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Making a positive impact

Brighter futures, stronger communities

Sustainability is central to achieving our three strategic objectives of creating a great place to live, work and invest.

Our 2024 Sustainability Report ‘Making a positive impact’ explores our approach to sustainability, and our ambition to make a positive impact for young people, our people, communities and the environment.

A year of great progress

Being a sustainable business is really important to us at Unite Students – it’s at the core of what we do and central to delivering our Home for Success purpose.

We’re excited to launch our 2024 sustainability report. It’s been a year of great progress, and we’re committed to doing even more in the future.

James Tiernan
Head of Sustainability

Making a positive impact

Our sustainability framework focuses on the areas which are most important to us and our stakeholders. Through our framework, we’re committed to making a positive impact for young people, our people, our local communities and the environment.

Our approach, our targets and progress are set out each year in our annual sustainability report.

A positive impact for young people

+50

student satisfaction score - a new record

95

Unite Foundation scholarships awarded

91%

of properties have a Resident Ambassador

A positive impact for our people

74

employee engagement score

37%

of senior leaders are women

37,129

L&D courses completed by our teams

A positive impact for our local communities

3,842

hours of employee volunteering

£2 million

in donations to the British Heart Foundation

100%

of teams ran a local community project

A positive impact for the environment

2030

- when we'll hit our Scope 1 & 2 carbon targets

0.7%

reduction in water use

694kg/m²

embodied carbon in Bromley Place - our lowest to date

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