Now or Never: 2021 Sustainability Review

Being a leader in sustainable development and social value

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Welcome to our Now or Never Review. This publication shows the progress we made in 2021 against the ambitions laid out in Now or Never. Our decisive decade, our sustainability strategy to 2030.

Welcome to our Now or Never Review

Rick Willmott, Group Chief Executive

Without delivery, a strategy is just words

Julia Barrett, Chief Sustainability Officer

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2021 highlights

Carbon neutral

For the ninth year running

£13.4m

Social return on investment

£3.1m

Invested into our people’s learning and development

68%

Reduction in carbon emissions (relative to turnover) since 2010

1st contractor

and third company globally to achieve Level 3 of the Carbon Trust's Supply Chain Standard

£1.4m

The value of our people’s time, skills, donations and gifts-in-kind, through the Willmott Dixon Foundation

87%

Of our project spend on the SCAPE framework was within 40 miles

Our 2021 performance

This section of the Review provides an update on our 2021 performance.

Brilliant Buildings

Constructing and refurbishing buildings fit for current and future generations

Building Lives

Supporting the people and businesses in our community to thrive

Better Planet

Putting the climate, biodiversity and resources crises at the heart of the way we do business

How we do business

The way we operate, the decisions that we make and the way we behave is guided by our values

Verifications, accreditations and partners

We collect, monitor and report data on our performance, engaging with specialist partner organisations which provide added assurance that we are living up to our own high standards

Recognition

Sustainable development roles and responsibilities

Meet the boards and teams who guide our sustainability agenda

Collaboration

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

Our purpose, vision and values

Willmott Dixon is a privately owned company that values innovation, partnership, sustainability and people

Risk and opportunity

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