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Unite Students partners with youth intervention charity

Stuart Mitchell

Unite Students, the UK’s leading owner, manager and developer of student accommodation, has partnered with Streets of Growth, a leading youth intervention charity. Unite Students will provide two floors of space to the organisation at its flagship London property, Hayloft Point, to allow it to undertake vital work in the local area. Streets of Growth, which was founded in 2001, is a dynamic, ‘life changing’ youth intervention charity, engaging with disadvantaged and marginalised young adults (aged 15-25). It works closely with the police and other agencies to tackle knife crime,…

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Unite Students launches pathway to Net Zero

Stuart Mitchell

Unite Students, the UK’s largest provider of student accommodation, has today released a new document outlining its pathway to net zero by 2030, including targets for carbon reduction now formally validated by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi). Unite Students has set two key overarching targets for delivery as part of its Sustainability Strategy: net zero carbon operations by 2030 and net zero carbon development by 2030. The new pathway brings together areas of focus, further targets and planned investment covering both elements. The pathway outlines four key steps: Reduce…

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Unite Students Launch Sustainability Commitments

Stuart Mitchell

Real estate investment company Unite Students, has set a new sustainability commitment to reach net-zero carbon across its operations and construction by 2030. They published the below omn their website which explains a bit more about their plans: A commitment to “doing what’s right” is part of who we are at Unite Students. Over the years we’ve worked hard to reduce our environmental impact, support the wellbeing of our student customers, and promote access to higher education through the Unite Foundation. However even before 2020 brought us the COVID-19 pandemic…

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