Reporting Boundary: UK operations
Emission sources: Electricity, Natural Gas, Building Fuel, Fleet Travel, Business Travel and Waste
Reporting Period: 1 Sep 2020 to 31 Aug 2021
We engage our employees and wider stakeholders to unlock their talent and knowledge to drive year on year progress in sustainability.
We recognise that transparent communication is essential for transformational change and we quantifiably contribute to 6 SDGs.
Britishvolt, Britain’s foremost investor in battery technologies has achieved the Planet Mark certification. Britishvolt believes sustainability is imperative to the future of humankind.
As an environmentally driven and socially minded company, Britishvolt assesses all its activities and developments against externally certified ESG criteria. From maximising the use of renewable energy and using recyclable material in its manufacturing processes to providing employees with a safe, positive working environment and considering its impact on the communities in its supply chain, Britishvolt is invested in embedding sustainability in every aspect of our business.
Over the next year, the design company will be working towards measuring and reducing its carbon emissions and sharing its journey with its community to inspire others.
Through Planet Mark, the company will be protecting an area of endangered rainforest thanks to Cool Earth; a charity working alongside rainforest communities to halt deforestation. Its pledge through Cool Earth goes directly towards supporting the Asháninka community in Central Peru.
It will also be helping the Eden Project – an educational charity building connections with each other and the living world, exploring how we can work together towards a better future.
To recertify next year Britishvolt must reduce emissions by 2.5%.
A 5% year-on-year reduction is the target reduction recommended by Planet Mark.