Sustainability and environmental best practice are issues that are core to JCT’s ongoing work. As well as adopting a policy to minimise our impact on the environment within the organisation, and encourage best practice amongst our members and suppliers, we are also committed to exploring ways in which the contractual process can be better enhanced to reflect the importance of sustainability in building projects.
JCT 2024 and Sustainability
In the 2024 edition of JCT contracts changes were made to continue to reflect the growing importance being attached by Government and in the building industry to environmental considerations and sustainability in construction. The environmental provisions that were previously set out in the Supplemental Provisions schedule were in most forms moved into the main part of the contract form and are now no longer optional.
JCT Sustainable Policy
JCT is working to improving its operations in order to minimise the impact of its activities on the environment.
The key points of its strategy to achieve this are:
- Minimise waste by evaluating operations and ensure they are as efficient and effective as possible.
- Source and promote, as part of a sustainable purchasing policy, a product range to minimise the environmental impact of production.
- Promote recycling both internally and amongst its customers.
- Minimise energy consumption.
- Encourage the use of public transport.
- Promote electronic data transfer and a reduction in unnecessary hard copy.
- Meet or exceed all the environmental legislation that relates to the JCT.
- Encourage the adoption of similar principles by its suppliers.
- Raise awareness amongst its staff of environmental issues and enlist their support in improving the JCT’s performance.