Recognised for our contribution to a greener future, we’re thrilled to have scooped the Net Zero Champion Award at this year’s Knowsley Business Awards.
The Net Zero Champion Award recognises organisations that are committed to reducing their carbon emissions and impact on the environment, and the steps being taken to make a positive contribution towards achieving net zero. For Livv, our journey to net zero is well underway.
With the help of wave one grant funding from the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund, we’re on track to achieve an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of C by 2025 in all our circa 13,000 customers’ homes, five years ahead of the Government’s target date.
In the past year, we’ve invested a total of £5.64 million improvements to customers’ homes to help reduce carbon emissions. Through the installation of loft, wall and floor insulation, triple glazed windows and solar PV systems, we’ve reduced our carbon impact by approximately 194 tonnes of CO2 per year.
Other initiatives adopted we’ve adopted include a three-year energy consumption and carbon reduction programme across our estate. This has included solar panels and air source heat pumps installed at our headquarters in Prescot, low energy consumption air conditioning and LED lighting throughout the building.
From 2026 onwards, we will push on to achieve net zero by 2050 and a range of trials are currently underway to identify the impact of changes for customers when moving homes to net zero.
We’re really proud to have taken home the trophy for Net Zero Champion at the Knowsley Business Awards. Our team had a fantastic evening and it was a privilege to be amongst the wide range of local companies who are all doing their bit to reduce their impact on the environment.
“We embarked on our long-term net zero plan back in 2018. ESG is a real priority for us and the award is a huge testament to the hard work and commitment of our business, teams and everybody involved on our journey, including our customers.
Our success on the night didn’t end there as Amanda Manning, Learning & Development Manager, also took home the trophy for Highly Commended in the Employee of the Year category.