Hill & Smith PLC - Data
Operating company

Data

  2021 2020 2019 2018 2017  

Sustainable Products

            
Spend on R&D £1.9m £2.0m £1.4m £1.2m £1.6m  
Percentage of revenue 0.3% 0.3% 0.2% 0.2% 0.3%  

GHG Emissions

            
Environmental penalties £nil £nil £nil £nil £nil  
Location-based consumption (kWh)            
Scope 1 Gross 276,349,609 268,190,068 274,754,321 264,798,827 244,052,313  
Scope 2 Gross 53,097,574 50,337,266 55,287,447 63,315,669 57,325,439  
Market-based consumption (kWh)            
Scope 1 276,349,609 268,190,068 274,754,321 264,798,827 244,052,313  
Scope 2* 36,624,147 47,646,715 55,287,447 63,315,669 57,325,439  
Location-based consumption (tCO2e)            
Scope 1 53,712 52,066 53,478 56,469 57,183  
Scope 2 14,383 15,335 19,803 24,449 22,599  
Market-based consumption (tCO2e)/td>            
Scope 1 53,712 52,066 53,478 56,469 57,183  
Scope 2* 10,885 14,708 19,803 24,449 22,599  
Intensity Ratio** 0.09 0.10 0.11 0.13 0.14  
* In November 2020, the Group entered into a two-year contract to buy all its UK electricity requirements from renewable sources. This was backed by Renewable Energy Guarantee of Origin (‘REGO’). The Scope 2 nett data excludes data relating to this source of electricity.
** Intensity Ratio is defined as total scope 1 & 2 tCO2e expressed as a ratio to £000’s of revenue.		  

Health & Safety

            
No. of workplace fatalities 0 0 0 0 0  
No. of COVID cases 632 130 n/a n/a n/a  
COVID cases as a percentage of workforce 14% 2.9% n/a n/a n/a  
No. of lost time injuries 142 109 119 119 123  
Lost time injury rate ('LTIR') (The number of lost time injuries divided by total hours worked multiplied by 100,000) 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.8  
No. of Near Miss Reports 2,126 955 n/a n/a n/a  
Percentage of sites with access to online H&S reporting systems 97% 95% n/a n/a n/a  
Percentage of sites covered by ISO 45001 45% 46% n/a n/a n/a  

Talent & employment practices

            
No. of Group employees (as at 31 Dec) 4,402 4,398 4,591 4,094 3,884  
Voluntary (Regrettable) attrition rate 14% 6% n/a n/a n/a  
Internal recruitment 9% 18% n/a n/a n/a  
Percentage of employees with access to a recognisable Trade Union 18% 18% n/a n/a n/a  
UK Gender Pay Gap 2.8% 8.4% 12.7% 12.5% 10.2%  
Training spend £0.6m £0.4m n/a n/a n/a  
Training budget £0.5m n/a n/a n/a n/a  
No. of training days 4,119 4,000 n/a n/a n/a  
No. of training hours 32,952 32,000 n/a n/a n/a  
UK Apprenticeships 49 34 n/a n/a n/a  
Employees participating in training & development 156 111 n/a n/a n/a  
Percentage of women employees participating in training & development 17% 10% n/a n/a n/a  
Percentage of UK sites utilising the Apprenticeship Levy 57% 49% n/a n/a n/a  
Engagement Survey participation 64% n/a 56% n/a n/a  
Engagement Score 55% n/a 48% n/a n/a  
Inclusion Engagement Score 63% n/a 58% n/a n/a  

Sustainable Products

                      
  M F M F M F M F M F  
PLC Directors 5 3 5 2 5 2 5 1 5 1  
Executive Board 4 2 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a  
No. of Subsidiary Directors 49 3 66 5 79 3 59 2 71 3  
No. of Senior Managers 201  38  174  39  221  40  167  19  182  19   
Percentage of PLC Directors 62%  38%  71%  29%  71%  29%  83%  17%  83%  17%   
Percentage of Executive Board 60%  40%  n/a  n/a  n/a  n/a  n/a  n/a  n/a  n/a   
Percentage of Subsidiary Directors 94% 6% 93% 7% 96% 4% 97% 3% 96% 4%  
Percentage of Senior Managers 84% 16% 82% 18% 85% 15% 90% 10% 91% 9%  
Total percentage of Group employees 90% 10% 90% 10% 91% 9% 91% 9% 91% 9%  

CLIMATE RISK TO OUR BUSINESS

            
Carbon Disclosure Project (‘CPD’) Rating D C D D D  
Environmental fines incurred £nil £nil £nil £nil £nil  
Group Water Usage (m3) 104,795 95,093 91,152 87,485 91,476  
Solid waste to landfill (Tonnes) 3,600  5,165  4,678  5,038  4,404   
Recycled waste (Tonnes) 13,755  19,145  22,514  33,817  25,140   
Percentage of recycled waste 79%  79%  83%  85%  82%   
Scope 3 (tCO2 e) – from water and waste 2,040  2,735  521  529 472   
Other GHG emissions – CH4 (tCO2 e)  87 81  n/a n/a n/a  
Other GHG emissions – N20 (tCO2 e)  213 194  n/a n/a n/a  

ethical conduct

            
Charitable donations £39,000 £21,000 £39,000 £30,000 £34,000  
Whistleblowing reports made by employees 2  3  19  11  n/a   
Modern Slavery audits carried out Yes  Yes  Yes  n/a  n/a   
* BEIS conversion factor quadrupled in 2020. On the same basis 2019’s Scope 3 emissions would have been 2,410