Positive Plans to Reduce Construction Waste

The annual NextGeneration report, released last week benchmarks the sustainability of 25 UK firms across a range of factors including reporting, environmental site management, water, carbon and transport.

NextGeneration members include BHW Residential client Barratt Homes.

With half of the UK’s waste generated by the construction industry, this presents an “enormous opportunity for improve resource efficiency and reducing costs with an increasing number of companies realising the potential for profitability and resilience.”the paper states.

NextGeneration states its intentions to address the issue, through workshops and events, on how to integrate the circular economy into homebuilding in 2017.

This was reflected by three members making Net Positive commitments to deliver greater biodiversity and negative carbon emissions.

The 2016 NextGeneration results placed Lendlease at the top of the pile, with Crest Nicholson and Barratt Homes close behind in 2nd and 3rd place respectively.

The UK Green Building Council (UK-GBC) has stated that the companies featured in the leading rankings demonstrate that building high quality developments are “core to what they do”.

You can read the full EDIE article here