Britishvolt are on track to deliver the UK’s first lithium-ion battery cell Gigaplant. The Facility will be located at the former coal stocking yard, Cambois and will be one of the largest manufacturing plants in the whole of Europe.
The Gigaplant will attract around £2.6bn total investment and will provide approximately 2,900 highly skilled jobs. The Gigaplant is strategically important to the UK automotive industry and a key component in the drive to the UK achieving Net Zero by 2050. The Gigaplant is set to be Phase One operational by the end of 2023.
Sustainability is at the heart of Britishvolt plans in terms of delivering their corporate philosophy and Environmental Social Governance (ESG) agenda.
To deliver their ESG and sustainability vision, Ridge has been working with Britishvolt to develop a bespoke framework model, reflecting Britishvolt’s corporate and stakeholder ambitions and designed to deliver highly ambitious sustainability credentials for the Gigaplant development.
Adopting a bespoke framework approach
Britishvolt’s responsible business commitment is underpinned by framework developed to highlight corporate commitments along with the requirements of funders and key stakeholders, including the local communities where they operate.
The bespoke framework is structured around 10 sustainability themes and a set of key principles highlighting Britishvolt’s responsible business
agenda. The principles have been defined to be applicable to any Britishvolt activity.
Underpinning the principles is a set of 88 key ‘questions’ designed to demonstrate impact at a project level.
For each question, three levels of performance have been defined, with associated performance indicators. These are:
- Compliance: representing the minimum level required to meet relevant policy requirements and / or recognised industry guidance.
- Best Practice: representing current best practice in sustainability
- Aspirational: representing leading edge sustainability and requiring innovative solutions