RVT to achieve Net Zero Carbon Emissions by 2029
4th January 2022
RVT Group are well-known for protecting people's health on site, but we are also passionate about protecting the environment, and we would like our customers to be confident that they are working with a sustainable and reliable supply chain partner.
Over the years, we have made a considerable number of changes to reduce our impact on the environment, but we know there is still more to be done. As such, we are setting ourselves three new objectives:
- To become Carbon Neutral by 2024
- To achieve Net Zero by 2029
- To assist our customers in reducing their environmental impact on site.
We know that this journey will be a challenge and that we will only be successful if we put the environment at the heart of everything we do. In October 2021, we held a full company meeting to launch our updated vision, mission and company strapline to staff. We shared our vision for the future and know that all staff will embrace the environmental changes as passionately as our directors have.
Here are some of the steps we have taken so far:
- An external consultant has conducted a carbon footprint assessment and helped us to plan further actions to reduce our scope 1, scope 2 and scope 3 emissions. Whilst we continue to reduce our emissions as much as possible, we know that we may also need to offset, but we intend to select an accredited carbon offsetting company that supports carbon off-setting projects close to home.
- 15% of our fleet vehicles are hybrid electric, and we aim for this to be 25% by end of 2023. We also aim to reduce company fuel consumption by 10%.
- Our purchasing team are currently in the process of moving our suppliers over to our new sustainable supplier agreement. As it stands, 70% of our transport suppliers are carbon neutral and we aim to increase this figure to 85% by 2023. We are also weighing up the environmental benefits of opening new distribution centres around the UK to reduce transport distance. We have already opened storage facilities in East Kilbride which has reduced road miles when delivering into Scotland.
- 100% of office and warehouse recyclable waste is being recycled, and we continue to reduce electricity, water, paper etc. across all of our regional offices.
- 100% of used filters are recycled and re-purposed as a fuel in kilns or recyclate derived fuel. Soundex curtains are kept on the fleet for 3-5 years before they are also recycled and re-purposed.
- With safety and sustainability in mind, our workshop team service & repair our equipment between every hire and conduct a Thorough Examination and Test (TExT) to ensure optimum performance. We encourage a 'repair rather than replace' policy in the workshop to extend the life of products and ensure our operations remain sustainable.
- We will continue to invest in research and development, so that we can not only improve the efficiency of our existing products, but also bring you new innovative and sustainable solutions. Some of our green solutions include; Envirohub Water Management Solutions, HVO Fuel, Hybrid Lighting, Diesel Particulate Filters, Environmental Monitoring solutions and there is more to come!
- In addition to providing customers with greener solutions, we would like to help offset emissions from use of our existing equipment range. As such, we would like to set up a carbon offsetting scheme for customers. We anticipate that we would gift carbon offsets at the end of the year, based on customer spend. We would only use an accredited carbon offsetting partner who could provide evidence of the carbon offsets. If this is something that you are interested in, please let your RVT account manager know.
- Charity is also close to our heart, which is why we will be adding 'Rewilding Britain' and 'The Rivers Trust' to the group of charities we support.
View our sustainability page for more information >
Do you have an idea for a new green solution? Do you have an environmental plan you would like us to support you with? Do you have any supplier agreement forms you would like us to complete? Are you interested in our carbon offsetting gifts? Would you like to arrange a meeting to discuss how RVT can support your environmental plans?
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