We understand that our planet has finite resources and that our actions have a significant impact on our climate. With construction a key contributor to upsetting our planet’s delicate balance, we are committed to reduce the amount of carbon we release into our atmosphere, eliminate avoidable waste, halve water consumption and deliver environmental net gain on all projects. The consequences of climate change are extreme, and we must act now to do our bit to save habitats and stop the extinction of many species of plants and animals.

We have signed up to some of the world’s toughest targets to keep global warming below 1.5°C to help create a better planet for future generations.

Here are our Better Planet ambitions to achieve by 2030.

2024 highlights

Our key achievements and milestones reached last year.

• Reduced absolute operational carbon emissions by 57% since our baseline year of 2018 and by 17% since 2023.  

• Reduced our carbon emissions (relative to turnover) by 84% since 2010.  

• Reduced absolute construction waste by 33% since 2018.  

• Absolute energy reduced by 19% since 2023 with 75% of our electricity from renewable sources.

• Planted 12,500 trees in 2024 - in total we've planted over 42,000 trees since 2020.  

• Reduced mileage from business travel and commute by 39% since 2018.  

• Achieved an A rating for climate from the Climate Disclosure Project (CDP).

Please follow the links at the top of this page for more information on how we progressed towards our 2030 ambitions in 2023.