At Yorkshire Water, our vision is ‘A thriving Yorkshire. Right for our customers, right for the environment’. It’s our job to make sure everyone in Yorkshire has the water they need. And once it’s been used we’re in charge of taking it away, treating it and returning it safely back to Yorkshire’s environment.
The natural environment underpins the health, resilience and prosperity of Yorkshire. It supports biodiversity, strengthens community resilience and helps reduce the impacts of climate change. As a water company, we depend on healthy natural systems for water storage, purification, flood management and drought resilience, and we have a clear responsibility to protect and enhance nature across the region.
Our Environmental Policy sets out how we’ll meet statutory and regulatory requirements, deliver biodiversity net gain across our assets, improve the ecological resilience of Yorkshire’s catchments and rivers, and prevent the spread of invasive non-native species.
As one of the largest landowners in the UK, we're part of the government led National Estate for Nature Group. As part of this group, we've committed to publishing and updating our Estate Management Plan. The plan sets out how we'll meet our statutory and regulatory requirements, improve the nature and conservation value of our land, while enabling people to work, use and enjoy the landscape that is so highly valued by all.
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