– Elizabeth Smith, Chairman, Purcell
Our new B Corp® status is a verified recognition of that proving we meet high standards of social and environmental standards in all we do. We now join a growing global community of companies reinventing business by pursuing purpose as well as profit.
Purcell has always been for a force for good.
As an employee-owned organisation since 2021, every colleague is a co-owner at Purcell and together we foster a sustainable and supportive culture focused on learning and skills development where we motivate and inspire one another to achieve our collective ambition.
Our rigorous certification process has taken 12 months, during which time we have had the opportunity to examine every part of our business, reflecting on how we work to refine how we wish the business to run in the future. Applicants provide information on every aspect of the business, with evidence, and have to score over 80 out of 200. The average applicant gets around 50. Our score was 124.8.
From this thought-provoking process we have already enhanced transparency of information and have implemented progressive family leave policies. Looking forward Purcell now have a structured set of goals for growth and learning, supporting continual improvement in all we do.
We strive for conscious inclusion in our shared heritage, creating inspiring places for everyone where people can belong. Our projects will continue to plan for and deliver meaningful economic, social and environmental change protecting and enhancing communities in some of the world’s most sensitive historic places, and we will refine our in-house heritage research skills to understand and evidence the changes we craft.
Gaining the B Corp certification recognised what Purcell has been since 1947, an ethical business with a longstanding commitment to sustainability and positive social value. Being a B Corp will now take us on an exciting journey of continual evolution.
– Chris Turner, Executive Director, B Lab UK
