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Sustainability Note 2025

Document Information

Field Value
Document Reference SUS_NOTE_2025
Issue Number 1
Issue Date 4 May 2026
Next Review 4 May 2027
Controlled By Sean Ashton (HSQE Consultant)
Approved By Aaron Mason, Managing Director

What this is

A 1-page snapshot of A M Water Services' sustainability position at the close of 2025, written for the Achilles UVDB B2 audit (B2.11.1 Carbon Management) and AMWS's primary water-company customers (Anglian, Severn Trent) who are committed to PR24 net-zero supply-chain programmes. This note pairs with the 2025 Carbon Baseline (in preparation, due 30/06/2026) and the APP_06 Aspects & Impacts Register to evidence that AMWS is measuring, acting and aligning.

1. Where AMWS sits in the supply chain

AMWS is a small water-services contractor (Northampton HQ, ~20-person team plus ~46 active labour-supply subcontractors) operating primarily on framework contracts with Anglian Water and Severn Trent. Both customers have published net-zero programmes that flow into supply-chain expectations:

  • Anglian Water — net-zero by 2030 for operational emissions; supply-chain Scope 3 work in progress under PR24
  • Severn Trent — operational net-zero ambition with explicit supply-chain alignment expectations

AMWS's sustainability strategy is therefore alignment-led rather than independently set: we measure and report against our own footprint, and we engage with each customer's PR24 programme as it evolves.

2. What we did in 2025

Waste & circular economy

  • Waste-diversion rate from landfill: >80% (per APP_11 KPI E2, measured from Waste Transfer Notes)
  • All site arisings segregated at source — inert vs non-inert skips per job
  • Scrap metal (old ductile-iron pipe, fittings) diverted to registered scrap merchant
  • Crushed concrete and road planings returned to the materials loop via GRS Roadstone, Hansons, Boughton Loam
  • Office: confidential paper destruction by certificated contractor; cardboard, batteries, fluorescent tubes, WEEE, toner cartridges all routed through registered streams (full table in Recycling Initiatives note)

Fleet & fuel efficiency

  • All fleet vehicles on telematics (driver-behaviour, idling and route data captured)
  • Routine maintenance schedule maintained on all grab lorries and vans (per SOP 8.6 Equipment Maintenance)
  • Fuel-card data retained for 2025 — feeds the carbon baseline currently in preparation

Community & social value

  • Onyx HSQE consultancy supports local-area capability building (HSQE training spend stays in the East Midlands)
  • Local-authority and contractor-park supplier relationships (Lapwing UK, Lyreco, Speedy Hire) — local economic footprint
  • Apprentice / labour-supply recruitment from the Northamptonshire labour pool

Compliance & assurance

  • Zero reportable spillages in 2025 (APP_11 KPI E1)
  • Zero environmental NCRs at the September 2025 ISO 14001 surveillance audit
  • Approved Supplier Register reviewed in April 2026 — all 31 suppliers rated Excellent (no complaints logged)

3. PR24 net-zero context — what we're doing about it

Customer Their commitment What AMWS is doing in response
Anglian Water Net-zero operational by 2030; PR24 supply-chain programme Carbon-baseline establishment Q2 2026; year-on-year reporting from 2026 (APP_11 E3); engagement with framework category-manager on supply-chain returns when requested
Severn Trent Net-zero operational; supply-chain alignment Same as above; HSQE Consultant tracks both customers' programmes via APP_10 Legal & Compliance Register

AMWS does not make a unilateral 2040 / 2050 net-zero claim. Our position, per simplified APP_11 E3 (May 2026), is to measure, report and align. This is a more honest commitment for an SME contractor than an aspirational headline target without a credible delivery path.

4. 2026–27 sustainability priorities

These are the 2–3 explicit priorities AMWS will work on this year, ranked by audit impact:

  1. Carbon baseline 2025 → published 30/06/2026. Scope 1 (fleet diesel/petrol/2-stroke) + Scope 2 (office electricity). First-cut with caveats; refined at year 2 with intensity metric (tCO₂e per £ revenue or per job). Owner: Aaron Mason; data from Leanne.
  2. Battery + lamp segregation tonnage logging. Currently logged by collection event only — switch to weight-by-stream so the 2026 sustainability note can quantify diversion (currently >80% but unitless). Owner: Jason May.
  3. Toolbox-Talk programme delivery. TBT-2026-05 to 04 (12 monthly topics) reinforces operational behaviours that drive sustainability outcomes — fuel discipline, idling, spill prevention, waste segregation. Owner: Jason May.

5. Targets we are NOT making (and why)

  • No "net-zero by 2040" claim. AMWS doesn't have the route — electric grab lorries aren't commercially available; biofuel availability for HGVs is patchy. We commit to alignment with whichever customer programme drives our biggest fleet activity, and to measuring honestly in the meantime.
  • No fixed % year-on-year reduction in year 1. A reduction percentage against a baseline that doesn't yet exist is meaningless. From 2026 we'll report the absolute number; reduction targets follow once levers are identified.

This honesty is itself the sustainability position. Auditors and customers respond better to "we measure and align" than to over-stated commitments without delivery plans.

6. Cross-references

Back to Audit Readiness · B2.11 Carbon Management