Our impact
Wolseley is committed to supporting our customers during the transition to low carbon technology and ensuring that our operations have a positive impact for our colleagues, the communities we serve, and the environment.
Our products and services already bring huge benefits: we help customers make more conscious choices to improve their environmental performance, save money, and make the ‘built environment’ resilient to more extreme weather events.
The transition to a low carbon economy will mean we will need to implement new technologies aimed at decarbonising heating, as well as adopting products that have less ‘embodied carbon’.
At Wolseley, sustainability is rooted in our values with an ambition to go above and beyond to ensure we have a positive impact. Positive impact is much broader and relates to how we do business in terms of the products and services we offer, and the steps we are taking to improve the impact of our operations.
Having a Positive Impact is one of our core values
Having a Positive Impact is one of our five values which are the foundations of how we do business. This means that Positive Impact, along with out other values, are reflected throughout policies, action plans, targets, stakeholder engagement – yes, everything we do!
Doing good business in a good way is good for business.
Read about our latest progress within sustainability and Positive Impact in our Annual Report
Download a copy of our Annual ReportWhat we do to create a positive impact
Customer sustainability solutions
Champion the circular economy, take back schemes and launch solutions to help our customers become more sustainable.
Innovation and new technologies
Facilitate the Future Energy Transition through the products we sell, upskilling the installer base and heating system design.
Operate responsibly
Decarbonise our operation, utilize renewable energy, use natural resources efficiently and reduce operational waste.
Focus on our people
We invest in the continuing development of our people through our Wolseley Talent Guild, offering comprehensive training, development, and apprenticeship programmes
Supporting local economies
We support local trades people which enables the local economy to prosper
Responsible sourcing
Maintain a robust supplier integrity programme and work with our supply partners to help them improve their sustainability performance.