Impact Reporting and Carbon Reduction

Impact Report

As part of Treveth’s drive to understand our wider positive social and environmental impact across Cornwall, we have completed our second Impact Report with independent support from The Good Economy.

This report sets out Treveth’s impact reporting framework and provides an annual update of impact performance, covering the period from 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2024, against this framework.

This second Impact Report concludes that Treveth’s strategic projects show potential to drive regeneration in Cornish towns and cities. Each project is underpinned by strong placemaking principles with mixed uses that respond to local needs. Each project also considers environmental best practice and social value creation. Treveth has significantly accelerated its delivery of high-quality new homes where they are needed and enjoy a high level of resident satisfaction.

Carbon Accounting

Treveth is in full alignment with Cornwall Council’s ambition for Cornwall to be carbon neutral by 2030 and we are committed to achieving this as a business.

Calculating our carbon footprint, or ‘carbon account’, was the essential starting point to understand the impact of our activities on GHG emissions. Our original carbon footprint report was produced by the Centre for Energy and Environment at the University of Exeter, based on the main organisational carbon footprinting standards. We collated data for the financial year 2022-23 to understand Treveth’s main carbon impacts and provide a baseline against which we can implement an effective Carbon Reduction Strategy.

Our second carbon accounting report covers data for the financial year 2023-24, and demonstrates the changes which have occurred during this period as a result of our increased development programme. 

This work will continue on an annual basis to monitor and report our carbon emissions as part of our Carbon Reduction Strategy.

Carbon Reduction Strategy

Following on from Treveth’s carbon baseline report, we have produced our Carbon Reduction Strategy which identifies the key business activities we must challenge in order to reduce our GHG emissions. Treveth already creates very low energy-in-use properties, so we are now focusing to reduce the embodied energy of our properties on a per unit basis.

The main opportunities for reducing embodied GHG emissions involve focusing on site selection, design and material choice, along with reducing fuel used in construction.

Treveth Carbon Strategy