Measuring Perfomance

Measuring and monitoring our CR performance is essential in our quest for improvement and excellence.

Internally we measure performance through Key Performance Indicators and by setting challenging objectives and targets.

Our Key Performance Indicators are listed in the table below. The progress made in 2009 is reported within the relevant key responsibility report.

Key Area Key Performance Indicator
Health and Safety Accident Frequency Rate
Average score in monthly SHE scored inspection
Average score in group SHE audit

Our People Staff turnover
Number of unique Employees receiving recorded training
Percentage of employees receiving formal appraisals

In the Community Charitable donations
Average considerate constructors scheme score
Number of Costain sites engaging with the local community

Environmental % of skip waste diverted from landfill
% of all waste diverted from landfill
Total waste (tonnes) per £100,000 turnover
Number of upheld Environmental related prosecutions, cautions or notices
Number of major incidents (as defined by Costain procedures)
Number of minor incidents (as defined by Costain procedures)
Business miles per business mileage driver

Marketplace Yearly average number of strategic, preferred and verified suppliers
Customer Retention
Hit Rate by value

Governance Project Performance Assessment (formerly Implementing Best Practice)
Business in the Community


We must be open to third party assessment of our ways of working. We have done this in our partnership with Business in the Community (BITC) and will continue to do so in the future.

Externally we benchmark our CR performance against our peers and others by participating in BITC’s Corporate Responsibility Index.