30/06/2025 Awards Sustainability
We are delighted to have been named in TIME magazine’s World’s 500 Most Sustainable Companies for 2025, underscoring our industry-leading commitment to preserving and enhancing the natural environment and building great places that promote healthy and happy living for customers.
We were the only UK-based homebuilder to feature on the list and, with only 32 UK-based companies, this accreditation places Barratt Redrow amongst a select group of companies across the globe and underscores our industry-leading commitment to building sustainably and setting the benchmark on sustainability performance, transparency and innovation.
David Thomas, CEO of Barratt Redrow, said: “We are incredibly proud to be recognised by TIME magazine as one of the world’s most sustainable companies. This achievement reflects the dedication of our entire team at Barratt Redrow to building not just high-quality homes, but a more sustainable future.
“Sustainability is at the heart of everything we do - from driving carbon emission reductions across our value chain to creating communities that thrive for generations. Being included on this global list is both an honour and a powerful motivation to keep pushing the boundaries of what responsible homebuilding can achieve.”
TIME and its research partner, Statista, used a transparent, multi-stage methodology to identify the world’s most sustainable companies. The process began with a pool of over 5,000 of the world’s largest and most influential companies. Following a rigorous four-stage assessment, the final ranking excluded unsustainable industries and considered factors like external sustainability ratings and commitments, corporate reporting practices, and environmental and social performance indicators. This comprehensive approach produced a ranking of 500 companies from over 30 countries.
Leading sustainable housebuilding
Prior to the merger with Redrow to form Barratt Redrow, Barratt Developments was the first major housebuilder to set science-based emission reduction targets and is a signatory of the UN Global Compact, reflecting ongoing commitments to its Ten Principles for Corporate Sustainability.
Working with highly skilled partners in the sector, the business is driving change across the organisation and its value chain to meet society’s most pressing challenges, including climate change, diversity and inclusion, and human rights.
We are committed to being transparent on sustainability plans and performance with independent assessments and accreditations. As Barratt Developments, we were ranked the highest national housebuilder in the NextGeneration sustainability benchmark last year, and awarded the Crystal Award for being the most transparent housebuilder.
At the University of Salford, Barratt Redrow and scientists are working together to rigorously test how climate change will affect the homes of the future. The research from Energy House 2.0 is being shared with housebuilders around the world to support their own transition to zero carbon.
Already, the learnings from Energy House 2.0 are being transferred to customer homes. According to HBF data (January 2025) a brand-new home could be up to 65% more energy-efficient than an older home.*
We are committed to all homes being zero carbon in regulated energy use from 2030. As part of this, over 1,200 Air Source Heat Pumps have so far been installed into homes and we gather customer insight on perceptions and experience with a range sustainable technology to inform our future roll out strategy.
On site, we are taking steps to reduce our operational footprint, with a major focus on eliminating and reducing diesel use. This includes trials of hydrotreated vegetable oil as a lower-carbon fuel alternative, and trialling hydrogen telehandlers. Alongside this, we’re improving site energy efficiency, expanding the use of renewable electricity and introducing tools to monitor emissions from construction activities.
A focus on driving down waste has led to 97% of waste being diverted from landfill in 2024. A decade-long partnership with the RSPB has changed the way in which nature and wildlife is incorporated into communities.
A transformational year
The past year has been transformational with the combination of Barratt Developments and Redrow in October 2024. The combination is focused on tackling the country’s housing shortage by growing towards delivering 22,000 new homes a year and leading the industry on quality, customer service and sustainability.
Another milestone has been the creation of the MADE Partnership, a joint venture between Barratt Redrow, Homes England, and Lloyds Banking Group. MADE was established to provide the expertise, vision, and financial capacity to deliver large-scale and complex regeneration projects.
Our impact as an employer is far reaching, generating almost 43,000 jobs both directly and through our supplier chain, contributing £4.16 billion to the national economy and £536m into local communities through infrastructure, affordable housing, community facilities and environmental improvements.
For more information, visit: World’s Most Sustainable Companies of 2025 | TIME