We have continued to focus our efforts into understanding our position as a Group, setting targets, and embedding sustainability into all of our businesses and operations.
Richard Dewhurst
Non-executive Chairman
Introduction from the Chairman
Since our baseline year in 2022, we have continued to focus our efforts into understanding our position as a Group, setting targets, and embedding sustainability into all of our businesses and their operations. A key strand of our Group strategy is our People strategy, and as part of this we have reassessed the collective capabilities that bind all of our people together, and refreshed our mission, vision, and values in 2023. We hope and believe that this will continue to strengthen that culture and ethos that underpins the Dewhurst Group. We have a clear commitment to sustainability as a Group, and made good progress against our targets in 2023. There is still much more we can do as we carry on down this path, and I am confident that we will continue to make real, positive, sustainable change.
Sustainability Strategy
ENVIRONMENT
2023 PERFORMANCE & HIGHLIGHTS
• 10% reduction in carbon emissions
• 10% decrease in carbon emissions intensity ratio
• 4% reduction in energy consumption
• 73% of electricity consumed from green sources
• Comprehensive roadmaps developed at all businesses
• >95% UK waste diverted from landfill
• 9% reduction in non-hazardous waste in the UK
• Improved recycling processes to reuse and repurpose waste materials
• A&A achieved ISO 14001:2015 certification
• Manchester Bio bollard launched by TMP
• TMP awarded Supply Chain Partner award by Bouygues Energies & Services
KEY PRIORITIES
Scope 1 and 2 emissions:
• Switch remaining businesses to green electricity
• Switch UK businesses to green gas
• Install solar panels where viable
Waste and packaging:
• ISO 14001:2015 certification for UK businesses
• Increase diversion of waste from landfill
Supply chain:
• Engage and collaborate with key suppliers
Product:
• Increase our range of sustainable products
TARGETS
• Carbon reduction:
reduce scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions by 50% by 2027 vs 2022
• Waste diversion from landfill:
>95% by 2024
• Packaging:
>95% packaging to be recyclable by 2030
OUR PEOPLE
2023 PERFORMANCE & HIGHLIGHTS
• 79% employee engagement achieved from Group-wide staff survey
• 65% reduction in health & safety incident rate
• 13% reduction in employee turnover
• 6% increase in female employees
• Raised £10k for the UNICEF Turkey and Syria earthquake appeal
KEY PRIORITIES
• Communicate to & engage with our people on mission, vision, values
• Implement global HR system
• Improve communication across the Group
TARGETS
• Group employee engagement rating: 85%
• Health & safety incident rate: eliminate serious incidents
• Voluntary employee turnover: below 15%
