2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | ||
Sustainable Products |
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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 |
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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. |
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Health & Safety |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 | |
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ethical conduct |
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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 |