Sustainability
Efficient use of resources to promote a circular economy, with close monitoring of energy, air quality, water usage, emissions and carbon levels, is carried out through all projects and businesses within the John F Hunt Group nationwide.
Sustainability Statistics
Diversion From Landfill – Percentage 98%
HVO Fuel Used – 924,691 Litres
HVO Percentage of Overall Fuel – Percentage 19 %
Recycling Rate – Percentage 52. 05 %
Sustainability Timeline
John F Hunt was Created
John F Hunt Ltd- ISO 14001 Certified
Recording of oil site CO2 emissions
Energy audits are undertaken across owned properties
Installation of EV charging points at owned offices
Plant upgrade to NRMM Stage 5 begins
Implementation of SmartWaste by Bre
Plant telemetry tracking for project improvement
Green Diesel HVO introduced on sites
Low carbon concrete use for non-structural elements
Introduction of stage 5 & hybrid generators
1st Hybrid excavator purchased
UKGBC Membership & SME hub carbon initiatives
PAS 2080 Certification
All offices - 100% Renewable energy
Introduced Low Carbon Concrete at St Pancras Campus
Joined Grosvenor's Supplier Mentoring Programme
Procured 30% Renewables for site (100% renewable by 2025)
Carbon Neutral site at Cundy Street project
John F Hunt Ltd - partners with Normative for real-time Carbon Accounting Data
John F Hunt Ltd - Investment in Sustainability Department with In-House Analyst
Reduction in Carbon emissions 2022-2023
John F Hunt Group - ISO50001 Status Energy Management
JFH engages with Carbon Footprint to offset all remaining carbon emissions from the Cundy Street project
Saint Gobain Collaboration at 1 Exchange Square for high end Glass Recycling
Partnership with SAS International to ReUse 888m2 of Ceiling Tiles
Development of in-house Carbon Accounting Platform
Patron Member of AS8P
Early Adopter of Excess Material Exchange
PAS 2080 Recertification
Digital Innovation
EFFICIENCY & INNOVATION
Our goal is to achieve Net Zero Carbon by 2050, through developing more efficient technologies, recycling, and waste minimalization, monitored through the use of our in-house carbon accounting platform. We maximise secondary material use, lessening the demand on primary resources, so producing an increase in efficiency and improving project costs.
Innovation is essential for the positive development of our business and the protection of our surroundings by creating maintainable solutions, our aim being to encourage resolutions that balance economic, environmental and social issues. This also creates added value for our clients, employees, subcontractors and the community in which we work.
Targets and Carbon Reduction
As part of our ambitions to become carbon neutral, we have set the below minimum goals, which will assist in achieving our Net Zero targets.
Halve our greenhouse gas emissions before 2030
Disclose our progress on a yearly basis
Circular Economy – Status
Due to John F Hunt’s unique position as an enabling works contractor, we play a key part in making the circular economy a reality. In every project we play a part in we advocate for the reuse of materials, whether that be directly in redevelopment or to the wider supply chain.
1 Exchange Square – 592 Tonnes of Raised Access Flooring sent for reuse, the equivalent of 57,600 floor panels
30 Duke Street, St James’s – Steel Reuse in action, 8 tonnes of steel cut and reused in temporary works.
Snow Hill – 17.22 tonnes of bricks have been sent for reuse at Snow Hill, resulting in a carbon saving of 0.17 tCO₂e compared to if they had been sent for recycling, or 0.21 tCO₂e if they had been landfilled.
Low Carbon Materials- Status
In 2023, John F Hunt Ltd used 138,286 Litres of HVO (accounting for 70% of all fuel), producing a carbon saving of 388.45 tCO₂e compared to if diesel had been used.
Low Carbon Steel – East Road – Tonnage Used 493 tCO2e saved 769.96
Low Carbon Concrete – The Other House – Concrete Savings compared to CEM1 Concrete equals 444.399 CO2eT, this is the equivalent of 753 individual passenger flights from London to New York.
Social Value – Examples
Our aim is to support the communities that’s we work in, we engage with local employment and supply chains to maximise their involvement in our projects. Although our presence on site is often short, we try to identify residents needs and help them achieve their community goals.
As a business we strive to support the next generation of construction professionals in the areas with operate in. This is done through our ‘Building Foundations’ programme of apprenticeships and career support.
Examples:
St Barnabus Engagement at Cundy Street
Ebury Bridge Engagement
Euston Foodbank Volunteering Hours
Environmental
Behind our efforts to lower our carbon use is a huge network of specialist consulting engineers, environmentalists, doctors and scientists. Their mission on each of our regeneration, demolition and structural projects is to carry out practical monitoring programmes enabling maximum efficiency and the lowest possible carbon output in quantifiable terms.
Case Studies:
Silverton Mill: We successfully delivered this regeneration project in Devon, with our sustainable and environmentally sensitive design meeting with the aims of The National Trust and the Environment Agency. (Won ‘Best Biodiversity Enhancement Award’)
Sugar House Island, Stratford: 7,000 litres of neat creosote was removed from the groundwater and approx. 50,000 m3 of soil was treated using sustainable techniques – making the project one of the largest remediation schemes in the UK. (Won ‘Best Biodiversity Enhancement Award’)
Wheal Jane Mine, Cornwall: The Coal Authority on behalf of DEFRA and the Environment Agency awarded the operation of the mine to John F Hunt WaterTech to maintain and prevent any release of contaminated water into the Carnon River and the Fal Estuary.
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