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Sustainability
Up to US: Unite Group’s commitment to creating a positive impact for young people, local communities, the environment and our colleagues.
Our commitment to making a positive impact
Our 2025 Sustainability Report
Up to US – making a positive impact
Up to Us
Our Up to US sustainability framework provides focus and clarity on our ambitions and helps colleagues across Unite Group see how they can contribute to creating a positive impact in four key areas – young people, local communities, the environment and our colleagues.
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Young People
We’re committed to championing inclusion, wellbeing and success for young people in higher education. We want students to consider us as a place they can call home, rather than just an accommodation provider.
To help achieve this, we focus on three key areas:
• Helping our residents thrive at university, as they transition to independent living.
• Championing inclusion and success for disadvantaged student groups, throughout their higher education experience and beyond, through our research and action which improves access, participation and inclusion, with a special focus on supporting care leavers.
• Providing early career enhancement and development opportunities, through high quality student internships and industrial placements and our sector-leading Resident Ambassador programme.
Communities
Making a real contribution in the communities where we operate.
To help achieve this we focus on three key areas:
• Contributing to local communities, through local community projects and partnerships.
• Delivering impactful employee volunteering and charity partnerships such as with the Unite Foundation.
• Managing our supply chain social impacts, such as human rights, wellbeing and the Living Wage.
The environment
We are committed to tackling climate change and reducing our environmental impacts.
We do this by focusing on the areas where we have the most significant opportunities to reduce damage to the environment, including:
• Transitioning to net zero carbon operations and developments, including cutting energy use, decarbonising our energy supply and reducing supply chain emissions in line with SBTi validated carbon targets.
• Cutting energy, water, resource use and waste across our operations.
• Reducing supply chain environmental impacts through engagement, joint plans and product selection.
Our colleagues
We’re working to create a diverse and inclusive workplace where people feel valued, supported and empowered to grow, knowing they truly belong.
To help achieve this we focus on three key areas:
• Shaping a diverse, future-ready workforce that’s clear on purpose, powered by the right people, and driven by smart decisions. We call this being fit for the future.
• Unlocking the full potential of our people by providing support, learning and development that’s right for who they are, the role they’re in and where they’re going. This will help us to unlock people’s potential.
• Creating a values-led culture shaped by our people, where every voice matters and belonging isn’t just something we strive for, but it’s who we are. This is about evolving our culture.
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