Our approach to sustainability

Our mission is to deliver targeted and sustainable economic, social and environmental benefits in line with our purpose.

Our purpose is to create a better world at work. This means promoting a better workplace for all colleagues across our business and those of our customers and partners. It also means driving forward wider social and environmental agendas to preserve the planet and promote a fair, inclusive and respectful society.

Through various strategies, initiatives and programmes, we are delivering positive change across the organisation. We are making EMCOR UK safer, happier and more inclusive. We are making our customers and supply chain more sustainable too.

Our 2023 carbon reduction plan demonstrates our commitment to achieve Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions across our operations and supply chain.

Our sustainability framework

Our sustainability framework guides how we create value for our customers and wider stakeholders. It ensures we manage our business responsibly, ethically and progressively.

Through our holistic focus on environment, society and governance, we are driving positive change in many areas. These include health, safety and wellbeing, equity, diversity and inclusion and carbon reduction.

Our framework is underpinned by robust systems, processes, policies and measurement tools. We maintain an industry-leading suite of ISO certifications and trade memberships, demonstrating the rigour of our approach and the credibility of our reporting.

Occupancy and workplace experience study for the Care Quality Commission 

We worked with CQC in 2023 to help understand how it’s hybrid working programme was impacting office utilisation. The outcome of this work provided the data to inform evidence-based decision making.

Five years of energy management support for the UK Government 

For 5 years, we’ve worked in collaboration with a central government department to support their decarbonisation goals and impacts on the environment.  The net results of improvements achieved include over £500,000 of savings.