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Reducing our environmental impact

Environmental and climate consciousness are aligned to our mutual purpose.

We aim to take meaningful action by reducing the environmental impact of our business operations and managing better the impacts of a more unpredictable climate. We're also helping customers make their homes more energy efficient.

Note:

This area of our website offers information about some of the things we do as a responsible business. For information about how you could improve the energy efficiency of your home, visit our greener homes page.

Climate-related financial disclosures

Explore our emissions, risks and opportunities associated with climate change, and how we’re responding to them.

Climate-related financial disclosures

Environmental standard

Understand how our policies, guides and training inspire the thinking behind environmental performance at every level of our organisation.

Environmental standard

Our support for a net-zero economy

Environmental and climate consciousness are core to our strategy and align to our mutual purpose. This compels us to take meaningful action by:

  • Limiting the environmental impact of our business operations.
  • Helping customers to green their homes and businesses.
  • Better managing the impacts of a more unpredictable climate.

In doing so, we can demonstrate our mutual difference, that extends beyond our own customers and positively impacts our communities as well as wider society.

Intermediate (by 2030) science-based targets

We have set intermediate (by 2030) science-based targets for reducing our carbon emissions, in line with the UK’s goal to be net-zero by 2050.

Some of the action we are taking includes:


  1. 100% renewable electricity

    We continue to source 100% renewable electricity.


  1. Gas free by the end of 2030

    We are in the process of becoming gas-free across all our business operations by the end of 2030 and replacing this with electrical solutions.


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Measuring our waste and water consumption

We consider the impact of our business on nature and the environment. We follow a waste hierarchy approach by managing waste through prioritising reduction, reuse, then recycling. We continue to divert as much waste as possible from landfill. By working with our waste suppliers, we are aiming to continually divert 99% of our annual waste from landfill.

More about our climate-related financial disclosures

Our approach to biodiversity

We continue to work towards a more sustainable approach to managing our property estate, and increasing biodiversity is part of our long-term property sustainability strategy. We have a five-year management action plan in place to support our progress around our head office grounds in Swindon.

More about our biodiversity standard

Oakfield development

Nationwide’s Oakfield development consists of 239 EPC A-rated homes, built on a brownfield site in Swindon.

Each home is fitted with an air source heat pump and solar panels, and the development is completely gas-free.

We hope our approach to Oakfield will become a blueprint for other responsible organisations who wish to build more energy-efficient housing developments, that respect nature, in collaboration with local communities.

Learn more about Oakfield

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