Our ESG Strategy
Empowering our people
Issue areas
What?
Issues
How?
We provide a healthy, happy and inclusive workplace where everyone can flourish.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
Promoting a culture of openness and inclusivity where everyone is valued and accepted.
Supporting the physical, mental, and financial wellbeing of our employees.
Investing in our people to optimise their potential, fulfil their career ambitions, and provide the highest quality services to our clients.
Employee wellbeing
Training and development
Issue areas
Sustainability targets
Issue areas
Sustainability targets
Equality, diversity and inclusion
Reduce mean gender pay gap by 10% from 30.79%
Maintain at least 50% female representation amongst annual graduate intake.
Increase BAME numbers from 5.5% to 10% by 2025.
At least 50% of staff to undertake personal development relating to health and wellbeing each year.
Employee
wellbeing
Increase apprentice roles within the business by 40% by 2025 compared to 2020.
Develop and deliver sustainability training programme for staff by
end of 2024.
Training and
development
Since 1855, Carter Jonas has worked with and within the natural environment. We strive to be at the forefront of action to address the most pressing sustainability issues faced by our sector, our clients, and the communities we serve.
Our ESG strategy reflects our commitment to empowering our people, protecting our planet and championing our communities. By addressing these issues, we can live up to our responsibility as a business, deliver truly sustainable solutions for our clients, and maximise the positive impact we can have on the world by 2025.
Our strategy is supported by ambitious targets aimed at delivering lasting change within our business, and governance arrangements which ensure that we are further embedding sustainability into all that we do.
Protecting our planet
Issue areas
Sustainability targets
Issue areas
How?
Delivering a net-zero and resilient future for ourselves, our clients, and wider communities.
Restoring and enhancing the natural world through our work
and operations.
Ensuring sustainable practices throughout our supply chain to create value and mitigate risk.
Issues
Climate
action
Nature and biodiversity
Sustainable supply chain
What?
We take action to address the most pressing environmental challenges and support our clients to do the same.
Issue areas
Sustainability targets
Achieve net-zero in our scopes 1 and 2 emissions by 2035. By 2025, develop and publish an approach to achieving net-zero scope 3 emissions by 2040.
Limit the use of offsets to no more than 10% of our baseline.
Facilitate the delivery of at least 5GW of renewable energy by 2025.
Climate
action
By the end of 2024, undertake an assessment of our value chain to identify nature-related dependencies with a view to developing an approach to managing and mitigating these impacts.
Nature and
biodiversity
By the end of 2024, develop a management approach for our supply chain to better understand the impacts of our procurement activities.
Sustainable
supply chain
Championing our communities
Issue areas
Sustainability targets
Issue areas
How?
Delivering tangible and lasting social value through our work and philanthropic activities.
Ensuring healthy and safe working conditions for all our stakeholders.
Ensuring the continued good governance of our partnership by promoting the highest standards of business ethics and management.
Issues
Social
impact
Health and
safety
Responsible business
What?
We live up to our responsibilities and invest our time and resources to support healthy and thriving communities.
Issue areas
Sustainability targets
Carter Jonas staff to deliver at least 200 days of volunteering per annum.
Increase number of school ambassadors by 20% by 2025 compared to 31 in 2020.
Social
impact
Since 1855, Carter Jonas has worked with and within the natural environment. We strive to be at the forefront of action to address the most pressing sustainability issues faced by our sector, our clients, and the communities we serve.
Our ESG strategy reflects our commitment to empowering our people, protecting our planet and championing our communities. By addressing these issues, we can live up to our responsibility as a business, deliver truly sustainable solutions for our clients, and maximise the positive impact we can have on the world by 2025.
Our strategy is supported by ambitious targets aimed at delivering lasting change within our business, and governance arrangements which ensure that we are further embedding sustainability into all that we do.
Our ESG Strategy
Empowering our people
How?
Promoting a culture of openness and inclusivity where everyone is valued and accepted.
Supporting the physical, mental, and financial wellbeing of our employees.
Investing in our people to optimise their potential, fulfil their career ambitions, and provide the highest quality services to our clients.
Issues
Sustainability Targets
Equality, diversity and inclusion
Employee wellbeing
Training and development
What?
We provide a healthy, happy
and inclusive workplace where everyone can flourish.
Reduce mean gender pay gap by 10% from 30.79%
Maintain at least 50% female representation amongst annual graduate intake.
Increase BAME numbers from 5.5% to 10% by 2025.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
At least 50% of staff to undertake personal development relating to health and wellbeing each year.
Employee wellbeing
Increase apprentice roles within the business by 40% by 2025 compared to 2020.
Develop and deliver sustainability training programme for staff by
end of 2024.
Training and
development
Protecting our planet
How?
Delivering a net zero and resilient future for ourselves, our clients,
and wider communities.
Restoring and enhancing the natural world through our work
and operations.
Ensuring sustainable practices throughout our supply chain to create value and mitigate risk.
