MORE EFFICIENT Supporting a sustainable future Sustainability includes environmental, social and financial elements and is built into the ‘four mores’ of our Business Plan.
Being a specialist housing and care provider, our social sustainability is naturally well established and our sustainability- linked loan and bond issue in 2021 supports our future financial sustainability. Liz Williams recently joined us as our first Property Sustainability Director and will be focusing on how we can improve our environmental sustainability this year - by reducing waste, using natural resources wisely, working smarter, opting for sustainable transport options, and enhancing our green spaces.
We’re committed to reducing our carbon emissions in line with the government’s target for the UK to be a net zero carbon nation by 2050. We can do this and improve the comfort and affordability of our residents’ homes by making them more energy efficient, using high-quality insulation, more efficient heating systems and gradually introducing renewable energy. Our new builds already meet good environmental and energy efficiency standards, and we will use the data we’re collecting on our existing buildings to understand how to improve them too. Our target is to reach an Energy Performance Certificate C rating for our rented properties by 2030 at the latest. A working group is developing proposals for Electric Vehicle Charge Points, to support the increasing number of residents using electric vehicles. And we’ll be developing a new Sustainability and Net Zero Carbon strategy with the help of colleagues in our new Sustainability Steering Group and residents in the new Residents’ Sustainability Panel. Look out for progress updates on this work in the summer.
Editor’s note Sustainability is both topical and important for us to focus on. My location was built in 1977, so I’m keen to see how we can make our existing buildings more sustainable.
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