Our Values

Our values are core to shaping the culture of our organisation, helping to guide, unite, differentiate and sustain us. They are integral to everything we do.

With 546,000 colleagues, G4S is one of the world’s largest private sector employers. Our employees and services touch the lives of others every day, providing crucial services to keep them safe and secure.

Our success is therefore underpinned by the way we attract, develop and engage with our people, as well as the culture and values that shape the way we work and how our colleagues carry out their roles. 

In 2015, we commenced a review of our corporate values, recognising that they were originally developed in 2004, the year G4S was created.

While many elements of the values remain relevant to our business strategy today, we felt that they could better reflect the standards we expect from our staff and the commitments we make to our stakeholders. We have concluded our review and have launched a new set of values.

In 2016, we focused on embedding these values in our processes and practices across the group and building them into our management incentive programmes. Where incidents are reported or the conduct of our staff falls short of our values and standards, we always treat them with the utmost gravity.

We report any failures to the relevant authorities and conduct our own investigation or appoint an independent third party to carry out an investigation on our behalf. We learn from any breaches of policy or standards and adapt our practices to prevent them reoccurring in the future.