Galliford Try’s One in a Million initiative to save a
minimum of one tonne of carbon (tCO2e) per £1m spent in 2024, has smashed
through its target over the course of the past 12 months.
Launched in January last year, the initiative challenged
Galliford Try’s business units and project teams to find innovative ways of
reducing carbon and reporting back on their achievements to share best practice
and aid others around the Group through a central portal.
Over the course of 2024, 49 projects from 11 business units
across Galliford Try saved a remarkable 7,225tCO2e or 4tCO2e/£m for the
business.
This is the equivalent to:
Savings came from a range of initiatives, project types and
stages, from championing the reuse of existing structures to fuel saved through
use of hybrid generators.
Over 4,800tCO2e were saved through procurement of low carbon
Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) steel products across several projects. EAF steel in
particular shows the importance of engaging with the supply chain as early as
possible and capturing actual information, instead of relying on industry
average data.
The One in a Million challenge will continue into 2025 with
a focus on increasing the number of participating projects across the business.
The initiative is part of Galliford Try’s commitment to its
recently published Net Zero Route Map, which points the way for the business to
reach its SBTi (Science Based Targets initiative) validated target of achieving
net zero across its own operations (Scope 1 and 2) by 2030 and then net zero
across all activities (Scope 1, 2 and 3) by 2045.
Poppy Parsons, Head of Low Carbon Construction for Galliford
Try, commented: “These savings are a testament to the ingenuity and drive of
Galliford Try’s project teams to look for carbon saving opportunities and do
the right thing, and demonstrates the size of the impact we as individuals in
the construction industry can make.”
The news comes on the back of confirmation that Galliford
Try achieved PAS 2080:2023 (Designer/Constructor) for the construction
businesses, becoming one of the first organisations in the building sector to
achieve this leading standard for carbon management in the built environment.
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