ESG roadmap
Since we began our ESG journey in 2021, we have made consistent and remarkable progress towards our public goals. Directed by our ESG Committee and guided by our materiality assessments across all stakeholders, we have continued to engage with Sustainable Advantage who are third party expert consultants.
Our strategy, vision, goals and progress are detailed in our 4th annual ESG Impact Report which we have committed to publicly publish on an annual basis. Some highlights include but are not limited to:
- Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) approval for our Net Zero by 2040 targets.
- Signatories to the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), aligning our strategies and operations with universal principles on human rights, labour, the environment and anti-corruption.
- Identification of 6 x core United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), notwithstanding that we support all 17.
- First ever Social Value report, generating over £197m in social value aligned with our core SDGs.
- Launch of an industry first partial Scope 3 Carbon Dashboard, providing customers with unparalleled easy access to complicated data, in an easy to digest format.
- Greener Alternative product prompts, easily identifying carbon savings for all customers at scale.
- 100% renewable energy contracts across our entire estate.
- EcoVadis Gold Award, placing us in the top 98th percentile for matters relating to the environment, labour & human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement.
- Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) – A rating, putting us at the very top of organisations rated against environmental impact, risks, opportunities and actions.
- Sedex member which enables us enhanced measurement and improvements on our ethical and environmental practices amongst our supply chain.
- ISO accreditations against 9001 (quality), 45001 (health & safety), 14001 (environmental management) and 27001 (information security).
- Consistent above average colleague engagement rates, allowing us with exceptional insight to the priorities of our internal stakeholders, allowing us to form a tailored approach.
We are acutely aware that the cadence of our progress must be maintained if we are to reach our ambition, and we are determined to continue to lead our sector in this regard by continually adopting best practices. It is precisely for this reason that we produced our Climate-Related Financial Disclosure report earlier than required, adopted Global Reporting Index (GRI) disclosure standards and a Key Bio-Diversity Area (KBA) Report, to name but a few.
