Creating Better Futures Awards
The Creating Better Futures Awards recognise and celebrate impactful initiatives that align with our corporate vision of Creating Better Futures, across our four sustainability priorities:
Supporting climate action by delivering climate resilient infrastructure, investing in energy transition, and decarbonising existing projects – as we work towards net zero emissions across our portfolio by 2050.
Minimising environmental impact of resource consumption and biodiversity loss – creating a more circular world and an environment where plants, animals, and their natural habitats thrive.
Creating positive social impact to help address some of the needs of the communities where our projects operate – beyond our contractual obligations and the inherent benefits our assets deliver.
Promoting fair and safe working practices as well as diverse, equitable and inclusive workplaces – in our own business, portfolio companies, and across our supply chain.
The awards are open to all our portfolio businesses and supply chain partners, and have been designed to create a forum through which best practice can be shared. We are working with these parties to increase the number, scale, and therefore impact, of delivered initiatives and our joint success in achieving this will ensure our awards grow bigger and better each year.
2024
In July 2024, we held our Creating Better Futures Awards event, bringing together individuals from different assets to celebrate the impactful ESG initiatives being implemented across our portfolio.
Initiatives varied from:
– HS1’s installation of a mobile waste segregation unit at the station to improve recycling
– Deutsche GigaNetz’s ‘Smart Meter Retrofitting’ scheme, optimising the energy efficiency of their fibre optic network by using smart meters and solar panels
– Peterborough Hospital’s wellbeing garden, enhancing biodiversity for the enjoyment of patients and staff
– RSME’s Water Supply System, providing a sustainable water supply to over 3,500 people at the 2023 Sapper Games
Out of the 38 submissions we received, we had 13 assets that met the InfraRed gold standard across our sustainability priorities: Climate, Communities, People, Environment.
Take a look at our event video on the right.
For further information about the gold standard initiatives, please read our 2024 Sustainability Report.
