Environmental Sustainability Commitment Statement

CV Life’s purpose and mission is to bring about meaningful and lasting quality of life improvements for the diverse communities of Coventry through our sport and culture facilities. We recognise that we play a leading role in the regeneration and sustainability of Coventry, and therefore CV Life are working to embed environmental sustainability in all that we do.  

We are committed to avoiding and minimising any negative impacts on the environment and seek to leave a positive legacy through continual improvement in our sustainability performance and facility management, alongside influencing our key partners, supply chains, and other stakeholders. In pursuit of this aim, CV Life is working in partnership with Nature Positive Ltd. on a robust assessment of our current sustainability performance and the development of an Environmental Sustainability Policy and Action Plan. Through this partnership we will also engage with staff, leadership, and the CV life boardto identify key focus areas and effective actions. We have additionally entered the preliminary stages of the Quest Award scheme, providing means of transparency and accountability throughout our sustainability journey. Our initial environmental sustainability commitments are detailed below. This will be developed and adopted into a policy in early 2024.

Baselines, Targets and Progress Reviews

CV Life will ensure effective environmental management and accountability through including the following in our Action Plan:

• Baseline measurements to highlight the areas where our impact is most significant, set SMART targets for each facility and benchmark our progress. 
• Define key performance indicators (KPIs) to quantify our impact and progress.
• Conduct regular audits for all environmental factors to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Participate in relevant Green Accreditation Schemes (e.g., Quest).

Working Towards Net Zero Buildings and Facilities

In order to reduce our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and work towards Net Zero we will:

• Undertake GHG emissions footprinting and establish a baseline across all CV Life operations.
• Agree action to reduce our carbon emissions in the short-term
• Proactively maximize environmental sustainability in building improvements and upgrades.
• Where feasible, negotiate leases to enable utilities monitoring and environmental improvements.
• Promote and encourage the use of green transport to our facilities.
• Improve our resource use efficiency and promote stakeholder engagement (details below).

Responsible Resource Use

In order to achieve efficient resource use and reduce our carbon and environmental footprints, we will:

• Follow the waste mitigation hierarchy: prevent, reduce, reuse, recycle and recover.
• Prevent waste through our existing PPM and service schedule of equipment.
• Understand our water footprint and implement measures to reduce it.
• Expand the existing automation of lights, ventilation, and temperature.
• Develop purchasing and procurement policies to include life cycle considerations and sustainable practices.
• Assess the biodiversity value of our owned assets and develop actions to increase this wherever possible

Creating and Promoting a Positive Environmental Management Culture

A key aspect for the successful implementation of our Action Plan is the contribution and engagement of our staff and customers. To this end we will:

• Establish an Environmental Working Group to promote, implement, monitor, and review our Policy and Action Plan, and to design innovative approaches for engagement with local communities.
• Expand our environmental training so that our policy is delivered and promoted by all staff.
• Deliver training focused on changing attitudes and behaviours and encouraging staff to behave in a more environmentally friendly way.
• Promote our environmental sustainability policy both on our website and in our facilities.

We are committed to playing a leading role in the regeneration and sustainability of Coventry and leaving a positive legacy within our community.

Steve Wiles
Director of Operations
CV Life