McLaughlin & Harvey achieves CHAMPION level of the Carbon Reduction Code for the Built Environment.

CSIC is delighted to announce that McLaughlin & Harvey, a privately owned company with over 170 years of experience, specialising in construction and civil engineering, has met the criteria to achieve CHAMPION level of the Carbon Reduction Code for the Built Environment.

McLaughlin & Harvey joins a growing community of Code compliant organisations. The Carbon Reduction Code for the Built Environment, which is hosted by CSIC and is part of the Construction Leadership Council’s Construct Zero initiative, is structured around commitments that stimulate action in different aspects of carbon reduction.

We are pleased to reach ‘Champion’ level with the Carbon reduction code for the built environment. This is tremendous recognition for the hard work our staff, supply chain and design teams have done over the past 12 months progressing from signatory. (…) We fully appreciate the support and approach of the carbon reduction code and the opportunities this brings. Making the essential change, sharing our journey with our peers and open, honest trust and collaboration is absolutely key in driving the built environment carbon emissions to net zero and beyond. Carl Rushton, head of sustainability at McLaughlin & Harvey

All organisations that comply with the Code must set out and publish plans to meet net zero by 2045, including annual targets, recognising that the majority of cuts need to be made by 2030, and they publish progress against those plans annually. This is the minimum commitment for achieving PLEDGER status, the first of the three levels of compliance to the Code. To comply with the criteria required to achieve SIGNATORY or CHAMPION level, an organisation must sign up to additional commitments designed for supply chain members or clients.

The Carbon Reduction Code was developed by a cross industry working group in 2020 and first issued it in 2021. The Code is designed to facilitate action and collaboration in the built environment towards reducing carbon emissions (CO2eq) related to design, construction, maintenance, operation and decommissioning of built assets. Creating a community of built environment organisations to support each other will help everyone to reach the destination of net zero. 

Carl Rushton, head of sustainability at McLaughlin & Harvey said “We are pleased to reach ‘Champion’ level with the Carbon reduction code for the built environment.  This is tremendous recognition for the hard work our staff, supply chain and design teams have done over the past 12 months progressing from signatory. Our sustainability core values are driving continuous engagement, collaboration and innovation.  These are manifesting themselves in our daily and ongoing decisions and actions. We fully appreciate the support and approach of the carbon reduction code and the opportunities this brings.  Making the essential change, sharing our journey with our peers and open, honest trust and collaboration is absolutely key in driving the built environment carbon emissions to net zero and beyond”.

The latest version of the Carbon Code and additional guidance can be found on the Carbon Reduction Code pages of the CSIC website, or contact carboncode-enquiries@eng.cam.ac.uk with any questions.