Performance summary
Our performance over time
CIMIC Group structures its sustainability performance around five sustainability themes: safety, integrity, culture, innovation, and environment.
Our Sustainability Report, which forms part of our Annual Report, is prepared using the Global Reporting Initiative Sustainability Reporting Standards framework.
We were recognised in 2018 as an industry-best performer in several categories of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices Australia Index – the only construction and engineering company to be included.
For the third year, we were also included in the FTSE4Good Index, which measures the performance of companies demonstrating strong environmental, social and governance practices.
Summary of group performance
| 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||
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CREATING SHAREHOLDER VALUE |
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| Human Capital Return on Investment 1 | # | 1.30 | 1.30 | 1.33 | 1.28 | 1.01 |
| Revenue per person | $k | 381.8 | 355.5 | 380.1 | 475.0 | 459.6 |
| Labour (revenue) productivity | $m/MhW | 92.2 | 85.1 | 88.6 | 101.3 | 66.5 |
SAFETY |
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| Total fatalities | # | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Of which: Australia | # | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| International | # | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total Class 1 Actual events | # | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Of which: Australia | # | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| International | # | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| TRIFR | TRIs/MhW | 2.82 | 2.74 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 5.7 |
| Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate | LTI/MhW | 1.27 | 1.07 | 1.00 | 0.92 | 1.08 |
| Potential Class 1 incidents | # | 97 | 103 | 138 | 192 | 333 |
| Million hours worked | MhW | 159.1 | 157.8 | 122.4 | 131.0 | 252.5 |
INTEGRITY |
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| Employees undertaking formal, on-line Code training | # | 23,837 | 18,870 | 9,624 | 4,334 | N/A |
| Continuous Disclosure breaches | # | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Significant breaches of Code | # | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
CULTURE |
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| Total direct employees | # | 38,423 | 37,779 | 35,394 | 28,078 | 36,512 |
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Total employees 2 |
46,959 |
51,001 |
50,874 |
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| Personnel costs | $m | 3,634 | 3,530 | 2,432 | 3,059 | 4,363 |
| Payroll ratio 3 | $k/employee | 94.6 | 93.4 | 85.2 | 109.5 | 119.5 |
| Average tenure of employment | years | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.9 |
| Number of new hires | # | 20,245 | 23,511 | 12,564 | - | - |
| Of which: Male | # | 18,584 | 22,324 | 11,816 | - | - |
| Female | # | 1,661 | 1,187 | 748 | - | - |
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Total turnover rate 4 |
# / % | 51.3 | 56.0 | 46.0 | 42.7 | 56.5 |
| Of which: Male staff (voluntary) | % | 13.2 | 11.8 | 9.7 | - | - |
| Female staff (voluntary) | % | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.4 | - | - |
| Of which: Male staff (involuntary) | % | 4.5 | 7.6 | 12.6 | - | - |
| Female staff (involuntary) | % | 1.2 | 2.0 | 3.0 | - | - |
| Females on the Board | # / % | 1 / 12.5 | 1 / 12.5 | 0 5 / 0 | 1 / 12.5 | 1 / 12.5 |
| Females in the workforce | % | 10.3 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 12.3 |
| Females in senior management | % | 12.1 | 10.5 | 9.1 | 14.3 | 10.2 |
| Indigenous employees in Australia6 | # | 1,346 | 889 | 161 | 294 | 720 7 |
| Local participation in International workforce | % | 94.2 | 93.9 | 97.7 | 96.8 | - |
1 Total Revenue less Total Operating Expenses less Total Employee Related Costs (TERC) divided by TERC. As reported to DJSI.
2 Total employees includes both direct employees of CIMIC Group and a proportion of the headcount of indirect employees from investments as follows: BICC (45%), Devine (59%) and Ventia (47%) as at 31 December 2018.
3 Total personnel costs divided by the total number of direct employees. For 2014, the ratio is based on continuing operations and total employees of 36,512. Ratio is distorted because it includes redundancy cost and most of the redundancies occurred in the second half of the year, thereby inflating the ratio.
4 Given that a large proportion of the workforce is hired on a project basis, overall employee turnover rates are not an effective method to measure staff retention. Therefore, turnover rates including only permanently employed staff has been provided.
5 This figure is measured at year end, CIMIC had one female for most of the 2016 year.
6 Number for, and from, 2017 includes employees and subcontractors reflecting increased data capture.
7 Includes Indigenous employees of the John Holland Group and Services businesses, which were divested in 2014.