She's Electric!
Morgan Sindall Property Services, our main repairs contractor, have introduced the first electric van to their fleet of vehicles here in Southend.
This is the start of a roll out by Morgan Sindall which aims to see all the company’s vehicles replaced with electric models by the end of 2023, availability allowing, and the company itself being carbon neutral by 2030.
We shall keep you posted on the success of this roll out, which supports South Essex Homes' overall aims to make our business more environmentally sustainable.
A spokesperson for the Morgan Sindall Group said: “Already, the Group has achieved a 64% reduction in carbon emissions (Scope 1, 2 and operational Scope 3) since 2010, and our carbon intensity – the amount of carbon emitted per £m revenue - has been cut by 75% over the same period. We have set ourselves an ambitious target of net zero by 2030 and we are on track to meet it. Any residual carbon will be offset not abroad, but in the UK, in independently audited projects we will help manage.
“We have been independently recognised for our leadership by organisations such as CDP, getting an ‘A’ score both for our leadership on climate change, and our engagement of our supply chain. We were one of the first companies in the world to gain accreditation by the Science-Based Targets Initiative and for over a decade our emissions figures have been independently audited by Achilles, under the Carbon Reduce scheme.”