Building a sustainable future

As a nationwide facilities management business, we are part of nearly all communities across the UK, which is why our goals are designed to give back and enhance local eco-systems.
Our objectives drive local accountability within the business and ensure that our strategy is embedded in our everyday working practices and underpins our decision making across all regions, divisions and functions.

Our Environment

Safeguarding our environment
for future generations
  • Being a transparent, credible, sustainably managed business
  • Clear environmental targets 
  • Reducing environmental impacts from operational activities
  • Working with our supply chain to reduce indirect impacts of our activities
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Energy and carbon
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Waste
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Procurement
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Water
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Biodiversity and environmental initiatives
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Training and education

Aims and achievements

Today...

Our organisational carbon footprint now includes all relevant scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions, in line with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard and the Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard. 

60%

reduction of waste going in to landfill

Awarded Sustainable Facilities Management Index (SFMI) Silver Award in 2022

Ecovadis Gold
Award

57

metric
tons
single-use plastic saved through sustainably led innovations and product development in 21/22 

Introduced first company closed-loop recycling scheme for plastic containers 

Tomorrow...

Churchill is committed to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2040

We are committed to submitting science-based targets for validation by June 2023

Increase proportion of electric vehicles in the fleet

Work towards achieving SFMI Gold and EcoVadis Platinum

Continue to drive down waste generation and water use per employee, and increase overall recycling rates

Work with our supply chain to further embed circularity and sustainability into our service offerings

Net zero carbon
emissions by 2040

30%
reduction of CO2 e emissions by 2027 by moving to 30% electric vehicles by 2027
45%
reduction of CO2 e emissions by 2030 by moving to 50% electric vehicles by 2030
65%
reduction of CO2 e emissions (scope 1+2) by 2035 by moving to 70% electric vehicles by 2035

Growing an environmental culture

Sustainability Report

Plastic Reduction

Plastic Reduction

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Sustainability Charter

Sustainability Charter

Accreditation

Accreditation

Waste Management

Waste Management

Science based targets

Science based targets

We have signed a letter of commitment that we...

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Carbon Disclosure Project

Carbon Disclosure Project

We have signed up to the Carbon...

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EcoVadis Gold Award

EcoVadis Gold Award

We recently signed up to an external audit process... Read More

Plastic Reduction

We are implementing the updated PVA range across our client sites. To date, these products have helped us to eliminate over 150 tonnes of plastic waste. To complement this effort, we have also introduced a closed loop delivery system for some products, greatly reducing waste and further increasing the efficiency of our supply.

Waste Management

We partner with a handful of waste companies who we have selected for their commitment to sustainability, both on our customer sites and our own facilities. We offer a range of innovations for waste management which keep waste as high up the waste hierarchy as possible. As an example, PHS our sanitary waste provider, collect sanitary and nappy waste from our clients and takes it to an ‘Energy from Waste’ plant.

Science Based Targets

We aim to achieve Net Zero by 2040. To achieve this, we have submitted Scope 1, 2 and 3 near term science-based targets to the SBTi. By setting science-based targets, we are firmly committing to reducing our emissions to a point required to keep global temperature rise limited to 1.5oC. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that global warming must not exceed 1.5°C to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

https://sciencebasedtargets.org/

Accreditation

Our Integrated Management System (IMS) incorporates the ISO 14001 Environmental Management and ISO 50001 Energy Management standards, amongst others, into everything we do. Approval to these standards demonstrates our commitment to continual improvement and environmental stewardship.

Carbon Disclosure Project

We have signed up to the Carbon Disclosure Project. Each year CDP supports thousands of companies, cities, and regions to measure and manage their risks and opportunities on climate change, water security and deforestation.

EcoVadis Gold Award

In 2022 Churchill Contract Services was awarded an EcoVadis Gold Medal.
Ecovadis is a globally recognised sustainability rating system. It covers a broad range of non-financial management systems including Environmental, Labour & Human Rights, Ethics and Sustainable Procurement impacts.
Each company is rated on their demonstrable performance on the above. Ultimately the rating system allows us to identify risks, drive improvements and accelerate our positive impacts. https://ecovadis.com/

We are implementing the updated PVA range across our client sites. To date, these products have helped us to eliminate over 150 tonnes of plastic waste. To complement this effort, we have also introduced a closed loop delivery system for some products, greatly reducing waste and further increasing the efficiency of our supply.

Our sustainability champions team is made up of volunteers from across the Churchill Group who are passionate about having a positive impact on the communities and environments we live and work in. Their remit is to ensure that we not only spread our community support across the UK but that we work with the right projects and partners to make the biggest impact we can.
In 2020 we appointed phs as our main washroom service provider. Instead of sending waste to landfill, phs collects sanitary and nappy waste from our clients and takes it to an ‘Energy From Waste’ plant. This means that not only are we reducing waste going to landfill, but also that 150 households can be powered with electricity for whole year.
We have signed a letter of commitment that we will be setting science-based targets. The latest climate science sends a clear warning that we must dramatically curb temperature rise to avoid the catastrophic impacts of climate change. Science-based targets show companies how much and how quickly they need to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to prevent the worst effects of climate change.
We have signed up to the Carbon Disclosure Project. Each year CDP supports thousands of companies, cities, and regions to measure and manage their risks and opportunities on climate change, water security and deforestation.

We recently signed up to an external audit process (EcoVadis) to assess Churchill with regard to ESG. Four areas assessed were:

  • Environment
  • Ethics
  • Labour and Human rights
  • Sustainable procurement

The EcoVadis Rating covers a broad range of non-financial management systems including Environmental, Labour & Human Rights, Ethics and Sustainable Procurement impacts. Each company is rated on the material issues as they pertain to their company’s size, location and industry. These evidence-based assessments are refined into easy-to-read scorecards, providing zero to one hundred (0-100) scores, and medals (bronze, silver, gold), when applicable.

Reports, blogs and case studies

our goals for 2022...

100%

recycling
facilities in
all offices

25%

reduction of
waste going in
to landfill

500

hours pledged
to be spent on
environmental
initiatives

100%

training to all
Churchill employees
on environmental
awareness

EcoVadis Gold Award