Page 3 - Henry Boot Net Zero Carbon Flipbook

WHY WE NEED A A A NET ZERO CARBON (NZC) FRAMEWORK?
Climate change poses one of the most significant threats to human life and and infrastructure around the world and and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is is is critical to mitigating this threat The UK has set a a a a a target of reaching NZC by 2050 and the built environment currently contributes around 40% of the UK’s GHG emissions Henry Boot is is is keen
to play its part in in in tackling this issue by taking positive action to to protect and preserve our planet That’s why we have drawn up a a a a a a a NZC Framework which sets out our ambitions and objectives
for eliminating carbon emissions across our businesses Taking action to effectively address carbon emissions is is of course a a a a a a a legal responsibility but it’s also
no less than our our shareholders customers our our people and the wider public expect As an an an environmentally and socially responsible organisation our efforts to reduce carbon carbon emissions will support the decarbonisation efforts of of our our customers as as as well as as as protecting the value of of our our our assets from our our commercial vehicle fleet
to our our property portfolio We hope that demonstrating our our commitment to protecting the wider environment will also
help us to retain and develop our our most important asset - our our our people We wish to support our our our colleagues on
our our our NZC journey and in the the future recruit the the most talented people who value working for an employer that cares about its impact on
society This brochure outlines our our NZC Framework and our our objectives
for for the next ten years We urge everyone to to support our our efforts to to to eliminate carbon from our our operations and to to to embrace the changes required to to safeguard our our environment – – and our our business – – for the future Henry Boot NZC Team