Our vision is to create truly sustainable environments for our members, team, and partners to thrive in. This is why we have developed our environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy, setting ambitious market-leading targets across environmental and social.
We are really excited about this journey and invite you to be part of it over the coming years for positive change.
Positive Impact
Our vision is to create truly sustainable environments for our members, team, and partners to thrive in. This is why we have developed our environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy, setting ambitious market-leading targets across environmental and social.
We are really excited about this journey and invite you to be part of it over the coming years for positive change.
Our Sustainability Strategy Highlights
- Environment
- Members
- Social
Key Achievements
- We are a B Corp
- 4 of our buildings are now BREEAM certified
- We are a carbon-negative business and we’ve solidified our net-zero plan
- We’ve reduced energy demand across all buildings by 29% in 2023 from 2022
- In 2023, we offset 1,815.05 tonnes of carbon – 110% of our carbon footprint – using only high-quality offsets
- We have engaged 85 suppliers (45% of supplier spend) on climate issues in 2023
Key Achievements
- 7% of our members businesses became B Corp
- We’re proactively spreading environmental and wellbeing awareness with our in-personal regular Green Collective members sessions
- We developed environmental section within our House Rules to unify our commitment across all locations
- In 2023, we launched a Sustainable Living Guide – a monthly newsletter with day to day eco-living tips and links to further resources
Key Achievements
- We achieved a Gold accreditation from Investors in People and were featured in The Times’ Best Places to Work 2023 list
- We’ve measured and reported internally on our DE&I metrics
- We empowered our team to advance in their careers, allocating personal training budgets with 74% participation rate in 2023
- We introduced new benefits to support our team’s mental health, physical wellbeing, and financial stability, including a new nursery benefit scheme supporting parents returning to work
- We dedicated 69 days to collective charitable action
We are a B Corp!
We’ve become part of a driving force for a better future. Our B Corp status means we’ve got the official stamp of approval for our collective efforts to look after our people, communities and the planet.
Our path to Net Zero
In October 2022, we had our ambitious organisational carbon reduction targets approved by the Science Based Targets Initiative.
Our target is to reduce our absolute greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2025, and reach Net Zero by 2027 – so we’re pushing ourselves to be way ahead of the pack.
Our charity of choice
Spread a Smile brings joy and laughter to seriously ill and hospitalised children & teenagers under the care of their NHS hospital partners. Their teams of entertainers make regular bedside visits which are a crucial part of these children being able to cope effectively with their conditions.
We have been supporting the charity with your help since 2021 and happy to say they are now part of our Highbury community.
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