Anchor Environmental Sustainability & Net Zero Carbon Strategy 2023 – 2026
Biodiversity & Green Space Ensure cleaning, gardening, care and medical services use environmentally- friendly products without compromising on quality and safety for residents.
Waste
Water
Pollution
Increase levels of recycling above that of local provision, targeting a 45% increase in residential recycling. 100% target for diversion from landfill including construction waste. Explore opportunities for waste reduction in care. Scope a waste management strategy with supply chain engagement to include food, clinical and hazardous waste.
Reduce water usage. Explore setting and measuring targets for water use in residents’ homes for example, a reduction to 130 litres per day by 2030 (target to be reviewed in light of the next SHIFT assessment).
Increase accessibility and biodiversity of green spaces through updated management practices Biodiversity value target setting above the minimum of meeting planning requirements for net biodiversity gain. Audit green spaces and incorporate into asset data Resident campaigns and initiatives including ‘Going Green’ in Summer 2023.
The developing goals are as follows and the next SHIFT assessment will help to develop and consider science-based targets associated with these goals. Waste and water Anchor works with waste contractors in care homes, retirement villages and some residential sites. On other residential sites, Anchor works with the council as waste collector. Anchor seeks waste contracts which minimise the amount of waste going to landfill and maximise sustainable alternatives, including reducing, reusing and recycling, working with contracted waste services for our commercial waste, including waste from retirement villages and over 120 care homes, and with local authorities for domestic waste. 98% of waste under the commercial contracts is currently diverted from landfill, the vast majority of which is incinerated. Anchor will continue to work to reduce waste. A Waste Management Strategy will be developed to include exploring opportunities for waste reduction in care homes, including looking at food waste and clinical waste. In rented, leasehold and extra care homes, we want to look at how best to separate different types of waste in order to deal with each type appropriately, turning waste into other products and diverting from landfill wherever possible.
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