Our environmental, social and governance strategy
ESG
Green Delivered
At Uncommon, our vision is to create truly sustainable environments for our members, team, and partners to thrive in. In this context, we have developed our environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy, setting ambitious market-leading targets across environmental and social themes. This strategy outlines our commitments to how exactly those will be delivered.
We are really excited to be starting this journey and invite you to be part of it over the coming years.
Our Commitments
- Improve our climate impact
- Work in more sustainable buildings
- Collaborate with ethical suppliers
- Promote diversity, opportunities and the wellbeing of our people
- Support our members to create a positive impact
- Reduce our emissions
Target: Reduce our absolute emissions in line with science, aiming for an 80% reduction by 2025 - Achieve net zero
Target: Be a net zero business across scope 1, 2 and net scope 3 categories by 2027 - Be carbon negative
Target: We will be a carbon negative business, removing more emissions than we have released through our operations from when we were founded to today, and for all future years by 2023
- Improve building efficiency
Target: All our buildings will achieve an EPC rating of B or above by 2027 - Provide members with low-carbon options
Target: Offer our members carbon neutral desks across all our buildings by 2027 - Source and use better materials
Target: Develop a criteria for sourcing more sustainable and circular products across our business by 2023
- Set new supplier standards
Target: Develop a supplier code of conduct by the end of 2022 - Actively engage our suppliers
Target: Engage all our suppliers on key topics – notably climate, wages and diversity – in line with our code of conduct by 2023 - Ensure compliance with our standards
Target: Ensure all our suppliers comply with our code of conduct by 2025
- Increase diversity in our business
Target: We will measure, set targets for and report on diversity across our business – considering gender, race, religion, LGBTQI+ and disability – by 2023 - Provide opportunities for our employees
Target: 70% of our workforce will complete relevant, personalised, and career-enhancing training provided by Uncommon by 2023 - Support the health and wellbeing of our people
Target: We will provide all of our employees with access to individualised and personally relevant programme to support mental, physical and financial wellbeing by 2023
- Engage our members on climate
Target: We will actively engage all our members on climate action by 2023 - Support our members to embed sustainability
Target: We will provide our members with the knowledge and tools to help them reduce their impact and embed sustainability within their practices by 2023 - Set new member standards
Target: We will develop a member guide, setting standards across our workspaces for sustainability by 2023
Accreditations
Investors in People
Standard accreditation received in 2022
B-Corp
Currently under review, with target certification date of 2023
Our approach to carbon compensation
Change to our approach to carbon compensation
ESG Journals
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The importance of Biophilic Design in the Workplace
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5 tips on maintaining work-life balance with flexible working
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