Our businesses improve lives and enable progress for all. Progress is only real progress when it’s sustainable for the long term. That’s why we look ahead, and why we embed sustainability into our business strategy, our purpose, our processes and every decision we make.
WE MEASURE OUR PROGRESS ACROSS FOUR KEY PILLARS
The four pillars of our Sustainability Framework shape our decision making, help us focus on the future, and drive the business transformation needed to make progress happen.
THE NEED FOR ENERGY TRANSITION TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE
We are working towards a Net Zero future across our three sectors.
THE NEED FOR SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
We keep our people, communities and environment safe.
The need for empowered people and society to progress
We support the development of our people and society.
THE NEED FOR HIGH STANDARDS IN GOVERNANCE AND COMPLIANCE
We embed and uphold high standards across all our operations.
Highlights: Climate and energy
2025
targets
Already reached
We’ve already reached our 2025 Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions reduction target, so we’ve set ourselves a new 50% reduction target by 2030.
2050
Net Zero
Across Scope 1, 2 and 3
We have a 50% emissions reduction ambition by 2030 for Scope 3.
B
rating
Retained
We have retained our CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project) rating of B.
Highlights: Safety and environmental protection
0.97
Maintenance of LTI rates.
We reduced our Lost Time Injuries (LTI) frequency rate to below 1 per 200,000 hours worked.
6 %
Reduction in serious spills.
We reduced spills per ten thousand deliveries of liquid fuel.
Highlights: People and society
82 %
Response rate
82% of people completed our annual people survey which is reflective of how much our colleagues value the chance to share their insights and feedback with us
Coaching
Group wide coaching programme rolled out to enhance our coaching and feedback culture
90 %
of colleagues believe their work contributes to the company achieving its aims
Highlights: Governance and compliance
1 year
Double materiality assessment
We assessed our dual impact across sustainability issues and our financial performance.
TCFD
compliant
2nd year compliant
We are compliant with TFCD (Task Force on Climate-Related Financial reporting Disclosures) for a second year.
£800 m
Sustainability-linked Revolving Credit Facility
We’ve setup an £800m Revolving Credit Facility, linked to our Sustainability targets.
WE DELIVER PROGRESS ACROSS OUR THREE DIVISIONS
Our Sustainability Framework, purpose, and values support the creation of long term stakeholder partnerships across each of our divisions. This makes our business model resilient and sustainable.
OUR SUSTAINABLE PROGRESS
See how we make sustainable progress across our three divisions: Energy, Healthcare and Technology
Energy: Decarbonising our fleet
Certas’ entire Irish fleet of over 100 trucks now runs on biofuel made from waste materials.
Healthcare: EuroCaps journey to carbon neutral
Our Eurocaps business in Wales has reduced its carbon footprint by 50% since 2019.
Technology: Women in the Warehouse
Exertis Sweden increased the number of women working in its warehouse from 5% to 29%.
Assessing impact
In 2023, we conducted our first Group double materiality assessment. This involved looking outwards to assess the sustainability impact of our actions in the wider world and inwards on how sustainability-related issues affect the company’s performance.
Through extensive engagement with our employees and key stakeholders, complimented through desk research and expert interviews, we have identified and prioritised 20 material topics which we will focus on in the coming years.
SUSTAINABILITY NEWS
We’re constantly making progress: get the latest on our progress in sustainability here.