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MAKING A POSITIVE IMPACT
THROUGH PEOPLE AND PLACES

Download our 2022 sustainability report

2022 Reporting

OUR SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY

Sustainability and ESG

People

Everyone is unique. Everyone is important. Everyone deserves to be safe, respected and included, and to be their best selves. At Unite, we strive to make that happen whether you stay with us or work with us.

Sustainability and ESG

Places

We want to create places that deliver a positive impact on our people, our communities and the planet. We’re aiming for net zero carbon buildings, finding ways to use fewer resources, and helping build strong communities in and around our properties.

SUSTAINABILITY AND ESG

Reporting and governance

Our goal is to lead on sustainability and raise standards in the living sector. Our governance and processes ensure that working responsibly and sustainably isn’t optional, that we always operate with integrity and transparency.

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Our Sustainable Construction Framework

We want to drive collaboration through our supply chain and wider industry, to ensure that designing, constructing and managing sustainable buildings is business as usual for us, and the sector.

Our sustainable construction framework sets out our wider sustainability aspirations and targets and how they'll be achieved through the design and construction of our properties.

Unite Students completes new £57m property to house 705 students in Nottingham

Our Pathway to Net Zero

Our Pathway to Net Zero shares our plan to become net zero by 2030. It includes two key overarching targets: net zero carbon operations by 2030 and net zero carbon development by 2030. The pathway brings together areas of focus, further targets and planned investment covering both elements.

30/10/2023
Press releases
Unite Students provides new 24/7 wellbeing specialist support
Unite Students, the UK’s leading provider of student accommodation, is offering unique 24/7 wellbeing and mental health services to 70,000 students.
01/08/2023
Investor
Unite Students commences work on its greenest ever new-build property
Unite Students, the UK’s largest provider of student accommodation, has started building one of its greenest ever purpose-built student accommodation properties.
07/07/2022
Press releases
Manchester Pride recognises Unite Students’ commitment to equality
Unite Students, the UK’s largest operator of student accommodation, has had its equality, diversity and inclusion practices recognised by Manchester Pride.
15/12/2021
Press releases
Unite Students launches pathway to Net Zero
Unite Students, the UK’s largest provider of student accommodation, has released a new document outlining its pathway to net zero by 2030, including targets for carbon reduction now formally validated by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi)