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WALES & WEST UTILITIES COLLEAGUES DIG DEEP

THE WWU TREE-PLANTING TEAM

A TEAM OF Wales & West Utilities biodiversity and improving air quality, allowing us to meet with colleagues
colleagues turned out in force to people will be able to enjoy seeing them in the great outdoors, but it also will
plant trees in the Mangotsfield area grow during the coming years. benefit the community in Mangotsfield
of South Gloucestershire and improve Sarah Williams, Wales & West by enhancing biodiversity, reducing
biodiversity in the local area. Utilities Director of Regulation, Asset carbon and improving wellbeing.
The initiative was part of the gas Strategy & HSE, helped plant the “We are delighted that we have been
emergency and pipeline service’s trees and said: “Through investing able to link with South Gloucestershire
pledge to plant five trees for every one £400 million in the gas network Council to enhance their programme
they have to remove as part of their between 2021 and 2026, we are and hope this will be the first of many
work to keep the gas flowing safely. committed to helping communities activities across our network.”
The planting in Mangotsfield right across Wales and south west In Wales & West Utilities’ 2021-
was done in partnership with England go green. 2026 business plan, the company also
South Gloucestershire Council and “We’re also focused on delivering a committed to recycling or reusing
enhanced the council’s own tree number of long-lasting initiatives that 80 per cent waste by 2026, while
planting programme. benefit the communities we serve – eliminating single use plastic and
During the day, more than 20 trees including improving air quality and reducing paper consumption by 75 per
were planted by members of the biodiversity. cent by 2026. Together these measures
company’s sustainability team and it “Taking part in this tree planting will help the company achieve zero
is hoped that, as well as supporting exercise was not only great fun, waste to landfill by 2035.

protect customers and their families
across Barnsley from the dangers of
poisonous carbon monoxide, also
known as the silent killer."
Cadent and Stephanie Peacock
MP both support the All-Party
Parliamentary Carbon Monoxide
group, which works to raise
awareness of carbon monoxide and
improve policy.
The All-Party Parliamentary Carbon
Monoxide Group says that alarms
save lives, and has been calling for an
expansion of these regulations for many
years, notably in the report, Tenants Safe
and Secure in Their Homes. STEPHANIE PEACOCK MP WITH THE DONATED ALARMS

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