Groundwork East’s Climate Commitment and Net Zero Journey

At Groundwork East we recognise that the delivery of our services can have an impact on the climate crisis and we are committed to managing and reducing the emissions and wider environmental impacts arising from our own activities.

Following careful consideration and a detailed review of our operations and associated emissions our Sustainable Business Services team has established our own detailed Decarbonisation Pathway, assessing the required investment costs and calculating the associated cost and carbon savings from each of our planed actions.

In line with this Decarbonisation Pathway, we have set the following interim targets:

1. To reduce our baseline emissions by one third (32%) by March 2026
2. To reduce our baseline emissions by half (50%) by March 2035

To achieve and support our Net Zero commitment and interim targets, we are:

• Measuring our Carbon Footprint and reporting annually on our Scope1, Scope 2 and key Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions arising from our activities and the delivery of our project work and services
• Ensuring that all Groundwork East staff have taken part in Carbon Literacy training so that they understand their role in reducing emissions
• Working towards challenging targets to reduce business mileage and staff commuting emissions through a programme of electric vehicle upgrades and hybrid and remote working
• Installing solar PV and electric vehicle charging points at our offices
• Calculating emissions associated with project delivery and identifying ways to reduce these at project planning stage
• Certified to Environmental Management Standard BS 8555 with a view to move to ISO 14001