Our supply chain

The carbon maturity framework

Every day on site, we drive the operational performance of over 25,000 people in our supply chain.

Add to this the numbers of consultants, designers, and engineers, and this number probably increases by 50 per cent again.More than ever we need to work more collaboratively with our supply chain to deliver projects for our clients that generate much lower carbon emissions during project delivery and over the entire building lifecycle.To help and support their contribution to carbon reduction, we are introducing a Carbon Maturity Framework. This framework is designed to guide and empower the supply chain to reduce their carbon contribution by supporting them through levels of certification, disclosure, upskilling and action to enable the removal of Scope 3 emissions.Five levels of the frameworkLevel 1 | Key staff have had basic training about carbon in the built environment
Level 2 | The supplier is measuring and reporting their Scope 1 & 2 emissions
Level 3 | Voluntary disclosure of organisational carbon emissions to the Carbon Disclosure Programme
Level 4 | The supplier has set and had verified a science-based targetby the SBTi
Level 5 | Optimising resource efficiency, materials passports and repurposing redundant materialsThe carbon maturity framework graphic over the page demonstrates how the levels work visually.

How important will the supply chain be in reducing our carbon?

Imperative, we can't do it without them
Important, but it's just one element of the journey
Important, but too difficult to force others
Not important, other elements rank higher