United Utilities, winner of Lancaster University Management School Award for Leadership for Sustainability

The vision of the newly formed environment and sustainability team is to become “the best at protecting and enhancing the environment” by 2020. A Corporate Responsibility Panel populated by senior leaders has been established and sustainability measures have been incorporated into business performance scorecards forming part of every employee’s bonus. 95% of employees have at least one climate change measure, aligning individual with business objectives.

United Utilities' approach is to reduce impacts in areas such as carbon emissions, waste disposal to landfill, raw material demand, pollution and biodiversity. The programme is also targeted at generating business value – resource efficiency, risk management, resource protecting, cost avoidance and reduction.