{"id":95137,"date":"2021-06-22T14:29:19","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T13:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=95137"},"modified":"2021-06-22T14:29:19","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T13:29:19","slug":"sisk-carbon-neutral-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/sisk-carbon-neutral-business\/95137\/","title":{"rendered":"Sisk becomes certified carbon neutral business"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnsiskandson.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Sisk &amp; Son<\/a> has reached the first milestone in its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnsiskandson.com\/uploads\/pdf\/John-Sisk-Son-2030-Sustainability-Roadmap.pdfhttps:\/www.johnsiskandson.com\/uploads\/pdf\/John-Sisk-Son-2030-Sustainability-Roadmap.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2030 Sustainability Roadmap<\/a> by achieving carbon neutral business certification<\/h2>\n<p>Sisk achieved certification under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.achilles.com\/feature\/carbon-reduce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Achilles Carbon Reduce Programme<\/a> in early 2021, by having their 2019 baseline and 2020 carbon footprint externally verified.<\/p>\n<p>As well as achieving a reduction in carbon emissions during 2020 Sisk has also offset their outstanding emissions through internationally verified carbon reduction projects.<\/p>\n<p>During 2020 Sisk reduced carbon emissions by 19% against their 2019 baseline due to a decrease in carbon emissions from diesel in their company fleet.<\/p>\n<h3>The latest milestone was achieved by:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Use of effective travel plans,<\/li>\n<li>Use of technology for virtual meetings,<\/li>\n<li>Reduction in employee commuting miles,<\/li>\n<li>Introduction of another 40 electric vehicles added to the fleet in 2020, and<\/li>\n<li>All electricity in the business now procured from renewable sources.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sisk has partnered with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southpole.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">South Pole<\/a>, the project developer, to purchase carbon offsets for their outstanding carbon emissions.<\/p>\n<h3>Including:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Wind Energy \u2013 India. The project provides green electricity to support India\u2019s growing economy, and also brings benefits, such as jobs and infrastructure, to under-developed regions.<\/li>\n<li>Siam Cement \u2013 Thailand. By shifting to renewable biomass instead of fossil fuels, five Thai cement manufacturing plants can substantially reduce their carbon emissions \u2013 leading to environmental and socio-economic benefits for surrounding communities.<\/li>\n<li>Toyola Cookstoves \u2013 Ghana. This project distributes efficient cookstoves that require less wood and produce less smoke, alleviating deforestation and enabling healthier livelihoods.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In their 2030 Sustainability Roadmap \u2013<strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Building today, caring for tomorrow \u2013 Sisk set ambitious targets on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/sixth-carbon-budget\/92244\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tackling climate change<\/a> and air pollution, committing to 21 targets, including 50% of their vehicle fleet being electric by 2024 and an ultimate goal of achieving a carbon-neutral status.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Bowcott, chief executive officer at John Sisk &amp; Son, said: \u201cin our 2030 Sustainability Roadmap we set some ambitious targets, and I am delighted that we have achieved our first goal, achieving carbon neutral status by offsetting the emissions from our operations through international accredited offsetting schemes within 12 months of setting the target.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe continue to actively work to drive down the carbon emissions which we produce as a business, and my hope is that through engagement with our clients and supply chain we can affect a paradigm shift in the industry, to help us achieve our overall target of becoming a carbon-neutral business without offsetting by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition to this, we also commenced our tree planting initiative in March this year, with now over 100,000 planted to date, on track to achieve our target of planting 1.7 million native trees by our 170-year anniversary as a business in 2029.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Sisk &#038; Son has reached the first milestone in its\u00a02030 Sustainability Roadmap by achieving carbon neutral business certification.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[307],"tags":[566,693,430,279,579],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-95137","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-energy-news","7":"tag-air-quality","8":"tag-climate-change","9":"tag-energy-efficiency","10":"tag-environment","11":"tag-infrastructure"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sisk becomes certified carbon neutral business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"John Sisk &amp; Son has reached the first milestone in its\u00a02030 Sustainability Roadmap by achieving carbon neutral business certification\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/sisk-carbon-neutral-business\/95137\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sisk becomes certified carbon neutral business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"John Sisk &amp; Son has reached the first milestone in its\u00a02030 Sustainability Roadmap by achieving carbon neutral business certification\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/sisk-carbon-neutral-business\/95137\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; Construction Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-06-22T13:29:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Sisk-Electric-Vehicle-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1110\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Elisha Sketchley\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@PBC_Today\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PBC_Today\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/sisk-carbon-neutral-business\/95137\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/sisk-carbon-neutral-business\/95137\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Elisha Sketchley\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/4ae66827b33682426f672d214cdd7580\"},\"headline\":\"Sisk