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Sustainable legacies for your communities

Our approach to sustainability

Procurement plays a vital role in establishing the essential partnerships between the public sector and industry as part of the UK’s journey towards a low carbon, sustainable future.

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Sector-leading frameworks

In the face of climate and ecological emergencies, we must work together to ensure our new-build construction projects have the lowest possible environmental impact; to decarbonise existing assets and to ensure the physical and natural infrastructure in our communities is resilient to the existing and future risks that climate change is creating.

We are the only public sector framework operator to have secured Champion status against the Construction Leadership Council’s Carbon Reduction Code.

That’s because our frameworks provide sector-leading approaches for truly sustainable projects, drawing on our work in four key areas.

3 keys to unlock sustainable procurement

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Selecting the best partners

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Frameworks with a clear mission

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Continuous improvement & leadership

We select the very best consultancy, civil engineering, and construction partners to deliver your projects through our frameworks. We only appoint single providers to our frameworks reflecting their best-in-class capabilities.

  • Our delivery partners demonstrate compliance with the highest standards of public sector procurement - and deliver against our own Recommended Project Standards.

Our frameworks are not only designed to respond to and support your strategic response to the key environmental challenges you face. They also facilitate and enable sustainable outcomes in your projects.

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  • a structured delivery process that maximises the opportunities in your projects to reduce carbon, construction waste and water use

  • a structured delivery process that promotes biodiversity and effectively manage other environmental impacts

  • tailored performance management and KPIs that help you demonstrate success against your local priorities

Our work doesn’t stop when we’ve procured a framework. We work in partnership for a more sustainable industry, and to ensure the next project we support is better than the last.

We research, innovate, benchmark and seek to continuously improve the service offered to you through our frameworks and the industry as a whole.

In the sustainability space, we have convened collaborative working groups on:

  • Measuring and benchmarking carbon in construction

  • The adoption of our environmental standards and supporting the business case for net zero buildings

  • The adoption of Building Information Management (BIM) and design for manufacture

Research and innovation

Known for our procurement expertise, we are committed to raising the bar by establishing leading frameworks in response to climate emergency.

Our commitment to environmental protection goes beyond procurement.

In partnership with industry and academia, we continue to make an investment in research and development for future solutions in our efforts to cut waste in construction.

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Take a sustainable approach with your project

Our team is ready to guide you with sustainable solutions for your consultancy, construction, civil engineering, and utilities projects. Contact us today to discover how you can optimise your projects.

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