Net Zero Strategy

GOAL

ACTIONS 2024

• Promote and share information from use of RAP in roads at least four times per year

Eliminate

• Publicise carbon saving associated with our recycling capability

• Analyse current biodiversity on five of our own sites in accordance with The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) calculator • Set up a biodiversity action group with an educational body to advise on future strategies to enhance our biodiversity in our buildings, on our sites, and within designs

Improve Efficiency

• At the start of new design schemes, hold a review to identify biodiversity improvement opportunities

• Provide £36,000 of investment each year for 15 years, which provides a minimum of 8,000t of verified carbon credits • Provide £10,000 per annum to invest in UK carbon offsetting schemes associated with the Woodland Carbon Code

Diversify

Innovate

• Invest in trials which reduce our dependence on polymers and bitumen

Actions 2030

• Analyse current biodiversity on all sites over 1 hectare

• Document a robust strategy for incorporating biodiversity into our business and set an annual budget for maintenance and enhancements to biodiversity on our sites

• Identify a baseline of biodiversity for each site over 1 hectare

• Ensure carbon offsetting is in place to guarantee we are carbon neutral by 2045. Understand which areas need offsetting and set a target for when offsetting will not be required

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