Issue Identified

LMS Highways identified, as part of their continuing dedication to their sustainability plan, that they produce a large amount of CO2e and that they have a responsibility to the environment beyond legal and regulatory requirements.

Their overall aim is to ‘follow and promote good sustainability practices, to reduce the environmental impact of all activities as well as offset carbon as they move toward being carbon neutral’.

In 2021, National Highways, formally known as Highways England, announced its ambitious carbon plan that looked at rapidly cutting carbon from road construction, maintenance and operations, and support the transition to zero emission vehicles.

As part of this plan NH’s contractors and suppliers have been required to act by making commitments to reduce carbon year-on-year by using the latest technologies, so that by 2040 all road maintenance and construction carried out on the Strategic Road Network will be net-zero. As part of this they have put in place requirements for their contractors and suppliers to work to PAS 2080:2023.

The work undertaken

PYE Management Ltd worked with LMS Highways to develop, write, and support implementation of their PAS 2080 Management system.

PYE Management worked closely with the company in reducing carbon footprints, training key staff and developing and writing key carbon procedures.

PYE Management then supported the implementation of the system into the business.

The outcome:

LMS Highways achieved PAS 2080:2023 verification in January 2024. They are among the first tier two contractor in the highways sector to achieve PAS 2080:2023

The benefit to the client:

PAS 2080:2023 will enable LMS Highways to monitor and manage their carbon impact, support their decarbonisation ambitions, and to provide valuable information to their clients.

They are able to demonstrate to their clients that they are committed to a robust sustainability plan and their ambitions of achieving net zero. It will also enable them to win work where contractually it is a requirement to have PAS 2080.

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