The Broadway Shopping Centre – Environmental Policy
At The Broadway shopping centre we recognise that we have a responsibility to reduce the impact of our operation on the environment wherever possible. Sustainability and reducing environmental impact are central to our business strategy alongside making a difference within our local community.
We are committed to:
- Complying with all relevant environmental legislation and regulations
- Encouraging environmentally responsible behaviour throughout our workforce
- Improving the awareness and understanding of environmental issues amongst contractors, retailers and visitors
- Continually improve by putting sustainability at the centre of operational decision making; incorporating smaller and more substantial changes to centre operations and processes which have a positive environmental impact
- Preventing pollution wherever possible and practicable by developing non-polluting practices
- Sourcing electricity that originates from 100% renewable sources for the centre common areas
- Communicating ways in which the local community can engage and contribute to centre sustainability initiatives
- Setting goals and targets to continually improve our environmental performance
Our Environmental Goals
- Reduce our carbon footprint in line with the current 2030 climate energy framework ambitions by
- Reducing our greenhouse gas emissions
- Increasing, where possible, our renewable energy consumption
- Further increase energy efficiencies across the scheme
- Work with our onsite team, retailers and visitors to promote the waste hierarchy of Prevent, Reduce, Recycle, Recover; therefore, disposing of as little as possible with zero waste to landfill
- Ensuring safe and efficient storage and disposal of all waste
- Educate all stakeholders
The Broadway is proud that it has achieved
ENERGY
2016-21 TARGET 10% reduction in electricity usage
2016-21 ACTUAL SAVING 52.1% reduction, which is the equivalent of:
- Enough energy to power 203 standard homes for a year
- 482,966kg of carbon emissions savings from reduced electricity usage
WASTE
2016-21 TARGET 10% reduction and ZERO to landfill
2016-21 ACTUAL 55% reduction and ZERO to landfill
- If waste was measured in transport this is the equivalent of 41 London buses or 16.5 Bradford buses filled with commuters