Mission and Culture
As Ireland’s leading water and wastewater solutions provider, our mission is to protect the environment by treating water and wastewater to the highest EU standards, reducing carbon, and embracing circular economy principles. We help clients deliver reliable, high-quality services while safeguarding resources for future generations.
We are committed to delivering on five key UN Sustainable Development Goals: ensuring good health and wellbeing, providing quality education, securing clean water and sanitation, promoting affordable and clean energy, and fostering decent work and economic growth.
Our Purpose
CAW is dedicated to safely protecting water resources and the environment for future generations whilst providing clean drinking water and delivering the highest standards for the treatment of water and wastewater for our clients and local communities.
A culture of innovation, cost efficiency, and reliability drives all of our business activities and operations, along with a steadfast commitment to reducing carbon emissions and recovering and reusing valuable resources.
Our Values
These are the beliefs that underpin our culture and help us work better to benefit our clients and the environment.
We Do the Right Thing
We value integrity, accountability and fairness in our pursuit of delivering the best for our clients, the environment and the community. As a team and business, we take responsibility for the highest standards of health, safety and wellbeing to promote a safe and inclusive environment.
We Build Trust
Nurturing relationships is at the heart of our approach. We earn trust by delivering on promises to clients, the environment, local communities and the CAW team. We communicate openly and respectfully, taking ownership of issues when they arise.
We are Always Exploring
We continuously explore new and creative ways to help our clients achieve their goals, finding better solutions for our customers, partners, communities and the environment through innovation, learning and continuous improvement.
We are Safer Every Day
We make safety a priority in everything we do, speaking up when something is not safe and proactively identifying opportunities to create safer outcomes for our people, customers, partners and communities.
Our commitments
Safety & Wellbeing
Safety Management Systems are fundamental to all aspects of our business activities and operations. We integrate risk minimisation, proactive identification and robust controls into every project or asset we design, build, or manage. Central to our approach is the prevention of harm, ensuring that our actions protect our people, the community and the environment.
Sustainability
We take a holistic approach, considering our community, the environment, and the entire carbon lifecycle of assets and processes to identify the most sustainable and effective solutions. By optimising design and processes, integrating circular economy principles, and considering the UN Sustainable Development Goals, we ensure our efforts actively contribute to a more sustainable future.
We are committed to reducing energy use, converting more waste resources to energy and finding new and productive uses for the material we process on behalf of our clients.
Continuous Improvement
We apply the principles of continuous improvement through our accredited management systems and Lean Methodology and follow industry best practices to ensure service excellence, consistency and optimal value for our clients.
Transparency
We act as an extension of our client's team, working collaboratively with them to achieve their goals and overcome the challenges they face. This includes comprehensive reports for plants that we operate and transparency of pricing for projects and operating costs, such as consumables.
Our people
Our talented team are our most precious resource. It is their passion, expertise and commitment to our purpose through innovation, excellence, and sustainable practices that drives the business forward and enables us to deliver long-term value for our clients.
At CAW, nearly 40% of our team members have been with the company for over 10 years, a testament to our culture of empowerment, inclusivity, and collaboration. We actively encourage our teams to innovate and grow professionally, which is reflected in the many career advancements our employees have achieved during their time with us.
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