Hill & Smith PLC - Data
Operating company

Data

  2025 2024 2023 2022 2021

Product Research & Development

          
Spend on R&D £2.1m £3.4m £3.3m £2.8m £1.9m
Percentage of revenue 0.2% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 0.3%

Environmental

          
Environmental penalties £nil £nil £nil £nil £nil
Carbon Disclosure Project (‘CDP’) Rating B C B B D
Group water usage (m3) 108,526 99,241 93,278 84,667 104,795
Waste to landfill (tonnes) 7,017 6,338 4,769 5,138 3,600
Recycled waste (tonnes) 27,274 21,644 22,385 20,761 13,775
Percentage of recycled waste 80% 77% 82% 80% 79%

Greenhouse gas emissions

          
Emissions (tCO2e) - Scope 1: UK (1) 14,580 16,286 16,839 17,308 18,216
Emissions (tCO2e) - Scope 1: Rest of World (1) 23,742 22,858 21,949 21,208 21,922
Location-based emissions (tCO2e) - Scope 2: UK (1) 2,432 2,981 3,122 2,997 3,796
Location-based emissions (tCO2e) - Scope 2: Rest of World (1) 10,983 10,602 10,230 10,828 11,443
Market-based emissions (tCO2e) - Scope 2: UK (1) 88 82 165 296 860
Market-based emissions (tCO2e) - Scope 2: Rest of World (1) 1,400 9,668 11,031 11,202 11,557
Intensity Ratio 0.05 0.06 0.06 0.07 0.09
Scope 3 (tCO2e) – Group(1) 1,676,146 896,607 824,999 983,729 n/a
Other greenhouse gas emissions – CH4 (tCO2e) 32.9 33.9 31.9 30.3 34.5
Other greenhouse gas emissions – N2O (tCO2e) 72 93 104 105 112

Energy Consumption

          
Energy Consumption UK (kWh) (A) 90,013,230 97,654,369 98,888,542 101,832,122 109,189,625
Energy Consumption Rest of World (kWh) (B) 160,034,147 153,287,049 147,422,059 144,810,961 149,913,575
Energy Consumption Total (kWh) (A+B) 250,047,377 250,941,418 246,310,601 246,643,083 259,103,200
Percentage of energy used derived from renewable sources 17% 8% 6% 6% 6%
Aggregate energy consumption from renewable sources 42,638,013 20,277,181 14,639,328 14,668,685 15,427,961

Health & Safety

          
No. of workplace fatalities 0 0 0 0 0
No. of lost time injuries 28 30 35 85 142
LTIR 0.30 0.33 0.43 1.1 1.7
No. of near miss reports 725 990 1,969 2,217 2,126

ISO Standards

          
Percentage of Operating Companies ISO 9001 certified 71% 68% 68% 68% 74%
Percentage of Operating Companies ISO 14001 certified 47% 42% 37% 37% 37%
Percentage of Operating Companies ISO 45001 certified 41% 37% 26% 26% 21%

Ethical conduct

          
Charitable donations £135,619 £119,618 £98,985 £62,000 £39,000
Whistleblowing reports made by employees 34 44 10 12 2
Modern Slavery audits carried out Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Talent & employment practices

          
No. of Group employees (as at 31 Dec) 4,590 4,559 4,336 3,817 4,402
Voluntary (Regrettable) attrition rate 18% 18% 9% 14% 14%
Percentage of employees with access to a recognisable Trade Union 3% 3% 5% 11% 18%
UK Gender Pay Gap (Median Hourly Pay Gap) 8.2% -1.0% -0.1% 2.8% -4.5%
Training spend £1.0m £0.8m £0.9m £0.8m £0.6m
Total No. of training days 8,083 5,285 5,799 5,626 4,119
Average annual hours of training per employee 1.76 1.16 1.34 1.47 0.94
UK Apprenticeships 82 66 60 55 49
Percentage of UK sites utilising the Apprenticeship Levy 78% 70% 83% 89% 57%
Employees participating in training & development 2,734 2,506 3,527 2,386 156
Percentage of employees participating in training &
development that are female		 6% 8% 9% 10% 17%

Engagement

          
Engagement Survey participation 88% 83% 83% 80% 62%
Engagement Score 58% 56% 56% 61% 55%
Inclusion Engagement Score 73% 73% 73% 69% 63%

gender diversity

                    
  M F M F M F M F M F
PLC Directors 6 2 5 3 5 2 5 3 5 3
Executive Committee 5 1 4 2 3 2 4 2 4 2
No. of subsidiary directors 41 7 40 9 46 10 39 7 49 3
No. of senior leaders 102 36 100 28 109 26  78 20 201 38
Percentage of PLC Directors 75% 25% 62% 38% 71% 29%  62%  38%  62% 38% 
Percentage of Executive Committee 83% 17% 67% 33% 60% 40% 67% 33%  67% 33%
Percentage of Subsidiary Directors 85% 15% 82% 18% 82% 18% 85% 15% 94% 6%
Percentage of Senior leaders* 74% 26% 78% 22% 81% 19% 80% 20% 84% 16%
Total percentage of Group employees 88% 12% 89% 11% 89% 11% 90% 10% 90% 10%

1. In accordance with our Greenhouse Gas Emissions Recalculation Policy, in our Basis of Reporting 2025 (available at our policies) and the GHG Protocol, our 2020-2024 scope 1, 2 and 3 data has been revised to remove the emissions relating to any operating companies that have been divested and to include estimates for the emissions from companies that we have acquired during those years. This may result in stated emissions for previous years differing from those reported previously, but allows a meaningful comparison of current emissions with base year and historic year emissions. Our GHG emissions reporting meets the requirements of Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting regulations (SECR).

Sustainability Policies

The Group has several policies that support its Sustainability Plan.

  • Product Responsibility Policy
  • Conflicts Mineral Policy
  • Supply Chain Policy
  • Environment Policy
  • Health and Safety Policy
  • Equal Opportunities and Diversity Policy
  • Tax Strategy
  • Sustainability Policy
  • Code of Business Conduct
  • Fraud and Economic Crime Policy
  • Anti-bribery and Corruption Policy
  • Modern Slavery Policy