Post by account_disabled on Mar 14, 2024 8:14:34 GMT
UK support services and construction group Interserve has set a target to halve its absolute carbon emissions by compared to levels as part of a raft of new sustainability goals.
In the mid-term, the more-than-,-employee company says it will reduce its greenhouse gas emissions from business travel by percent and from energy use at CG Leads construction sites by percent by , compared to level, as part of its SustainAbilities plan. All of the plan’s goals use as a baseline year for measurement.
Interserve is establishing its figures, according to the full plan that has a total of goals targeting environmentally and socially sustainable outcomes.
Other green goals include using only sustainable forest products and increasing re-use of its construction waste by percent by .
Along with the GHG goals, the company is targeting a percent cut in water use, a percent reduction in construction waste, a percent cut in office waste and a percent reduction in “indirect energy impacts,” all by .
By , Interserve plans to develop three partnerships dedicated to innovation in sustainability, achieve a percent traceability rate of its construction materials, increase recycled content in its materials by percent and have at least energy security projects underway.
By the company says it will introduce “wellbeing” key performance indicators into contracts and introduce closed-loop systems along its value chain.
A survey of construction companies released this month found that firms are shifting their business toward green building.
Some percent of respondents to the McGraw-Hill Construction survey said they expect more than percent of their work to be green by . This is a significant increase from the percent that said the same for their work in and the percent in .
From to , the number of firms anticipating that more than percent of their work will be green more than triples in South Africa; more than doubles in Germany, Norway and Brazil; and grows between and percent in the US, Singapore, UK, the United Arab Emirates and Australia, the report says.
In the mid-term, the more-than-,-employee company says it will reduce its greenhouse gas emissions from business travel by percent and from energy use at CG Leads construction sites by percent by , compared to level, as part of its SustainAbilities plan. All of the plan’s goals use as a baseline year for measurement.
Interserve is establishing its figures, according to the full plan that has a total of goals targeting environmentally and socially sustainable outcomes.
Other green goals include using only sustainable forest products and increasing re-use of its construction waste by percent by .
Along with the GHG goals, the company is targeting a percent cut in water use, a percent reduction in construction waste, a percent cut in office waste and a percent reduction in “indirect energy impacts,” all by .
By , Interserve plans to develop three partnerships dedicated to innovation in sustainability, achieve a percent traceability rate of its construction materials, increase recycled content in its materials by percent and have at least energy security projects underway.
By the company says it will introduce “wellbeing” key performance indicators into contracts and introduce closed-loop systems along its value chain.
A survey of construction companies released this month found that firms are shifting their business toward green building.
Some percent of respondents to the McGraw-Hill Construction survey said they expect more than percent of their work to be green by . This is a significant increase from the percent that said the same for their work in and the percent in .
From to , the number of firms anticipating that more than percent of their work will be green more than triples in South Africa; more than doubles in Germany, Norway and Brazil; and grows between and percent in the US, Singapore, UK, the United Arab Emirates and Australia, the report says.