The report aims to showcase the waste management company’s progress towards its key sustainability and social value targets in 2023-24.
Topham said: “Last year was another great year for Biffa. We continue to successfully execute our strategy and are making great progress towards our sustainability targets.
“As a business Biffa has grown 49% in terms of revenue since 2019/20 and, during the same period, we have cut our Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 37%, breaking the link between emissions and growth.
“Last year we extended our capabilities and expertise through the acquisition of companies excelling in different aspects of sustainable waste management. We will continue to build on this success, while navigating a year of change with the launch of critical new policies in the next 12 months.
“Delivering system wide change across the UK also requires government to use the right policy levers to maximum effect. Last year saw further progress on waste and resource policy development and we welcome the early prioritisation of a circular economy by the new Government in Westminster.
“This is also true of the wider UK journey to net zero. Effective action on climate change is slipping down the political agenda even as the global impacts of extreme weather become increasingly profound.
“It has never been more important that people and organisations understand their roles and responsibilities in reducing emissions and ensuring a safe environment for future generations.”
Other highlights from the Sustainability Report 2023-24 have shown that Biffa:
- Prevented over 45,000 tonnes of surplus from becoming waste, up from 41,445 tonnes in 2022-23
- Redistributed over 107 million units of food and consumer items
- Increased plastics recycling capacity to 213,000 tonnes, up from 167,000 tonnes in 2022-23
- Collected 559,000 tonnes of business waste for recycling
- Improved collection route efficiency (lifts per km) by 9%
- 158 alternative fuelled vehicles in collection fleet, up from 120 in 2022-23
- Planning permission for 19.3MW of solar
- Lost time injury rate decreased to 0.29
- Improvement in employee engagement scores for Health and Safety, Wellbeing and DE&I
- Over 39,000 Company Shop members supported by Community Hubs
- 685 Company Shop members moved into full or part time employment through Progress Academies
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