Environmental, Social,
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ESG is more than a box ticking exercise. It’s about taking tangible action to make a difference for your business, your people and the planet.
More than ever before, your clients, workforce, investors, shareholders and government bodies are evaluating whether to do business, work or invest with your company based on your ESG commitments
Environmental
Your commitment to tackle climate change and help achieve net zero carbon emissions.
Environmental Examples
- Carbon measurement and reduction against science-based targets initiative (SBTi)
- Energy consumption / clean energy
- Waste reduction
- Material consumption
- Sustainable Travel
- Circular Economy
- Animal Welfare
- Natural Habitat conservation
Social
Treating employees fairly, trades ethically with suppliers and has a positive impact in the local community.
Social Examples
- Implementing fair work practices for workers
- Payment of the real Living Wage
- Delivering meaningful Social Value to local communities
- Helping to deliver Community Wealth Building priorities
- Equality and Diversity standards
- Gender Equality and equal pay
- Education and skills opportunities
- Health, Safety, and wellbeing
- Fair Trade
Governance
Demonstrating high standards of performance and transparency to stakeholders.
Governance Examples
- Accurate Financial reporting
- Sustainable and ethical procurement practices
- Supply Chain management
- Carbon accounting
- Social Return on Investment (SROI)
- Modern Slavery reporting
- Anti-corruption reporting
The UN Sustainable Development Goals
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future.
At its heart are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries – developed and developing – in a global partnership.
They recognize that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth – all while tackling climate change and working to preserve our oceans and forests.
Our SDG commitments
We like to lead by example. If we are advising our clients to make these commitments, we believe we should demonstrate our own commitments to doing good business.
We cannot change the world on our own, but by making these commitments we can play our part in making the world a better place for our people, our communities and our planet.
Tackling Poverty and Hunger
Fair Work Practices
We are committed to the following actions as a minimum:
- We will become a Living Wage accredited organisation by the end of 2023.
- We will never use zero-hours contracts as part of our employment practices
- Invest in training and development for all employees and key associates.
- We will invest in healthy working lives initiatives for our employees and key associates, including flexible working and initiatives to promote physical and mental health.
Positive action to tackle climate change
We are committed to the following actions as a minimum:
- Measure our current carbon footprint and develop a measurable action plan in line with the Science Based Targets initiative standards by Q1 2023
- All employees to complete Carbon Literacy training
- Provide training to our employees, associates and clients of our commitments
- Prioritise local suppliers with similar commitments
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