TURNING OUR ESG AMBITION INTO ACTION
Our supporting commitments
We work in partnership with clients, colleagues and our supply chain to have a positive impact.
We have four commitments underpinning our entire action plan for the UK.
Three of these are focused on working in partnership with our supply chain, and the other stresses the need for high ethical standards.
KEY CONTACTS
Part 1: Building responsible supply chains
Forging partnerships in our UK supply chains can help us address important issues like the environment, diversity in the workplace, human rights, labour rights and modern slavery.
Commitment 1: All new suppliers to be screened using environmental and social criteria every year.
- We’re working to better understand our supplier base and define environmental and social criteria material to us.
- We plan to implement environmental screening criteria with critical suppliers.
- We’ll measure this by the number of new suppliers screened and continually assessed.
Commitment 2: 100% of new suppliers to have adhered to our supply chain charter in 2026.
- We’re reviewing our procurement policies and processes to develop a supply chain charter.
- We plan to put sustainable procurement processes in place across our UK operations.
- We’ll measure this by the percentage of suppliers signed up to our charter.
Part 2: Prioritising business ethics, compliance and integrity
We provide ethics, compliance and integrity (BEC&I) training for all our UK colleagues.
By making this commitment, we aim to re-emphasise the importance of these considerations and bring them to life.
Commitment 3: 100% completion rate of annual training every year.
- We’re assessing our current training and engaging our colleagues on business ethics and compliance issues.
- We plan to improve our training, ensure all colleagues are aware of BEC&I issues and how to tackle them, and gain a 100% pass rate for training.
- We’ll measure this by the percentage of employees who complete and pass the training.
