Esh Goes Even Greener

North of England firm, Esh Group, has outlined its commitment to becoming a more sustainable contractor with the launch of a carbon reduction strategy named Even Greener.

By taking achievable steps across the business to reduce carbon emissions year-on-year, Esh Group aims to achieve net zero by 2040. 

In 2023, Esh signed up to the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), committing to both short and long-term goals, with a key part of the Even Greener strategy being a series of headline targets to be achieved ahead of 2040. Targets include owning 100%  of its fleet and that fleet constituting fully electrified or low carbon vehicles by 2035. Alongside this is a commitment to a 65% reduction in business operating carbon by 2034 – specifically, Scope 1, 2 and Scope 3 waste, business travel, upstream transportation, and staff commuting.

 

Year-on-year

Chief executive, Andy Radcliffe, says: “The subject of sustainability and carbon reduction is of huge significance to the way we and the industry do business now and in the future. We must make changes and contribute to a worldwide sustained reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. It is essential that the targets and plans we make can be achieved.

“A considerable amount of work has gone on behind the scenes for over a year now, with the support of an external consultant. We have analysed our baseline data, identified opportunities and considered what steps we can take across the business towards an operating model that will reduce our carbon emissions year-on-year.

“This is the beginning of our journey, one that we are committed to and one that we are not alone on, as the construction industry as a whole discovers the best route to take.”

 

Carbon champions

The Even Greener strategy will be underpinned by the recent introduction of ‘carbon champions’ who are senior representatives and subject matter experts from across various divisions in the Esh Group. Carbon champions are tasked with bringing forward ideas and innovations that can be trialled and assessed for commercial viability and then adopted into business operations.  

Additional focus areas include that of pre-construction, supply chain engagement, client engagement and project delivery. Business processes will be realigned to ensure that low carbon alternatives are offered at tender stage and ‘even greener’ alternatives will be added to stock catalogues at purchasing stage.

 

Picture: Even Greener is the name of the Esh Group’s carbon reduction strategy.

www.eshgroup.co.uk/even-greener

Article written by Cathryn Ellis
17th January 2024

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