Saint-Gobain named as one of Britains most admired companies

Providing a peer review of corporate reputation, the awards ask leading professionals at Britain’s top companies to assess and nominate their most admired rivals.  Company performances were judged against a set of benchmarks which included financial soundness, community and environmental responsibility, quality of management and capacity to innovate.  Saint-Gobain was runner-up in the Building Materials and Merchants category and joined other nominated businesses at an award ceremony this week at Claridges in London.

Commenting on the awards, author of the research for Britain’s Most Admired Companies, professor Mike Brown, head of corporate reputation and strategy at Birmingham City Business School said: “One of the fundamental aims of the BMAC survey is to celebrate the skills and successes of the management of the best British companies. Never have these skills been as important and as sternly tested as during the past 18 months.  Companies must become leaner, fitter, more flexible and more able to respond to the unpredictable challenges presented by the external environment.”

Peter Hindle MBE, general delegate of Saint-Gobain in the UK, Ireland and South Africa, comments: “To be named as one of Britain’s most admired companies is an achievement that we are extremely proud of.  Saint-Gobain is one of just over 50 nominated businesses and the fact that this list is based on the views of professionals in relevant sectors clearly demonstrates the respect with which Saint-Gobain is regarded in the construction industry.”

With an annual R&D budget of more than £350-million, Saint-Gobain leads the world in the design, production and distribution of materials for the construction industry.  It registered over 300 patents last year alone and has pioneered developments in photovoltaic cell technology, low-E glazing and high-performance insulation.  In February 2009 it was named on the Global 100 list of most sustainable corporations in the world.
Saint-Gobain’s UK businesses, which include Jewson, Graham, British Gypsum, Saint-Gobain Glass, Isover and Weber, have worked together on many landmark projects including 30 St Mary Axe (‘the Gherkin’), the St Pancras international rail terminal and the O2 arena.
 

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