ESG: environment and community impact
Our ESG framework
Our ESG framework enables responsible, sustainable, and ethical operations. We prioritise the environment, our broader societal impact, and our firm's governance to protect the planet, foster inclusivity and wellbeing, support our communities, and bolster our firm's resilience. Our Sustainability Leadership Group (SLG) enables positive change in our business and engagement in our environmental and community impact agenda.
Environment and climate
We’re committed to minimising our environmental impact and achieving Net Zero, taking action to address our carbon footprint and we have set SBTi-validated targets as follows:
- We’ll reduce our scope 1 and 2 emissions 70% by 2030 from our 2019 baseline
- We’ll reduce business travel and commuting emissions 50% by 2030 from our 2019 baseline
- By 2027, 55% of our suppliers’ emissions will have science-based targets
- We commit to reaching Net Zero (reducing our emissions by at least 90%) by 2045 from a 2019 baseline
Small changes making a big impact
We prioritise supporting our employees with reducing their carbon impact, promoting sustainable practices, and raising awareness about single-use plastics and travel choices. We’ve added environmental considerations into both our travel policy and our sustainable property guidelines for all office moves.
To ensure accurate reporting and data management, we’ve established robust processes and a greenhouse gas emissions dashboard to monitor our performance annually including a comprehensive carbon dashboard to monitor exact reductions.
Our strategic leadership team (SLT) oversees our environmental governance, monitors progress, and reviews climate-related risks and opportunities. Our partnership governance board holds the SLT accountable for ESG metrics and targets, including climate-related ones. And our risk and audit committee oversees climate-related risks and activities under the environmental strategy.
Community Impact
Our aim is to support underprivileged people in society find work opportunity and to lead sustainable and healthy lives, we will do this by:
- Supporting local communities through volunteering and fundraising
- Addressing social disadvantage through strategic charity partnerships and expertise
- Improving educational opportunities for people with fewer
- Developing work experience and employment opportunities for underprivileged talent
Our community impact goals are:
- To work directly with 5,500 young people by 2025 through our Schools Enterprise Programme
- To have a collective impact on social exclusion by volunteering a total of 20,000 hours by 2025
- To continue fund raising and double our efforts year on year, we are proud of the £1.8M we have already raised for charities to date
Strengthening communities through giving back
Volunteering empowers our team, building skills, networks, and confidence while also making a positive impact on society. Our focus is on supporting underserved groups in finding employment.
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Our flexible and agile policies are only some of the benefits of working at Grant Thornton. Learn about the other benefits and reward available to our people.
Diverse and inclusive is how every business should be. Find out how we’re making that happen at Grant Thornton.
The things you do, and the people you’re with outside of work matter, that’s why we’re happy to look at flexible working options for all our roles, and we’ll always do our best to keep your work and life in balance.