Protecting the Environment, Every Day
Alongside cutting carbon, we look after the places where we work and the resources we use. Seddon’s ISO 14001-certified environmental management system sets out how every site manages waste, materials, energy, water, pollution and biodiversity.
Waste & resources: reducing waste at source, reusing materials where possible and diverting waste from landfill.
Single-use plastics: our water drum take-back scheme and subcontractor pre-start commitments remove avoidable plastics from our sites.
Green site set-up: energy-efficient site cabins, low-carbon power and responsible site practices, led by our Net Zero Heroes.
Sustainable supply chain: as a Supply Chain Sustainability School member, we share knowledge and training to help our partners reduce their impact too.
Protecting nature: respecting local habitats and species, following project ecology requirements and preventing pollution throughout construction.
Looking after nature
At Seddon, we follow each project’s ecology plan and look for ways to go further. Depending on the site, that can mean protecting existing trees and hedgerows, keeping green space for the people who use the building, and adding homes for wildlife such as bat and bird boxes, swift bricks and bug hotels. Where a scheme has a biodiversity net gain plan, we build the habitat improvements it sets out.
Our people give their time too. Our Net Zero Heroes spent a volunteering day improving the local environment in Sandwell, with more days planned for 2027, alongside the community work our project teams deliver.
Good neighbours on site
Our sites are often next door to homes, schools and rivers, so we plan our work to keep pollution, noise and disruption down. Seddon site teams keep concrete wash water, fuel and silt out of drains and watercourses, and choose cleaner, quieter ways of working where they can.
On live school sites, we save the noisiest, most disruptive work for half-terms and holidays.
