JUST GROUP PLC Annual Report and Accounts 2021
SUSTAINABILITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Sustainability the just way The Board approved Just Group’s new sustainability strategy during this period. The strategy supports our broader ESG agenda, is aligned to our strategic priorities, our organisational behaviours and helps us fulfil our purpose to help people achieve a better later life.
Our sustainability strategy has three pillars which you can read more about on the opposite page and you can discover more about our sustainability story on our Group website justgroupplc.co.uk . We have an important role in helping the world transition towards a sustainable environment and low carbon global economy and during this period the Board has made a number of commitments.
LEAVING A RESPONSIBLE FOOTPRINT Our continued focus to build our modern workplace has helped us to deliver another strong performance to reduce our scope 1 and 2 emissions. Our total emissions, including those recorded in scope 3 for our business travel, have reduced by 20%, following a record reduction in the prior reporting period of 75%. This has been achieved through further decarbonisation of electricity, rightsizing the property portfolio to align with our new hybrid working model and delivering energy efficiency through the introduction of new technology. We are mindful that hybrid working moves emissions from our office portfolio to our colleagues’ homes, and those emissions are not included in this report. We are supporting colleagues to review their own carbon footprint by using Pawprint (see panel). COVID-19 restrictions have continued to play a role in lowering some of our consumption in 2021, including business travel and print. Power emissions have been less affected as our offices remained accessible throughout the year. As we move towards some normality we aim to take advantage of the positive effects of adapting to remote working and ensure purposeful travel and print. EMPOWER JUST COLLEAGUES TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE AT WORK, HOME AND BEYOND. Sustainability is a topic that we know our colleagues care deeply about and that’s why as a business we have invested in Pawprint for all colleagues. Through the launch of Pawprint we provide useful tools and resources so that, together, we can make a positive difference to our planet. Pawprint is an app which helps us make more climate-friendly choices. It helps us to measure, understand and reduce our carbon footprint at work, home and beyond. We can also feed back ideas and thoughts on corporate sustainability initiatives and get involved in individual and team challenges to reduce CO 2 emissions.
OUR COMMITMENT TOWARDS NET ZERO
Operations
INVESTMENTS/ supply chain 2050 Net zero by 2050 and 50% reduction by 2030
2025 Net zero by 2025
OUR FOCUS IN 2021 Our operational priority during the year has driven action against two of our pillars.
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