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FUTURE PLANS

ADDING VALUE TO ALL PARTIES Notwithstanding the positive progress made,
As we’re proactively doing on many of our it’s important to recognise that there are still
projects, we are now engaging with our many improvements we can and will make.
supply chain pre-contact, exploring how Going forward, we will continually improve
we can collectively add value. We’ve seen our procurement process and investigate
examples where we have developed softer/ opportunities such as introducing supply chain
social opportunities including on-site training finance programmes as a cash advantage to our
centres and community engagement work. supply chain.
However, we’ve also pursued harder commercial So whilst there remains much to do, we’ve
opportunities that we can subsequently offer already made great strides. We are a project
clients, whether that be cost reductions driven business and our projects teams
through design led standardisations or continue to work hard in driving
supply chain led financing options for clients subcontractor compliance with the 2nd
where budgets are under pressure. On the latter and 3rd tier agreements that we now have with
of these we’ve been working with Mitsubishi on distributors and manufacturers. This is an area
their financing offering of major building we can feedback to the projects the value of
services systems. additional margin that site teams are generating
With our robust and committed preferred for the business.
supply chain, we can now take the lead in There’s greater collaboration across the
brokering these discussions to drive real value business. We’re benefitting from volume
for all parties. discounts from preferred suppliers, and with 50%
of our materials now ordered electronically, day
to day processes have improved making life that
little bit easier for everyone across the business.

Bribery & Corruption

y now everyone should all have completed their There are a few golden rules we all need to remember:
on-line anti-bribery and corruption training. This
Bis part of our commitment to being a company • Never accept cash. Not as a payment, gift, or
that conducts its business to the highest moral and where you are going to use it for hospitality. If
ethical standards. It sits alongside our Anti-Bribery and someone tries to offer you cash, report it to your
Corruption Policy (which can be found on the Intranet) line manager or the Legal Team.
and sets out our expectations for each employee – • Be aware of any conflict of interest where your
that we are all responsible for maintaining Sisk’s high personal or family interests and/or loyalties may
business standards. conflict, or be perceived to conflict, with the
Alongside this, we will soon be launching the Gifts interests of the Sisk Group.
and Hospitality Register which will enable you to • Don’t accept or offer gifts or hospitality, or any
record any hospitality you accept and offer, and a other sort of inducement, for entering into
Conflict of Interest Register to record other business a contract.
and personal interests.
Failure to comply with the 2010 Bribery Act can have There will be more training on other
consequences, not only for Sisk as a company but key areas over the next few months
also for individuals. Sisk would have to pay a fine, and so please keep a look out in your
individuals guilty of offences could face up to ten years email inbox.
in prison.

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