| Environment |
| We will assess the use of single-use plastic in our offices, construction processes and supply chain to understand where we can reduce or eliminate usage by 2021 |
| We will seek to reduce water consumption across the new homes we build to 115 litres per person per day by 2022 |
| We will aim to reduce our direct carbon emission intensity (scope 1 & 2) from our construction operations, offices and business mileage by 10% by 2022/23 (measured by CO2e per home sold; 2017/18 as a base year) |
| We will fit electric vehicle charging points as standard in 50% of new homes built by 2023 |
| We will fit a range of renewable energy technology to 40% of new homes built by 2023 |
| We will aim to reduce employee business car mileage by 10% through the use of remote meeting technology and the introduction of a working from home policy (measured as miles per employee; average of FY17, FY18 and FY19 as baseline) |
| Construction |
| We will reduce the quantity of waste we generate (excl. ground works waste) per home built by 2021 (taking 2017/18 as a base year) |
| We will complete research into 6 sustainable construction methods and products, undertake trials at a division level and implement successful outcomes across the Group by 2021 |
| We will aim to retain maintain our ‘5-star builder’ status by achieving a ‘recommend a friend’ score of at least 90% in the HBF new home buyers survey |
| We will develop a smart-home technology package for new homes with a view to trialling on five developments by 2022 |
| Society and economy |
| We will maintain our site based RIDDOR rates at 2019 levels or below |
| We will set up diversity and inclusion focus groups to gain a greater understanding of the issues and challenges facing under-represented groups of employees, informing priorities moving forwards |
| We will implement an employee engagement survey this year and aim to achieve a 60% response rate |
| We will develop a school engagement pack for primary and secondary schools for use by divisions by July 2021 |
| We will extend our partnership with Cancer Research UK for a further 2 year and aim to increase our fundraising and donation total across the combined 5-year period to at least £2 million (by July 2021) |
