Newland Homes has announced a substantial 49.21% reduction in operational carbon emissions over the course of a single year.
The company’s energy use and greenhouse gas emissions decreased from 475.70 tonnes of CO2 in 2022 to 241.59 tonnes in 2023, the equivalent of 1,801 one-way flights between London and Edinburgh.
The greatest savings have been achieved by switching all site machinery to Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil and phasing out the use of diesel.
Furthermore, Newland Homes is a certified Carbon Neutral business as recognised by Carbon Neutral Britain. The company’s carbon emissions have been retrospectively offset through Carbon Neutral Britain’s Woodland and Climate Funds. However, the company does not wish to rely on carbon offsetting and will endeavour to continue reducing its operational carbon emissions.
Tim continues: “We have addressed our main contributors to carbon emissions by switching to HVO and electric vehicles and will continue to seek new ways to reduce this further. We accept that it will be more challenging to sustain the rate of carbon reduction that we have achieved in 2023, but we will seek out new initiatives to keep up the momentum.”
The carbon footprint has been calculated using the Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR) framework, designed to increase awareness of energy costs within organisations, provide them with data to inform adoption of energy efficient measures, and to help them to reduce their impact on climate change. It is now a legal requirement for companies to report on emissions.
For further information about the climate considerate collection of new homes by Newland Homes, please visit www.newlandhomes.co.uk/climateconsiderate or call 01452 623000.
