Sustainability Statement

Absolute Solar

Absolute Solar is a family owned and run company on the frontline of the UK sustainability sector. We deliver Cavity Wall and Loft Insulation and Solar Panel generation and Battery Storage for new build and retro fit domestic buildings. At Absolute Solar we have always believed it is our responsibility have a holistic approach to maintain a sustainable business, considering our people, our planet, and our long-term prosperity. To that end our sustainability statement supports and guides the work we are doing in reducing our carbon footprint.

Sustainability Statement
We believe in thinking, operating, and behaving in a sustainable way. This starts with our decision-making processes from our business strategy and runs through, to our day-to-day behaviours and activities as a company. This sustainability statement outlines the focus areas of our sustainability strategy.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions & Zero Carbon Strategy:

Absolute Solar commit to improving our energy efficiency and reducing our associated greenhouse gas emissions. We will achieve this by continually improving our operational activities. Our key priority is our transport operations and considering the feasibility of emerging technologies. We commit to net zero carbon emissions by 2050. We will measure and report our carbon footprint and work towards our zero carbon goals.

Our Carbon Footprint
Absolute Solar are a new build insulation and domestic solar panel installer, making annual carbon savings of 25,400 tonnes (CO2e) a year. This is achieved by insulating 10,000 homes a year to 2025-part L standards, reducing new build homes carbon footprint by 2.38 tonnes CO2e compared to older homes (2/3rds Co2e saving on older new homes*). We therefore save 23,800 tonnes of carbon per year through insulation. We also fit 1,000 solar panel PV arrays per year. Each system saves 1.6 tonnes** of carbon Co2 year giving a saving of 1600 tonnes per year.

Sustainability Policy

Absolute Solar is working towards sustainability through enhancing circularity of all its products and services. This sustainability statement is a clear commitment of where we are today on implementing our sustainability policy. We are investing in our HQ to reduce its carbon footprint by installing solar panels with battery storage. We are also investing in more energy efficient vehicles and smart journey planning to reduce our carbon footprint per measure installed.

Our Sustainability Commitment
We commit to reducing waste and reducing waste to landfill and are actively driving down all causes of waste. We actively engage in improving the circularity of our products through increasing the recycled content and recyclability (working with the UK’s only solar panel recycling centre) of our products and packaging with our partners.

Our fit-right first-time quality culture ensures maximum delivered benefit and lifespan of our products, while reducing our carbon footprint. The vast majority of our products have a 25+ year lifespan and we are working to ensure all our products achieve maximum possible lifespan.

Our sustainability statement will be updated regularly as we progress towards carbon zero.

Supply Chain Improvement

We work collaboratively with all our supply chain partners to actively develop and introduce responsible sourcing, quality, environment, and health & safety management systems, to enhance the built environment within which we operate. We actively review and proactively manage our relationships within our supply chain to improve our sustainability goals.

Resource Use Optimisation

Absolute Solar s committed to the efficient use of natural resources and will strive to replace raw materials with post-consumer materials where practicable. We aim to minimise our usage of materials and actively look to reduce wastage in their use. This is achieved through new product innovation, smart procurement, and optimal design to achieve a sustainable outcome.

People & Employment

Absolute Solar recognises our responsibility to our people, by providing adequate training for our entire staff to continually improve quality, health & safety, environmental and sustainability awareness. We employ and develop people within our business who share our sustainable ethos and support legal, social and industry requirements and to maintain or increase competency levels as the business develops.

Sustainable Values

Absolute Solar commit to increasing its sustainable values, and will measure, and set meaningful improvement targets year on year.

Communication

We communicate this policy to all employees and make it available on our website. We will train and empower employees to understand the sustainability policy and strategy.

1. *Greener Cleaner Change – Home Builders Federation Report – March 2022

2. **Energy Saving Trust – Carbon Savings from Solar Panels June 2023

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