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Sustainability

Reports and publications

We aim to be as transparent as possible, and are committed to improving our disclosures. Here you can access our key reports and publications covering our sustainability, environmental, social and governance performance.

Business plans and overall performance

Sustainability report 2020

Our long-standing commitment to sustainability is demonstrated in our leadership on renewable energy generation, sustainable management of our land, and dedicated programmes to support our people and our local communities. We’ve reported on these – and other sustainability metrics  in our Annual Report and Accounts for several years.

But now we are going further. Over the next five years, we will be investing £1.2 billion in our sustainability ambitions, from climate and biodiversity to supporting our customers who need us most.

That’s why, as part of our commitment to transparent reporting, it’s the right time to tell you more about the environmental, social and governance commitments embedded in our business plan, in our first, standalone Severn Trent Sustainability Report.

Highlights of this report include:

  • Our sustainability framework
  • Our alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Our first disclosure against the Task Force for Financial Disclosures (TCFD)
  • Key sustainability metrics

The report has been developed following the principles of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and is accompanied by our first GRI Content Index.

Sustainability Report 2020

Our first Severn Trent Sustainability Report 2020.
Sustainability report Sustainability report 2020

Global Reporting Initiative 2020

Over first disclosure against the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).
GRI content index GRI Content index

Business plan for 2020 to 2025

Our business plan sets out the improvements we’re committed to delivering for our customers from 2020 to 2025, including key social and environmental commitments.
Business plan  Find out what we're planning for the next five years

Annual report and accounts library

A comprehensive report on all our activities during previous years, providing information about the company's activities and financial performance. Our report library goes back to 2006.
Reports and accounts All our annual reports, going back to 2006, in PDF format

Annual performance reports

This report provides clear and transparent information on all aspects of our performance. Requirements are specified by Ofwat in their Regulatory Accounting guidelines.
Performance reports Read or download a PDF of our latest Annual Performance Report

Sustainability disclosures

We are committed to improving our sustainability disclosures. This report summarises our key environmental, social and governance performance disclosures.
Sustainability disclosures Read or download our Sustainability Performance Disclosure in PDF format

Environmental plans and performance

Water resources management plan

How we'll manage supply and demand to mitigate the impact of climate change, and meet our environmental obligations all over the Severn Trent and Hafren Dyfrdwy regions for the next 25 years.
Water management plans  Read or Download PDFs of our water resources management plan documents and data

Pollution incident reduction plan

Our Pollution Incident Reduction Plan sets out our strong track record and our ambition to halve pollutions by 2025.
Pollution Incident reduction plan Read our Pollution Incident reduction plan PDF

Planning for periods of drought

As the climate changes and population increases, our drought plan sets out how we will manage our resources and supply system in dry years to maintain our service to customers.
Drought plan Read or download our Drought Plan summary and full plan in PDF format

Climate change adaptation report

Future Proofing, our climate change adaptation report, sets out our climate change risk assessment, how we have increased our resilience over the last five years, and our how we plan to adapt.
Adapting to Climate change  View our Adapting to climate change report PDF

Carbon Disclosure Project submission

The Carbon Disclosure Project supports companies and cities to disclose the environmental impact of major corporations. Our submissions set out our key carbon and climate change data.
Carbon Disclosure Project View our submission to the Carbon Disclosure Project

Social performance

Tackling the gender pay gap

Our robust job sizing process enables us to create a pay framework that avoids gender bias. Our gender pay gap report shows the average hourly pay for men and women in the business.
Gender pay gap reports  Read or download PDFs of our gender pay gap reports

Water Companies Transforming Lives

Water Companies Transforming Lives is a social return on investment study, carried out by Auriga, to measure the impact of water company trust and assistance schemes.
Social return on investment How water companies are transforming lives around the country

Modern slavery statement

We take our responsibility under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 extremely seriously. Our annual statement sets out how we ensure no modern slavery occurs within our business and supply chains
Modern Slavery Statement Read our Modern Slavery Statement

Turning on the United Kingdom's skills tap

Having a workforce that is diverse in terms of social background is very important to us. This report sets out the steps we have taken in line with the social mobility pledge.
Social mobility pledge Read or download a PDF of our plans to improve social mobility

Social purpose

Being a socially purposeful company

In being a purposeful company, we deliver a service that fulfills our customers' needs in a way that delivers a clear benefit to society. This document details our consultation with Ofwat.
Our Socially Purposeful Company consultation  Read or Download PDFs of our Socially Purposeful Company document

Becoming a purposeful utilities company

Our journey so far as a pathfinder purposeful company, showing the role that purpose plays in meeting the needs of our three key stakeholders: customers, colleagues and investors
Our purposeful company roadmap Read or download a PDF version of our Purposeful Company roadmap

Sustainable Development Goals

This document describes our plans for our contribution to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals commitments, as described in our 2020 to 2025 business plan.
Our sustainable development goals How we're contributing to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals

Governance

Tax Strategy

We’re committed to managing our tax affairs in a responsible manner. This means paying the right amount of tax at the right time, in compliance with UK tax rules and acting in accordance with our values. Our tax strategy explains our approach to tax and how we manage it across our business.
Tax Strategy  Read or download our Tax Strategy report

Tax contribution report

We’re committed to being transparent on our approach to tax and the tax contributions we make in the communities where we operate. Our tax contribution report details the taxes we pay, how they fit into our business model, and how the interests of our stakeholders inform our approach to tax
Tax Contribution report Read or download a PDF of our tax contribution report

Sustainable supply chain charter

 This charter shows the expectations we have of our suppliers. We expect all of our suppliers to be compliant with the Modern Slavery Act 2015. We strive to be environmental leaders, to mitigate our impact on the environment and work with our suppliers to adapt to climate change and reduce carbon emissions and waste.    
Sustainable supply chain charter Read or download a PDF of our sustainable supply chain charter report

UN Global Compact Communication of Progress Report

Our approach to sustainability incorporates the 10 UN principles, covering human rights, labour, environment and anticorruption. This communication of progress report clearly signposts to our ongoing commitments, policies, procedures and measurements we have in place to ensure they are integral to our business and the values we live by.
UN global communication report Read or download a PDF of our UN global compact communication of progress report

Our regulatory library

If the report, policy or publication you’re looking for isn’t listed on this page, our regulatory library holds other important documents. 

Get in touch

We’d love to hear from you if you have any feedback on our sustainability strategy, priorities and performance. Please get in touch with any comments.