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Helping the industry to Build Back Better, deliver sustainable projects, reduce costs, and win business.
Start LearningOver 160 major clients, contractors and suppliers are collaborating through the School to tackle the environmental, social and economic sustainability issues we face in today’s market.
High priority challenges faced by the construction industry include: Net Zero and embodied carbon, transitioning towards a Circular Economy, Social Value and responding to PPN 06/20, Biodiversity Net Gain, improving Air Quality, responding to new Modern Slavery legislation and issues surrounding Fairness, Inclusion and Respect.
Simply put, the industry needs to deliver more for less, and the role of the supply chain has never been more critical.
Sustainability in Groundworks Learning Pathway
This learning pathway has resulted from an industry wide collaboration of clients, main contractors and trade contractors across the Supply Chain Sustainability School.
The beginner level pathway provides an overview of all those high priority sustainability issues relevant to groundworks companies. It explains what the issues are, why they’re important, together with handy hints and practical tips on how to address them.
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“Of all the external schemes our organisation is partnered with the Supply Chain Sustainability School is by far the most beneficial to us ”Joe Mitchell, HSQE Director, Mitchellson
Training and Skills
Introduction to Social Value
E-learning Module
Energy and Carbon
Carbon Reporting
E-learning Module
Wellbeing
People Matter Charter
Document / Presentation
Energy and Carbon
Carbon Reduction, Offsetting And Net Zero
E-learning Module
The value of membership
Hear from current members about how the School’s assessments and resources have bought real business benefits.
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Climate change is the biggest issue of our times and…


Social Value is more important than ever and has a…


With 40 million victims estimated by the Global Slavery Index…


The quality of the air we all breathe often gets…


Enabling the built environment to move from a linear to…


Addressing wellbeing across the value chain


“Having suppliers who understand the sustainability agenda is essential: we cannot deliver our sustainable development targets and ambitions without them. Since the school opened in 2012, we have seen a remarkable increase in the knowledge, skills and enthusiasm of our supply chain.”Julia Barrett, Director - Willmott Dixon Re-Thinking



