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
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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
student satisfaction score - a new record
Unite Foundation scholarships awarded
of properties have a Resident Ambassador
A positive impact for our people
employee engagement score
of senior leaders are women
L&D courses completed by our teams
A positive impact for our local communities
hours of employee volunteering
in donations to the British Heart Foundation
of teams ran a local community project
A positive impact for the environment
- when we'll hit our Scope 1 & 2 carbon targets
reduction in water use
embodied carbon in Bromley Place - our lowest to date