South Ayrshire Sustainability Forum

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George Wimpey
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Summary

• Background
• Measuring environmental improvements
• Waste
• Remediation
• Procurement
• Sustainability in design
• Communication and Training
• Why do we do it?
• How we compare to our competitors
• WWF Insight Investment survey

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Background
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• 125 years experience in the house building
  industry
• 26 regional companies across UK
• Build from one bedroom apartments to large
  detached family homes
• First UK volume housebuilder to achieve ISO 14001
  for its EMS - covering design, land development
  house building

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Key Performance Indicators
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Environmental KPIs
2003 2004 2005
Measure and maximise number of homes built on brownfield sites (Government target 60 by 2008) 67 68 66
Measure and highlight the average SAP rating of new houses built each year 92 94 95
Measure and reduce the tonnage of waste (t) produced per unit of housing completed 9.7t 9.6t 7.0t
Measure and increase the percentage of waste segregated on site - 83 84
Measure and reduce the percentage of waste sent to landfill - 35 30
Measure and increase the percentage of waste recycled - 65 70
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Waste
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• Generation of waste on site is a big issue both
  environmentally and financially

Key drivers

• Introduction of Landfill Directive and
  Hazardous Waste Directive

• Increased landfill disposal costs
• Limited number of landfills accepting hazardous
  waste

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What have we done about it?

• Improved waste management on site through
  segregation

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• Inert Clean Waste
• e.g. broken bricks, broken blocks, broken
  kerbs
• Recycled where possible

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• Waste campaigns to provide practical advice and
  support to site

• Suppliers assist in recycling i.e British gypsum
  and plasterboard

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Plasterboard Waste returned to British Gypsum
for recycling
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Remediation
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On site remediation now preferable to dig and dump

• Promote the use of remediation to reduce quantity
  of contaminated soil to landfill
• Developed Land Quality Manual to ensure process
  is well controlled and validated

• Developed a Remediation Guide which summarised
  remediation techniques

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Guide to Remediation
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Procurement
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Green Procurement Policy
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Procurement

• Part of suppliers contract to remove certain
  packaging materials
• Examples
• White Goods - reduce packaging / recycle
  packaging

• PvcU Windows/Doors- subcontractors collect and
  return all pallets

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Procurement

• Minimise use of toxic and hazardous materials

• Use
• dual flush toilets

• low emission boilers

• stock energy efficient white goods A and B
  rated

• All virgin timber in UK comes from sustainable
  sources
• - FSC certified timber and PEFC certified
  softwood

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Greening our Suppliers

• Carried out sustainability survey of suppliers
• Developing Suppliers standards and Buyers Guide
  to Green procurement

• Encouraging optimal recycled content of products

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Sustainability in Design
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• Our average SAP rating across our housetype range
  has been independently verified as being 94 - one
  of the highest in the UK for a volume housebuiler
• Environmental / Ecological Surveys of all major
  new sites
• Layout of developments to help encourage good
  neighbourliness and create a sense of community
• Wherever possible houses take advantage of
  southern aspect for passive solar gains through
  enlarged south facing windows
• Landscape planting to help ensure that shelter
  from cold northerly winds is maximised

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• Provision of good access to local and long
  distance path network from the site to encourage
  people to walk to access local services, where
  possible
• Houses have designated spaces for at least two
  wheelie-bins to enable separation of household
  waste
• Embracing change in urban design developing
  schemes which support greater emphasis on green
  links with priority given to pedestrian / cycle
  movement, improved access to public transport and
  reduced impact of the car

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• Houses are equipped with low energy light bulbs
  and householders are provided with guidance on
  how to save energy in the home
• Inclusion of sustainable urban drainage solutions
  SUDS with associated landscape and ecological
  designs. No. of recent examples - retention pond
  in Dalry and our SUDS features at Ardler Dundee
  and in the eastern expansion of Dunfermline are
  cited as textbook examples by Scottish Water
• Our UK house type range almost achieves a good
  eco rating before any site specific credits are
  awarded

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The Developers Challenge

• Customers not always willing to pay premiums for
  an eco-home
• Facilities not necessarily what required e.g.
  Customers want to park their car and have more
  than one car parking space
• We can only do so much in a competitive market
  land
• Others need to play a role in raising awareness
  of these issues to the public to stimulate the
  market

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Communication and Training
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Communication and Training

• Staff and sub-contractors receive extensive
  environmental training
• Have regular campaigns on environmental issues to
  promote best practice
• Produce an internal environmental bulletin

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Communication and Training
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Employment
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Employment

• Apprentice training scheme / older recruits

• Recruit majority of employees and site operatives
  from local communities around offices and
  developments
• Committed to qualify entire UK site work force
  under Construction Skills Certification Scheme by
  2010
• Continuity of employment
• Growing Wiser - Partnering with Contractors

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Why do we do it?
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Why do we do it?

• Cost savings
• Examples

• Fuel spill clean up costs can be several thousand
  pounds.

• Every cubic metre of land remediated on site
  saves a significant sum in disposal costs

• Legal compliance saves on fines

• Management of financial liabilities

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Why do we do it?

• Investor relations
• Socially Responsible pension funds projected to
  account for 15 of UK stock market by 2009

• Socially Responsible Investment 250 billion of
  institutional investment in the UK, dramatic
  growth in recent years.

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How we compare to our competitors
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WWF and Insight Investment survey

• Benchmarked environmental, social and corporate
  risk management performance of 13 FTSE listed
  housebuilders
• George Wimpey was one of the three clear
  leaders when Environmental, social and risk
  management issues examined together
• Noted Integrated sustainability into their
  business strategies and have set clear objectives
  and measurable targets

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George Wimpey top in Environmental Performance
2005
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Any Questions?