becomes certified carbon neutral business\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-22T13:29:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/sisk-carbon-neutral-business\/95137\/\"},\"wordCount\":419,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Air Quality\",\"Climate Change\",\"Energy Efficiency\",\"Environment\",\"Infrastructure\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Energy News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/sisk-carbon-neutral-business\/95137\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2021\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/sisk-carbon-neutral-business\/95137\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/sisk-carbon-neutral-business\/95137\/\",\"name\":\"Sisk becomes certified carbon neutral business\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-22T13:29:19+00:00\",\"description\":\"John Sisk & Son has reached the first milestone in its\u00a02030 Sustainability Roadmap by achieving carbon neutral business certification\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/sisk-carbon-neutral-business\/95137\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/sisk-carbon-neutral-business\/95137\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/sisk-carbon-neutral-business\/95137\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sisk becomes certified carbon neutral business\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Planning, Building &amp; Construction Today\",\"description\":\"The Latest Planning, Building &amp; Construction News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Planning, Building & Construction Today\",\"alternateName\":\"PBC Today\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"Planning, Building & Construction Today\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/PBC_Today\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/4ae66827b33682426f672d214cdd7580\",\"name\":\"Elisha Sketchley\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/30054ee50e4135840aa91decc99b14268d346fcf23e3f41d0ecfe6c19255e936?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/30054ee50e4135840aa91decc99b14268d346fcf23e3f41d0ecfe6c19255e936?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Elisha Sketchley\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/author\/elishasketchley\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sisk becomes certified carbon neutral business","description":"John Sisk & Son has reached the first milestone in its\u00a02030 Sustainability Roadmap by achieving carbon neutral business certification","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/sisk-carbon-neutral-business\/95137\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sisk becomes certified carbon neutral business","og_description":"John Sisk & Son has reached the first milestone in its\u00a02030 Sustainability Roadmap by achieving carbon neutral business certification","og_url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/sisk-carbon-neutral-business\/95137\/","og_site_name":"Planning, Building &amp; Construction Today","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/","article_published_time":"2021-06-22T13:29:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2000,"height":1110,"url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Sisk-Electric-Vehicle-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Elisha Sketchley","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@PBC_Today","twitter_site":"@PBC_Today","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/sisk-carbon-neutral-business\/95137\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/sisk-carbon-neutral-business\/95137\/"},"author":{"name":"Elisha Sketchley","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/4ae66827b33682426f672d214cdd7580"},"headline":"Sisk becomes certified carbon neutral business","datePublished":"2021-06-22T13:29:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/sisk-carbon-neutral-business\/95137\/"},"wordCount":419,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization"},"keywords":["Air Quality","Climate Change","Energy Efficiency","Environment","Infrastructure"],"articleSection":["Energy News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/sisk-carbon-neutral-business\/95137\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2021","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/sisk-carbon-neutral-business\/95137\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/sisk-carbon-neutral-business\/95137\/","name":"Sisk becomes certified carbon neutral business","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-06-22T13:29:19+00:00","description":"John Sisk & Son has reached the first milestone in its\u00a02030 Sustainability Roadmap by achieving carbon neutral business certification","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/sisk-carbon-neutral-business\/95137\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/sisk-carbon-neutral-business\/95137\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/sisk-carbon-neutral-business\/95137\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sisk becomes certified carbon neutral business"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/","name":"Planning, Building &amp; Construction Today","description":"The Latest Planning, Building &amp; Construction News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization","name":"Planning, Building & Construction Today","alternateName":"PBC Today","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080,"caption":"Planning, Building & Construction Today"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/","https:\/\/x.com\/PBC_Today"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/4ae66827b33682426f672d214cdd7580","name":"Elisha Sketchley","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/30054ee50e4135840aa91decc99b14268d346fcf23e3f41d0ecfe6c19255e936?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/30054ee50e4135840aa91decc99b14268d346fcf23e3f41d0ecfe6c19255e936?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Elisha Sketchley"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk"],"url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/author\/elishasketchley\/"}]}},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-22 14:56:08","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95137\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95137"},{"taxonomy":"stakeholder_rel_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stakeholder_rel_tag?post=95137"},{"taxonomy":"contributor_rel_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor_rel_tag?post=95137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}