Issues
Climate action
Sustainability Targets
Nature and biodiversity
Sustainable supply chain
What?
We take action to address the most pressing environmental challenges and support our clients to do the same.
By the end of 2024, develop a management approach for our supply chain to better understand the impacts of our procurement activities.
Sustainable
supply chain
By the end of 2024, undertake an assessment of our value chain to identify nature-related dependencies with a view to developing an approach to managing and mitigating these impacts.
Nature and biodiversity
Achieve net-zero in our scopes 1 and 2 emissions by 2035. By 2025, develop and publish an approach to achieving net-zero scope 3 emissions by 2040.
Limit the use of offsets to no more than 10% of our baseline.
Facilitate the delivery of at least 5GW of renewable energy by 2025.
Climate action
Issue areas
Championing our communities
How?
Delivering tangible and lasting social value through our work and philanthropic activities.
Ensuring healthy and safe working conditions for all our stakeholders.
Ensuring the continued good governance of our partnership by promoting the highest standards of business ethics and management.
Issues
Social impact
Health and safety
Responsible business
Sustainability Targets
What?
We live up to our responsibilities and invest our time and resources to support healthy and thriving communities.
Carter Jonas staff to deliver at least 200 days of volunteering per annum.
Increase number of school ambassadors by 20% by 2025 compared to 31 in 2020.
Social impact
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ESG Governance
Carter Jonas’ Management Board, chaired by our Chief Executive, takes responsibility for establishing and developing our sustainability policy and ensuring that our sustainability goals are achieved.
Management board
ESG Champions
Net-Zero Committee
Social Impact Group
Operations Board
Executive oversight
Operational
delivery
Engagement and communication
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Process
We have undertaken a comprehensive review of our sustainability programme, engaging our most important stakeholders within and outside our business to help pinpoint our most material sustainability topics, seeking to ensure that we are addressing the most pressing issues facing our business.
Our sustainability strategy is supported by a range of policies with focus on specific areas of our programme. These include our Environmental Policy, our Health and Safety Policy, and our Modern Slavery Statement.
These documents are all publicly available from our website:
Sustainability Policy
Environmental Policy
Health and Safety Policy
Quality Policy
Modern Slavery Act Policy
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Role and responsibilities
The development and delivery of Carter Jonas’ sustainability strategy.
Chief Executive
The approval of the
ESG Policy and
delivery of the requirements therein.
Management Board
Championing sustainability issues among the Management Board.
Lead Partner
Developing and delivering Carter Jonas’ sustainability strategy, targets, and policy.
Head of Sustainability
Delivery of operational elements of Carter Jonas’ sustainability strategy
Operations Board
Oversight, ownership and delivery planning of activities to deliver performance against the partnership’s net-zero commitment.
Net-zero Committee
Directing and championing Carter Jonas’ charitable activities and volunteering efforts.
Social Impact Group
Championing sustainability across the business and promoting best practice within divisions and teams.
ESG Champions
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role
UN Sustainable Development Goals
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted in 2015 the aim of protecting our global environment, ending poverty, and accelerating the creation of a fairer and more equitable world.
We have aligned the key focus areas, issues and targets of our ESG strategy with the SDGs. While Carter Jonas’ contribution to delivering this hugely ambitious global targets may be small, we recognise that we all have a part to play. We believe that we can drive action at an organisational and individual level by aligning our efforts with these important objectives.
Empowering
our people
Protecting
our planet
Championing our
communities
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Tom Roundell Greene
Partner, Head of Sustainability
020 3325 0102
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Assessment
Carbon
Reduction
Nature and Biodiversity
Climate
Risk
Sustainable Supply Chain
Waste and Circularity
Board Diversity
Community Impact
Information and Data Security
Human Rights
Risk Management
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Training and Development
Health and Safety
Employee Wellbeing
Ethics and
Compliance
Employee
Wellbeing
Health and Safety
Ethics and Compliance
Training and Development
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Risk Management
Human Rights
Information and Data Security
Board Diversity
Community Impact
Waste and Circularity
Carbon Reduction
Nature and Biodiversity
Climate Risk
Sustainable Supply Chain
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Our ESG Strategy
ESG Governance
Chief Executive
The development and delivery of Carter Jonas’ sustainability strategy.
Management Board
The approval of the ESG Policy and delivery of the requirements therein.
Lead Partner
Championing sustainability issues among the Management Board.
Head of Sustainability
Developing and delivering Carter Jonas’ sustainability strategy, targets, and policy.
Operations Board
Delivery of operational elements of Carter Jonas’ sustainability strategy.
Net-zero Committee
Oversight, ownership and delivery planning of activities to deliver performance against the partnership’s net-zero commitment.
Social Impact Group
Directing and championing Carter Jonas’ charitable activities and volunteering efforts.
ESG Champions
Championing sustainability across the business and promoting best practice within divisions and teams.
ESG Governance
Roles and Responsibilities
Process
UN Sustainable Development Goals