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RVT Launch New ESG Strategy

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RVT Group are passionate about protecting the long-term health of people and the environment, and it is our vision to achieve a world where the impact of site work on life, health and the environment is effectively zero.

We have therefore developed an ESG strategy that seeks to reduce the impact that our operations have on the environment, while building positive outcomes with our staff, customers, suppliers, local community and the industries we serve.

RVT's ESG strategy has been built with the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals in mind and outlines how we will continue to run environmentally sustainable operations whilst be socially responsible. The strategy also includes a governance section which outlines how we will remain accountable to our ESG Plan.

Although we have come a long way over the past 30 years, we recognise the need to do more, and have therefore developed a number of goals to take us to 2029:

Social Responsibility Goals:

• Ensure that 85% of staff have a minimum of 25 hours training per year from 2023 onwards.
• Launch a staff training academy by 2023 and a customer training academy by 2025.
• Create an updated 'new starter' induction & training pack by 2024.
• Achieve an independently verified ESG accreditation by 2025.
• Develop an internship/ apprenticeship offering by 2028.
• Using HR data, continue to improve diversity and equality within the workplace to 2029.
• Maintain a staff engagement score above 90% YOY to 2029.
• Maintain customer engagement by achieving an NPS score above 78% YOY to 2029.
• Continue donating 2% of turnover to charity YOY to 2029.

Environmental Sustainability Goals:

• Reduce paper & single-use plastics as much as practically possible, by 2023.
• 100% of waste will be recycled or used as refuse derived fuel by 2023.
• Adopt a carbon offsetting scheme endorsed by ICROA, and achieve Carbon Neutrality with
• PAS 2060 Certification by 2024.
• Reduce scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions to under 5T per £M Turnover by 2026.
• 100% of RVT's fleet vehicles will be hybrid/ electric by 2029.
• Continue screening our suppliers to ensure that 80% of goods are from suppliers who have robust quality systems and carbon reduction plans in place by 2029.
• RVT aim to reduce emissions as much as practically possible to achieve Net Zero by 2029.

If you would like to read our full ESG strategy you can download a copy below.

Download RVT’s ESG Strategy (2023-2029)