Hill & Smith PLC - Data
Operating company

Data

  2022 2021 2020 2019 2018  

Sustainable Products

            
Spend on R&D £2.8m £1.9m £2.0m £1.4m £1.2m  
Percentage of revenue 0.4% 0.3% 0.3% 0.2% 0.2%  

GHG Emissions

            
Environmental penalties £nil £nil £nil £nil £nil  
Location-based consumption (tCO2e)            
Scope 1 49,388 53,712 52,066 53,478 56,469  
Scope 2 12,404 14,383 15,335 19,803 24,449  
Market-based consumption (tCO2e)/td>            
Scope 1 49,388 53,712 52,066 53,478 56,469  
Scope 2* 8,917 10,885 14,708 19,803 24,449  
Intensity Ratio** 0.07 0.09 0.10 0.11 0.13  
* 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 £000s of revenue.		  

Health & Safety

            
No. of workplace fatalities 0 0 0 0 0  
No. of lost time injuries 85 142 109 119 119  
Lost time injury rate ('LTIR') (The number of lost time injuries divided by total hours worked multiplied by 100,000) 1.1 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.6  
No. of Near Miss Reports 2,217 2,126 955 n/a n/a  
Percentage of sites with access to online H&S reporting systems 93% 97% 975% n/a n/a  
Percentage of sites covered by ISO 45001 65% 45% 46% n/a n/a  

Talent & employment practices

            
No. of Group employees (as at 31 Dec) 3,817 4,402 4,398 4,591 4,094  
Voluntary (Regrettable) attrition rate 14% 14% 6% n/a n/a  
Percentage of employees with access to a recognisable Trade Union 11% 18% 18% n/a n/a  
UK Gender Pay Gap -2.8% 2.8% 8.4% 12.7% 12.5%  
Training spend £0.8m £0.6m £0.4m n/a n/a  
Training budget £0.5m n/a n/a n/a n/a  
No. of training days 5,626 4,119 4,000 n/a n/a  
No. of training hours 45,010 32,952 32,000 n/a n/a  
UK Apprenticeships 52 49 34 n/a n/a  
Employees participating in training & development 2,386 156 111 n/a n/a  
Percentage of female employees participating in training and development 10% 17% 10% n/a n/a  
Percentage of UK sites utilising the Apprenticeship Levy 89% 57% 49% n/a n/a  

Engagement, inclusion and diversity

            
Engagement Survey participation 80% 62% n/a 56% n/a  
Engagement Score 61% 55% n/a 48% n/a  
Inclusion Engagement Score 69% 63% n/a 58% n/a  

gender diversity

                      
  M F M F M F M F M F  
PLC Directors 5 3 5 3 5 2 5 2 5 1  
Executive Board 4 2 4 2 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a  
No. of Subsidiary Directors 39 7 49 3 66 5 79 3 59 2  
No. of Senior Managers* 78  20  201 38  174 39 221 40 167 19   
Percentage of PLC Directors 62%  38%  62% 38%  71%  29%  71% 29%  83%  17%   
Percentage of Executive Board 67% 33% 67% 33% n/a  n/a  n/a  n/a  n/a  n/a   
Percentage of Subsidiary Directors 85% 15% 94% 6% 93% 7% 96% 4% 97% 3%  
Percentage of Senior Managers* 80% 20% 84% 16% 82% 18% 85% 15% 90% 10%  
Total percentage of Group employees 90% 10% 90% 10% 90% 10% 91% 9% 91% 9%  
* Senior management population redefined to Managing Directors' direct reports only.  

CLIMATE RISK TO OUR BUSINESS

            
Carbon Disclosure Project (‘CPD’) Rating B D C D D  
Environmental fines incurred £nil £nil £nil £nil £nil  
Group Water Usage (m3) 84,667 104,795 95,093 91,152 87,485  
Solid waste to landfill (Tonnes) 5,138 3,600  5,165  4,678  5,038   
Recycled waste (Tonnes) 18,870 13,755  19,145  22,514  33,817   
Percentage of recycled waste 78% 79%  79%  83%  85%  
Scope 3 (tCO2 e) – from water and waste 3,257 2,040 2,735  521  529  
Other GHG emissions – CH4 (tCO2 e) 65*  87 81 n/a n/a  
Other GHG emissions – N20 (tCO2 e) 114* 213 194  n/a n/a  
  * Market-based analysis.  

ethical conduct

            
Charitable donations £62,000 £39,000 £21,000 £39,000 £30,000  
Whistleblowing reports made by employees 12 2  3 19 11  
Modern Slavery audits carried out Yes  Yes  Yes  Yes  n/a