Sustainability
Leaving a positive environmental legacy
We work with our clients to shape the built environment in a sustainable and considerate way. Our collaborative approach means we deliver on our sustainability commitments on every construction process.
Net Zero
Strategy
We acknowledge our responsibilities and the actions we must take in contributing to a sustainable future. Our priority is to reduce our carbon emissions every year and ultimately eliminate them from our business.
We are committed to adapting our business practice to achieve direct operational emissions of net zero by no later than 2030.
Furthermore, we are committed to working with our clients and supply chain to achieve net zero by 2040 and beyond net zero by 2045.
Managing Our Environmental Impact
Every project is subject to a site-specific environmental risk assessment, and the results of this risk assessment form the core of a bespoke environmental plan that includes mitigation measures, operational controls, emergency responses, carbon footprint and a waste management plan.
McLaughlin & Harvey operates environmental management and energy management systems certified to ISO14001 and ISO50001 respectively.
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Best
Practice
Using Green Electricity
In line with our refreshed net zero pathway of 2023, we will be transferring our electricity supplies to sites and offices to a fully green supply. This means all the electricity we use will be generated from renewable sources like solar or wind rather than burning fossil fuel.
Based on the amount of electricity we used last year, this will reduce our Co2e (Carbon equivalent) emissions by 825 tonnes per year. This is a significant reduction of 29% in our operational emissions, reflecting a tremendous commitment from the board on our way to net zero 2030.
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Community Wood
Glasgow Wood Recycling is part of a network of social enterprises collecting and reusing waste wood in an environmentally beneficial way based on the principles of the circular economy. We have engaged them on several of our sites including Allander Leisure Centre and Woodland View School.
When our site teams have collected enough waste wood – pallets, scaffolding boards, cable reels – Glasgow Wood Recycling collect it. The wood is then transported back to the units where it is split into areas depending on its intended use.
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Literacy
To help raise awareness of plastic pollution in waterways, we were delighted to sponsor children’s book Stanley the Water Vole; a children’s audio / picture story book by Tales from Mother Earth.
Stanley’s story looks at the problem of plastic in our waterways and how incredibly harmful the misuse of plastic can be to our natural environment.
A fictional tale about a very real fact and threads a conservation message through the story detailing how valuable our wildlife is and what we can do to help it in the most positive of ways.
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Responsible Business
The Midlands’ path to achieving net zero emissions
Carl Rushton recently participated in a roundtable event, exploring how the use of timber can be increased in construction and what is needed to get the sector, and the West Midlands region, on track to achieve net zero by 2050.
Responsible Business
Gold Status for the Supply Chain School’s Plant Commitment Charter
McLaughlin & Harvey is delighted to have been awarded gold status by the Supply Chain Sustainability School for our commitment to their Plant Charter.
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Sustainable Glasgow Charter signed by McLaughlin & Harvey
McLaughlin & Harvey is a signatory of the Sustainable Glasgow Green Economy Hub Charter.