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Sustainability

Sustainability addresses the social, environmental and economic challenges we face in today’s ever-changing world.

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Backed by the UK’s top organisations for the built environment, the School helps to meet the challenging sustainability targets set out by the UK Construction Strategy 2025.

The School provides free, practical support in the form of CPD-accredited e-learning modules and training workshops, tailored assessments and action plans, benchmarking tools, networking opportunities, and access to thousands of online resources.

Benefits reported by our members include; cost and time savings, business won, increased competitive advantage, reduced risk and enhanced reputation. Take our quick assessment, linking you to our world class resources.

Key topics within Sustainability

To help our members develop a holistic understanding of the impacts relevant to sustainability, we offer a suite of resources on the following key sub-topics:

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Air Quality

The quality of the air we all breathe often gets…

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Biodiversity
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Biodiversity and Ecology

‘Biodiversity’ simply refers to all living things. Every species, no…

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Business Ethics

The identification, management and mitigation of risk of bribery, corruption…

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Energy and Carbon

Climate change is the biggest issue of our time and…

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Environmental Management

How we deal with the potential positive and negative impacts…

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Fairness, Inclusion & Respect

Making our workplaces even better for everyone.

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Materials

The built environment industry can reduce the negative impacts of…

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Slavery
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Modern Slavery

With an estimated 49.6 million victims worldwide, modern slavery is…

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social value
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Social Value

Social Value is more important than ever and has a…

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Performance Measurement and Management

Collecting data and measuring sustainability performance in a standardised way,…

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Sustainability Strategy

Sustainable development requires a holistic consideration of environmental, social and…

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Sustainable Procurement

Procurement that has the most positive environmental, social and economic…

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Waste and Resource Efficiency

Changing the mindset from 'waste' to 'resources' and improving efficiency…

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Water

Monitoring and addressing water consumption and use helps to reduce…

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Wellbeing

Addressing wellbeing and welfare improvement across the whole value chain…

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Key Sustainability resources

Here are a selection of featured sustainability related resources. To view more, please visit our full resource library.

Wellbeing
Community
Air Quality
Energy and Carbon
Biodiversity and Ecology
Air Quality
Employment Conditions
Energy and Carbon

Latest Sustainability news

Find our latest news stories and blog posts from all topics within sustainability.

Reflections on Black and Ethnic Minority Experiences in the Built Environment Sector

This article was co-created by Cathryn Greville, Head of Fairness, Inclusion & Respect, and Saira Khan, Fairness, Inclusion & Respect Conference & Outreach Officer....

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Supply Chain Sustainability School Partners with Futurebuild 2024

The Supply Chain Sustainability School has become an Official Partner of Futurebuild 2024 to support the industry in being more sustainable. Futurebuild aligns with...

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Why Building a Culture of Fairness, Inclusion and Respect is critical for our Industry

Keynote speech by Mark Reynolds delivered at the Inspiring Change Conference on 27 June 2023.  Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you...

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Building a Greener Tomorrow: Energy Efficiency Revolution

On 1st November, the Supply Chain Sustainability School will bring industry leaders and experts together for an unmissable virtual conference, ‘Building a Greener Tomorrow:...

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Flexing Rights: National Work Life Week & the Game-Changing Flexible Working Bill

Here at the Fairness, Inclusion & Respect (FIR) Programme we will be pausing to celebrate and prioritise the delicate equilibrium between our professional and...

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Event Recap: Supply Chain Sustainability School Net Zero Summit 2023

On Tuesday 26th September, the Supply Chain Sustainability School held its Net Zero Summit 2023 in Coventry Building Society Arena. Attended by hundreds of sustainability...

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