In 2024, Willmott Dixon was recognised by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) as a global leader on climate change and transparent carbon reporting, receiving an A score for climate.

We were among the 2% of companies who reported their data to make the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) ‘A List’, recognising our global leadership on climate action and carbon transparency.

We achieved a King's Award for Enterprise: Sustainable Development in 2024 for our efforts to reduce our impact on the climate.

Last year, we won an award in the category of Promoting Opportunity. This is the fifth time Willmott Dixon has achieved this accolade since 2014, and the third time we have been recognised by the awards for our work in Sustainable Development.

Our ambition to be one of the most diverse and inclusive places to work in the built environment has seen it included in The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2024 guide.

Willmott Dixon came through a rigorous selection process to join a select group of companies included in this prestigious list, which recognises those firms taking the best industry-leading initiatives to make gender equality a priority in their workplace.

We are signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant, and hold their silver award supporting the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

We featured in the Financial Times' Climate Leaders 2025 list of Europe's most sustainable companies. We are ranked 127 out of 500 European companies.

We’ve been included for a fifth time in the FT Diversity Leaders list, which identifies Europe’s top 850 employers for leadership in Diversity & Inclusion. In 2024, we are ranked 114th the highest placed construction company.

As members of the 5% Club we pledge that at least 5% of our workforce will be in formalised apprenticeships, sponsored students or on graduate development schemes. At the end of 2024, over 10% of our team are in hands-on ‘earn and learn’ schemes compared to 6.7% in 2023.

Our data is verified annually by Bureau Veritas. Our certificate for 2024 can be found here.

Our people contributed to the UK Green Building Council’s Net Zero Carbon Building Standard Framework, launched in pilot form in 2024.

We are advisors to the Passivhaus Trust's Educational Steering Group.

Willmott Dixon is a company supporter of the construction industry’s very own dedicated charity, The Lighthouse Club.

The Lighthouse Club provides emotional, physical and financial wellbeing support to the construction community and their families.

We collaborate with Aldersgate Group to share knowledge and tackle issues important to our industry and to the communities we work in.

We were honoured in the first ever King’s Awards for Enterprise for our work to enhance the life opportunities of others.

We are represented at board level on the City of London Skills for a Sustainable Skyline Taskforce.

We are members of the Future Homes Hub’s 2025 Future Homes Standard Task Group.

We have been signatories of the Care Leavers Covenant since 2019.

A CLOCS Champion is an organisation committed to actively promoting and implementing the national CLOCS Standard. See the Champions Directory to find out who else is involved.

We are an approved Disability Confident employer.

We have held Investors in People (IIP) – Platinum since 2020, the highest accolade possible for the top benchmark for people investment and development. This follows on from Gold for Willmott Dixon Interiors.

Willmott Dixon Construction was placed in the top 2%, coming 29 out of 1,774, within a bracket of companies who employ the same number of people.

We are a Recognised Service Provider with the Living Wage Foundation.

Our people sit on the National Social Value Taskforce.

We sit on the Board of the Pagabo Foundation. The Foundation works to raise awareness of mental health in the construction industry.

We are a RICS Inclusive Employer.

We work with SEUK to identify social enterprises we can use within our business.

We are a member of the Social Value Portal.

We are founding members of the Supply Chain Sustainability School, delivering learning across the industry's shared supply chain.

Our Now or Never targets are science-based, meaning they are aligned to keeping global warming levels to 1.5C.

We are a member and contributed to the UK Green Building Council’s Net Zero Carbon Building Standard Framework.

We are signatories of the Social Mobility Pledge and work to help those furthest from the labour market find employment.

Willmott Dixon is the first contractor to sign up to all three of The Climate Group’s initiatives: for renewable energy (RE100), electric vehicles (EV100) and energy provision (EP100).