Over the course of 2024, 49 projects from 11 business units across Galliford Try saved 7,225 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e).

Savings came from a range of initiatives, project types and stages, through the reuse of existing structures to fuel saved through use of hybrid generators.

Over 4,800 tCO2e were saved through procurement of low carbon electric arc furnace (EAF) steel products across several projects.

The One in a Million challenge will continue into 2025 with a focus on increasing the number of participating projects across the business.

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The initiative is part of Galliford Try’s commitment to its recently published net zero route map, which aims to reach the business’ target of achieving net zero across its own operations by 2030 and then net zero across all activities by 2045.

Poppy Parsons, head of low carbon construction at Galliford Try, commented: “These savings are a testament to the ingenuity and drive of Galliford Try’s project teams to look for carbon saving opportunities and do the right thing, and demonstrates the size of the impact we as individuals in the construction industry can make.”