OUR MISSION & VALUES
OUR VALUES ARE THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND OUR MISSION
To provide our clients with innovative yet sensible solutions by being highly responsive, detail-oriented, and employing effective and consistent communication.
As an employee-owned company, every single day our focus is on our clients. By increasing efficiency and providing highly responsive service, we keep projects running smoothly and relationships strong, and that drives our business forward. We also believe that community and industry participation benefit us all, so we actively share our knowledge with industry leaders and other consulting firms to drive innovation and uncover the most effective solutions in the market.
Our goal is to help clients achieve the greatest return on investment while maintaining environmental compliance. We achieve this vision through teamwork, respect, accountability, integrity, innovation, and involvement.
THESE VALUES POWER EVERYTHING WE DO
TEAMWORK
We promote and support a diverse, unified and efficient team.
INTEGRITY
We are ethical in every action that we take.
RESPECT
We honor the rights and beliefs of our fellow associates, clients and partners.
INNOVATION
We are creative in delivering value to our clients.
ACCOUNTABILITY
We accept our individual and team responsibilities and we meet our commitments.
INVOLVEMENT
We actively support our industry and local communities.
ENVIRONMENTAL & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
COMMITTED TO DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES
As leaders in environmental consulting, it is our responsibility to develop environmentally appropriate practices for the future. We do this through our involvement with:
SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITIES
Industry Thought Leader
S+G staff continually share our experience with industry and other environmental professionals through presentations and papers (see Publications) to advance our field.
North Carolina State University (NCSU)
This commitment also extends to our local community where we provide scholarships to future engineers at NCSU through the Dr. Gregory N. Richardson Endowment Scholarship and the Smith Gardner Graduate Award. We provide support to the NCSU Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering Department through participation on the Industry Advisory Board (IAB).
STEM Education
We support STEM education programs from elementary to high school, through in-class events, site tours, judging at science fairs, and support for Science Olympiad teams.