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BAM Ireland
BAM Ireland on the construction industry’s growing emphasis on sustainability
As the largest multinational construction business operating in Ireland, we at BAM Ireland strive to proactively minimise the impact of our works on the environment, promote good practices throughout our supply chain and enhance the communities where we work.
Our approach to sustainability delivers benefi ts to clients and the communities in which we work. It is underpinned by a strong focus on innovation and a solution-orientated approach to delivering BAM’s projects and exceeding expectations.
In June this year, we entered a strategic partnership with the Irish Green Building Council to work towards the decarbonisation of Ireland’s built environment across its full life cycle. We recognise the private sector has an important role to play in delivering a more sustainable future and are aiming to achieve the mix of private sector action and public policy necessary to tackle the wholelife impact of buildings, including embodied carbon.
Our partnership will see both of our organisations working closely together to advance a more sustainable built environment. In particular, we will collaborate with the IGBC to decarbonise Ireland’s building stock, promote circularity in the industry and enhance biodiversity. Theo Cullinane, CEO, BAM Ireland
“To date, the construction industry has had signifi cant environmental impacts, but many opportunities exist to reduce them,” CEO Theo Cullinane said.
“At BAM we are working towards having a net positive impact on climate change, material resources and people. We are very excited about this new partnership with the Irish Green Building Council and look forward to working with them and fellow members to deliver a fully decarbonised, resource effi cient built environment.”
We are also proud to announce that we have once again retained our position on the CDP A List. This ranks us in the top 2% of thousands of companies worldwide which disclosed their environmental and carbon impact through the project.
On a wider scale, we implemented our 2021-2023 strategic plan to provide clients with best-in-industry capabilities, contribute to the global movement toward sustainability and provide employees with a safe and rewarding work environment.
This plan is aimed at the signifi cant and expanding part of the construction industry being driven by clients’ growing emphasis on sustainability. Clients are increasingly seeking resource conservation, energy effi ciency and carbon reduction during the design, construction and operational phases of their projects. At BAM Ireland, we are working to deliver on these expectations.
