Our planet does a lot for us: it cleans the air we breathe, protects us from flooding, provides us with food and natural resources.
All essential elements for our everyday lives. However, climate change is putting increasing pressure on our planet and its ability to provide these services, whilst also causing more frequent extreme weather, loss of biodiversity, erosion of soil, and increased pollution.
We need to both reduce our contribution to climate change and adapt to our changing climate, to protect the lives and livelihoods of people and communities. Valuing nature and promoting resource efficiency are key to this effort. By prioritising sustainable practices and responsibly managing our natural resources, we can mitigate environmental impact and ensure that the vital services our planet provides are preserved for future generations.
As a business we are committed to accelerate our action; doing more with less and playing our part to address the climate and nature emergencies.
Climate action – we will reduce carbon emissions and work with clients to build resilient infrastructure against the effects of climate change.
Valuing nature – we will work to protect and enhance biodiversity by managing nature risks and enhancing green spaces.
Resource efficiency – we will work with our supply chain to use resources in a sustainable way throughout a project’s life cycle.
Scope 1 & 2
70%
reduction in absolute carbon emissions against our FY19
baseline (market-based).
This represents a further 9% reduction against our FY23 performance,
from 31,670 tCO2e to 28,968 tCO2e
Scope 3
787,008 tCO2e
This represents a 13% reduction against our FY23 performance,
from 905,529 tCO2e
Carbon Reduction Plan
Our Carbon Reduction Plan conforms to the requirements of Procurement Policy Note PPN06/21; “Taking Account of Carbon Reduction Plans in the procurement of major government contracts”, published in June 2021 and the supporting “Technical standard for the Completion of Carbon Reduction Plans”.
Climate Report
This report documents Kier’s processes, targets, and performance with regards to scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas emissions and has been prepared in line with the requirements outlined in ISO 14064:2018.
