Sustainability

We Are Future Focused.

At KpH sustainability is a guiding principle that shapes our decisions, processes and outcomes.

We are committed to reducing our environmental impact, minimising resource consumption and promoting circular economy practices across every project we deliver.

We are:

  • prioritising the reuse and recycling of materials

  • using low emission methods and machinery including dust suppression techniques

  • supporting sustainable building certifications including BREEAM, LEED and WELL

  • improving transport logistics to reduce fuel consumption

  • providing detailed material recovery and waste tracking reporting.

We are helping to reshape the built environment, responsibly, sustainably and with the future in mind.

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of non-hazardous waste diverted from landfill
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tonnes of glass diverted from landfill*
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individual items reused on and off site**
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ceiling tiles extracted for reuse
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saved through circularity**

* from project start in 2023 to date
** since 2022

We Maximise Reuse And Minimise Waste.

We adopt a “reuse-first” approach. We are embracing circular principles and practices and keeping building materials and products in use for longer to reduce carbon emissions.

We advocate for earlier involvement in the project lifecycle so we can be part of the conversations guiding reuse objectives. At KpH we are committed to embedding reuse into standard project practices. Through early engagement, comprehensive material mapping and practical planning we are unlocking reuse potential across multiple waste streams.

Our strategic alliances with other responsible, forward-thinking industry leaders are demonstrating real-world embodied carbon savings at scale.

We Are Resourceful.

Our collaborations with manufacturers, charities and marketplaces keep quality resources in circulation.

When dismantling or deconstructing a building we work meticulously and systematically to preserve the greatest number of materials and components. By keeping materials in use we can reduce emissions from the manufacture of new resources. These materials include carpet tiles, ceiling tiles, lighting, sanitaryware, doors, ironmongery, furniture and raised access flooring.

We continue to be at the forefront of reuse and takeback programmes, proudly piloting initiatives, many of which have since been adopted across our industry as best practice.

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Collaborating with Franchi

In 2024 KpH began collaborating with Franchi Plc, a specialist ironmongery provider to the construction industry. Together we piloted an ironmongery reuse initiative, initially focused on reusing door handles & associated products, whilst working on a major strip out project in the City of London. Items were removed by KpH and collected by Franchi’s own van back to their storage facility, where each product type was shared with the manufacturers, those meeting quality and safety standards have been catalogued and offered for reuse. Samples of all viable items have been refurbished, and are at various stages of potential specification to ultimately be refurbished & redistributed into the supply chain, or donated to local community projects. Since working together thousands of items, across multiple ironmongery product lines have been removed from multiple projects and are being lined up for reuse. We have had some success with timber doors too!

 

Collaborating with FIS

Project Reuse is the innovative pilot scheme launched by FIS, designed to explore how reuse can be integrated into commercial fit-out projects. They have established a storage facility where materials can be catalogued, stored and prepared for reuse in a future project, making sure products of the right quality are available at the right time. The first donated materials, which included high quality ceiling tiles, arrived there in June 2025. KpH was keen to support the project and carefully salvaged the materials from a refurbishment project in central London.

Collaborating with Globechain

In 2020 we began our collaboration with Globechain, an online reuse marketplace linking charities, not for profit organisations and social enterprises with construction projects. Their redistribution of unneeded materials is increasing reuse and decreasing waste. Since working together, we have collected and extended the life of over 400,000 items from over 50 KpH projects. This mass exchange of materials also represents millions of pounds of savings for the charities, community groups and other small businesses it has supported.

Collaborating with SAS International

KpH was part of the pilot group working with SAS International (SAS) to launch a sustainable takeback scheme for ceiling tiles in 2024. On 1 Appold Street, where we delivered strip out works, we extracted over 7000 ceiling panels which were returned to SAS for storage, ready for future reuse. Since then, over 30,000 ceiling tiles have been recovered from KpH projects, demonstrating the viability and scale of take-back schemes. This has resulted in an estimated carbon saving of 114TCO₂e.

Collaborating with Saint-Gobain

We were the first deconstruction and strip out contractor in our industry to partner with Saint-Gobain on their Glass Forever programme, the ground-breaking initiative diverting glass from landfill and remanufacturing into new high performance flat glass products.

Working closely with Saint-Gobain we implemented a sustainable, first of its kind, end-of-life glass recovery on deconstruction and refurbishment projects. We spearheaded the “break-out table” methodology – a safe, fast, and efficient process which, crucially, keeps the glass contaminant free. It is a methodology that is now widely adopted and has become the industry norm. Since its start we have returned over 700T of good clean glass, saved 834T of virgin raw materials from being extracted from the ground and prevented 486tT of CO2 from entering the atmosphere.

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