Reporting Boundary: D Hammond Group operations
Emission Sources: Electricity, T&D Losses, Natural Gas, Fleet Travel, Business Travel, Waste, Paper, Homeworking
Reporting Period: 01 April 2021 – 31 March
2022
We engage our employees and wider stakeholders to unlock their talent and knowledge to drive year on year progress in sustainability.
We recognise that transparent communication is essential for transformational change and we quantifiably contribute to 6 SDG.
The D Hammond Group, which comprises Darenth Valley Building Services and D Hammond, offers a single-source maintenance solution to owners and occupiers of commercial properties in London and the southeast. Darenth Valley Building Services, which holds the Royal Warrant for Building Services and Maintenance Engineering, provides maintenance services whilst D Hammond delivers refurbishments projects.
In this Decade of Action, The D Hammond Group wants to ensure that it is a force for good: positively transforming society and the planet by measuring its own impact on the environment.
Understanding its carbon footprint is the first step in identifying ways to minimise its impact on the planet. Working with Planet Mark has enabled The D Hammond Group to formalise the capture of information necessary to track its carbon impact and set true targets. From moving management to electric vehicles to implementing improvements across its building to make it more carbon efficient, environmental sustainability has become embedded in the business.
The D Hammond Group will continue to minimise its carbon emissions and share its journey to inspire others. By being more strategic about its environmental responsibility, it will be able to significantly increase its positive impact and hope to encourage continual improvements within its community.
“Congratulations to D Hammond Group on its third year of Planet Mark certification. After setting out clear measurements and targets, the second year of certification is a critical moment to set the trend of continuous sustainable improvement. D Hammond Group has superseded its second year target by a distance. It is a great feat, and I am proud of the team for making their climate ambition a reality.”
“I am proud that D Hammond has been awarded Planet Mark certification. As a business and a Royal Warrant holder, we continuously strive to find more sustainable ways of working and encourage our clients and suppliers to do the same. Working with Planet Mark keeps us focussed on our commitment to continuous improvement in environmental and social sustainability and endorses the progress we make.”
To recertify next year The D Hammond Group must reduce emissions by 2.5%.
A 5% year-on-year reduction is the target reduction recommended by Planet Mark.