Effectively managing our resources
Resource Efficiency is a business priority that aligns closely with our sustainability objectives of minimising waste, water usage, and carbon emissions, while supporting improved financial performance. We aim to minimise waste (measured in tonnes per home built) and, where waste is unavoidable, reuse and recycle as much as possible. Our Better with Bellway strategy will help us to achieve or surpass our waste reduction goals in the years to come.
Our ongoing and future initiatives
We are undertaking work with our supply chain partners to reduce packaging and have asked them to investigate reusable alternatives to single-use packaging. We have also asked suppliers to reduce single-use plastic in the packaging they sent to us.
As part of our standard operating procedure, we monitor and report all site waste. Waste management processes are included within our environmental management system, site league tables help divisions to better understand their waste volumes and identify sites which require more support.
We are continuing our partnership with Community Wood Recycling, a network of social enterprises that collects and reuses waste wood. Between April and September 2025, they collected over 288 tonnes of wood from our sites, helping to increase recycling rates and support training and employment.
Our company car allowance policy has been reviewed, and a salary sacrifice scheme introduced, to allow all colleagues access to electric or hybrid vehicles. 89% of cars leased through the Bellway care scheme are now hybrid or fully electric.
Our progress so far
- Bellway Home Space, our timber frame factory is due to open in 2026.
- Divisions now produce site-level waste league tables, to help analyse waste performance.
- Forklift drivers have been identified as waste champions who will be supported by the Assistant Site Manager, to help manage waste on site.
- 5.7
- tonnes of waste per completed unit
- 99.75 %
- landfill diversion rate for construction
- 14.1 %
- plots constructed with timber frame
Conscientious homebuilding that protects the environment
Our Key Targets for 2025 onwards
Future targets
- 5.7
- Reduce waste per completed unit to 5.7 tonnes by July 2030.
- 95 %
- Achieve a minimum 95% Landfill diversion for all waste, including demolition and groundworks by July 2030.
- 10 %
- Achieve a 10% reduction in construction water use (m3/1000m2), from a FY25 baseline of 343.2 (m3/1000m2) by July 2030.
Future initiatives
- Undertake a research project into brick and block usage.
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