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BAM accelerates UK and Ireland carbon reductions to net zero by 2026

Stuart Mitchell

BAM’s UK and Ireland businesses have set an ambitious carbon target to become net zero in their direct operations by 2026. It is ruling out counting electricity from green energy tariffs towards its net zero emissions. The target places BAM at the forefront of the UK and Ireland’s construction sector’s major contractors. It builds upon Royal BAM Group’s target to reduce its direct emissions intensity by 80% by 2026 from 2015 levels. The company is committed to openness and not relying heavily on carbon offsets which it believes can disguise…

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BAM raises the bar with new sustainability strategy

Stuart Mitchell

Ambitious, transparent and realistic. That characterises Royal BAM Group’s new sustainability strategy, presented today. BAM sees this sustainability strategy as a crucial addition to its ‘Building a sustainable tomorrow’ strategy, because the company believes there is only a future if it continues to build sustainably. The strategy is also crucial for its clients and society to be able meet sustainability challenges together. The company is launching ambitious targets, aiming to become an industry leader. Future generations With this new sustainability strategy, the company is looking beyond its own organisation and…

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BAM exceeds its five-year carbon reductions targets

Stuart Mitchell

BAM Construct UK has made significantly more progress in reducing carbon against its longstanding targets than envisaged, even allowing for the effect of the current pandemic. Using 2015 as a baseline, BAM set a five-year target to reduce emissions by 25%. “By 2019, we had reduced emissions by 34%, which is a significant outperformance. We were among the first to have targets approved by the Science Based Targets Initiative. “We achieved the majority of these significant carbon reductions from improving efficiencies like reducing energy and fuel use, not through offsetting…

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