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Henry Brothers Sets the Bar for Sustainability in Construction Sector Henry Brothers, one of the UK’s leading construction companies and Northern Ireland’s Responsible Business of the Year, has announced its strategy to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. The organisation, which is already building a new net carbon zero Nursery and Forest School for Staffordshire University and a £9m sustainable development at Loughborough University, aims to reduce total greenhouse gasses emissions by 2% each year for the next nine years and to halve CO2e emissions by 2030. The Journey to Net Zero strategy will be achieved through a number of initiatives such as implementing 100% hybrid/electric cars by 2025, utilising 100% eco cabins on sites by 2025, and enhancing its biodiversity by 2% a year. Ian Henry, CSR Director at Henry Brothers, said: “Sustainability has been at the heart of our operations for over two decades with eco-friendly practices adopted since the 1990s and progress recorded since 2014.
Pictured at the Henry Brothers nature reserve are the firm’s CSR director Ian Henry and acting group environmental and quality manager Deborah Madden.
“The outcomes of our sustainability initiatives to date – which include developing the Henry Brothers Nature Reserve, creating the Sustainability Professionals Forum, and involvement with tree planting schemes – have been excellent, but the launch of our Net Zero Strategy is certainly our most significant commitment to date. “It comes at a time where businesses and individuals have more of a responsibility than ever before to change our behaviour and protect our environment. “Our Journey to Net Zero outlines exactly how we will achieve this ambitious goal by working with our employees, clients and partners to achieve a sustainable future that builds upon the extensive foundations already in place.”
Diageo Apprentice Receives Coveted Award
A trainee engineer based at Diageo’s Belfast Packaging facility, has won the Apprentice of the Year Award. Lauren Johnston was recognised at the Northern Ireland Apprenticeship Awards 2022 which shine a light on the significant contribution that Northern Ireland’s 10,000 apprentices make to their workplace environments. The engineering apprentice has been working for 18 months at Diageo’s east Belfast plant, which is responsible for packaging beers like Guinness, Harp and Smithwick’s with the facility producing a record volume of 18.3 million cases of beer in the year up to June 2021. Lauren, who has been developing her skillset as a mechatronic engineer, has completed her first year in Engineering Maintenance L3 apprenticeship studies with the South Eastern Regional College. Diageo has a significant economic footprint in Northern Ireland with three sites including Baileys Global Supply at Mallusk, corporate head offices in Belfast city centre and the beer packaging facility in east Belfast. The company has been a consistent provider of apprenticeships for young people with a particular focus on promoting STEM and inclusivity, with Belfast Packaging committed to further Engineering and Operator apprentice recruitment in 2022.
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