Climate action

Our progress

Explore our progress and perspectives on our strategic priorities. Hear from our business leaders and subject-matter experts around the world on how we’re creating impact in each of these areas.

Our progress

In this section, we have set goals and objectives in three key areas: carbon emissions, green buildings, and climate resilience and adaptation.

This is how we track our progress towards net zero and becoming more resilient, as well as how we support our clients and communities on their own journeys.

Our highlights

  • Reduced our Scope 2 emissions in the U.K. compared to the 2019 baseline by 20.6%.
  • Reduced U.K. electricity consumption by 4.1% compared to 2022.
  • Reduced scope 2 carbon emissions from our new Manchester office by 56.4%, resulting from the occupation of more efficient office space at 11 York Street.
  • Globally, our absolute scope 1 and 2 emissions have increased by 10.9% due to advances in our data collection processes and an increase in the carbon intensity of the U.K. electricity grid.
  • Our Global emissions intensity (tCO2e/m2) has increased by 25.0%.
  • Scope 3 emissions have increased significantly compared to the 2019 baseline at 81.9% due to improved data collection and analysis and an expanded scope.
  • We continue to collect data and benchmark the performance of our office portfolio.
  • We applied our global occupancy standard to help guide us in the site selection, design and operation of our workplaces to improve sustainability outcomes and progress on our journey to net zero.
  • Built on a foundation of science, our U.K. business continues to analyze scope 3 supply chain emissions, transforming the data into actionable insights.
  • Provision of in-house and externally-delivered sustainability and low carbon education.

Our KPIs

To measure and report progress against our global ESG strategy, these are the current KPIs that we have adopted or plan to adopt and disclose externally in this report and other reporting channels. In some cases, we are measuring KPIs internally while we set up data collection processes and evaluate the data.

KPIs
Status
Internal / External
Total carbon emissions (TCO2e)
Reporting
External
Breakdown by Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions
Reporting
External
Total carbon reduction year on year (%)
Reporting
External
Scope 1 & 2 reduction year on year (%)
Reporting
External
Renewable energy procured off-site (%)
Plan to disclose globally in 2024
External
Renewable energy procured on-site (%)
Plan to disclose globally in 2024
External
Breakdown of non-renewable energy sources
Plan to disclose globally in 2024
External
Change in energy intensity year on year (%)
Plan to disclose globally in 2024
External
Scope 3 reduction year on year (%)
Partial, plan to disclose globally in 2024 for select Scope 3 emissions
Internal / External
TCFD assessment complete for our global business
To be incorporated into our global roadmap to meet ISSB standards
Internal
Occupied portfolio floor space with green building certification (over 10,000 square feet)
Plan to disclose globally in 2024
External
Supplier rating (U.K.)
Reporting
External

Explore our global carbon footprint and net zero strategy.

Our global carbon footprint

Explore our UK carbon footprint and net zero strategy.

Our U.K. carbon footprint

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