Cormac continues to deliver impressive social, economic, and environmental benefits

Cormac, a leading civil engineering, highway, and environmental services provider, has demonstrated its ongoing commitment to delivering value for its communities by delivering an impressive £60 million in social, economic, and environmental impact over the last 12 months. Under the leadership of Managing Director Dominic Bostock, Cormac’s initiatives have encompassed diverse areas, including facilitated volunteering, […]

Costain builds carbon tracker to standardise emissions reporting

Costain, the infrastructure solutions company, has successfully trialled a carbon tracker platform that aims to standardise and improve carbon emissions reporting across its projects.  The tracker, visualised via an interactive, online dashboard, will enable project teams to capture construction related emissions, including Scope 3 emissions, from across the supply chain. It is part of Costain’s […]

East Herts Council’s Air Quality Action Plan receives DEFRA recognition

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has recognised East Herts Council’s Air Quality Action Plan (AQAP) as an example of best practice. The council’s plan is now included on DEFRA’s website to help other councils develop their own approaches to improving air quality. East Herts is one of 236 councils in the […]

Jet Plant Hire drives industry standards with sustainable planing solutions

Jet Plant Hire Ltd, a leading UK road planing contractor, is helping drive industry standards in sustainability and compliance, with regards to used planings and sweepings removed from road surfaces. By repurposing 100% of road planings, Jet Plant is actively reducing waste and aiming to help conserve natural resources, aligning with its strong environmental responsibility […]

Air pollution levels in Oxford drop by 14% in 2023

Air pollution levels in Oxford have decreased by 14% on average, compared with a 9% average reduction across the UK. Data from Oxford City Council has found that during 2023, overall NO2 levels in Oxford decreased by 14% on average on 2022 levels, and 33% on pre-pandemic (2019) levels. The data also indicates that, for the […]

Waste heat efficiency roll-out helping to reduce carbon emissions

Aggregate Industries is continuing to lead the way in sustainability by implementing waste heat recovery systems at three of its UK asphalt plants. The installation commences Aggregate Industries’ goal of 10 implementations by the end of 2024, saving a total estimated 1,000 tonnes CO₂ per year. Based on a thorough feasibility study of the recovery […]

Cormac uses battery-powered equipment to carry out essential community services

As part of their innovation strategy, staff from leading civil engineering, highway, and environmental services provider Cormac have been using STIHL battery-powered equipment to carry out services on behalf of local communities. STIHL’s outdoor equipment offers several advantages over petrol machines, including low vibration and noise levels, making it cleaner and safer for the operators […]

Tarmac trials UK first EV tipper for low emissions transport

In a UK-first, leading building materials and construction solutions provider Tarmac is trialling an all-electric tipper truck. With an ambitious commitment to reach a 30% absolute reduction in emissions by 2030 from a 2021 baseline, decarbonising operational equipment and plant is part of the company’s roadmap to net zero. Working with London-based electric truck manufacturer […]

Pupils help spread clean air day message in Dundee

Dundee school pupils are being encouraged to spread the word about this year’s Clean Air Day, which is on Thursday June 20. As part of work to support the campaign in city primaries, a competition is underway for classes to design a banner to get the message across to the public. It comes as city […]

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