Vp plc commits to reach net-zero GHG emissions across the value chain (scope 1, 2 and 3) by 2050 from a 2022 base year.
By 2025:
Groundforce has once again sponsored Gildersome FC, a local team to the Leeds office Ailsa House, coached by Groundforce Shorco’s (our excavation support business) Area
On the crisp morning of 20th July, four Vp volunteers joined Nina from the Kent Wildlife Trust for a nature safari and wellbeing day.
With a commitment to sustainability and reducing their carbon footprint, Groundforce Shorco, Piletec and Mr Cropper have undertaken a major initiative to switch 90% of their
To evaluate our alignment with the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their corresponding targets, we conducted a thorough review. These 17 aspirational goals were defined with the purpose of progressing positive environmental, social and governance change for the world by the 2030. They are a blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all and they address many of the global challenges we face including poverty, climate change and biodiversity loss.
Vp are focused on 11 of the SDGs, listed below, and the presence of SDG icons throughout the website signifies where we are achieving progress towards these goals.
The Vp Group recognises that development is absolutely important, but in a way that is in balance with nature.
We are supporting three new nature conservation projects focussed on the restoration of seagrass meadows, agricultural advisor training and the reintroduction of Lynx to the UK.
We have published a Medium Term Roadmap to Net Zero by 2050.
We have achieved ISO 50001 – Energy Management System certification across all UK sites.
The Vp Group has achieved Gold status with the Plant Charter for excellence in our commitment to reducing carbon emissions and air pollution.
We have committed to science based emissions reduction targets which were submitted to the Science-based Target initiative for validation in December 2022.
We have made significant headway in mainstreaming sustainability within our procurement functions through publishing a sustainable procurement policy and integrating new supplier management software.
Continued investment into increasingly sustainable and electrified rental fleet solutions.
