Now or Never: 2024 Sustainability Review

Our achievements in 2024

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Welcome to our 2024 review. This publication shows the progress we made last year against the ambitions laid out in our sustainability strategy to 2030, Now or Never. Our decisive decade.

Welcome to our Now or Never review of 2024

Graham Dundas, chief executive officer

Hold firm and ignore the net-zero naysayers

Julia Barrett, chief sustainability & compliance officer

Our award-winning approach to sustainability and social value.

Watch our short film

Our 2024 performance against Now or Never (PDF) »

2024 highlights

57%

reduction in carbon emissions since 2018.

£410m

social return on investment for our communities

51%

projects include route to net zero in operation

100%

projects had co-created social value plans

CDP A

joined Carbon Disclosure Project's A list for climate

3,000+

people supported in our communities

15,000+

pallets reused saving 222 tonnes of waste wood

Our 2024 performance

Brilliant Buildings

We will construct and refurbish buildings fit for current and future generations.

Building Lives

We create opportunities and social mobility for people and businesses in our communities.

Better Planet

Better Planet reflects Willmott Dixon’s commitment to environmental stewardship, putting consideration for nature, climate and biodiversity at the heart of everything we do as a business.

How we do business

We uphold our values in every part of our business.

Verifications, accreditations and partnerships

We collect, monitor and report data on our performance, engaging with specialist partner organisations to check that we are achieving the high standards we set ourselves.

Risks and Opportunities

Addressing risk early creates opportunities for us to improve. Click here to download our risks and opportunities matrix.

Sustainability at Willmott Dixon

We have been a purpose based sustainable company since 1852 and express our sustainable ambitions through our corporate values and actions. Being a leader in sustainable development means having robust approaches, processes and systems which support our sustainability endeavours.

Assurance

Our robust systems make sure we report accurately.

Monitoring and reporting

Our monitoring and reporting systems are amongst the most advanced in our industry.

Recognition

Accolades for the quality of our projects and people.

Roles and responsibilities

Meet the boards and teams who lead our progress on sustainability.

Collaboration

We collaborate with many organisations and businesses to share knowledge and tackle important issues.

The Peter Willmott Foundation

Supporting the fundraising activities of Willmott Dixon's people to benefit charities in our communities.