toward reducing the carbon footprint of our projects and offices. Our priority objectives better integrate environmental stewardship into our business planning and execution, reduce energy and resource consumption and waste generation, and encourage the use of greener materials. Office Depot recognized Bechtel in 2011 with its Leadership in Greener Purchasing Award.
We have also sharpened our philanthropic goals to bring positive change to communities where we work and live, and to encourage our people to share their passion for engineering with the next generation of students and otherwise support K–12 science, technology, engineering, and math education. We continue to promote volunteerism among our colleagues.