As the largest pure-play sustainability consultancy globally, it is imperative that we “walk the talk.” Our corporate commitments include:
- Publishing an important new set of commitments on biodiversity with Act4Nature International, driving action across our work with clients, our own operations, employee engagement, and external engagements – including the ERM Foundation.
- Pledging to drive growth in the demand for, and supply of, hydrogen in a new initiative known as H2Zero, created to help accelerate the use and production of hydrogen as an essential part of the future net-zero energy system.
- Setting ambitious science-based targets to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions as part of a unified private sector response to the global risks of climate change. The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has approved ERM’s net-zero science-based targets in line with the SBTi Net-Zero Standard with GHG emissions reductions targets to achieve net-zero by 2040 across our, operations and value chain.
- Disclosing our climate-related risks and opportunities since 2019, following the recommendations of the Task Force for Climate-related Financial (TCFD).
- Adopting early the revised Universal Standards of the Global Reporting Initiative through our Sustainability Report 2022. We are proud to be a Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards Pioneer.
- Reporting to the GRI standard through our annual Sustainability Report
- Meeting the 10 principles of the UN Global Compact, and through it a signatory to the Women’s Empowerment Principles and the Sustainable Oceans Principles
- Respecting human rights and a world free of slavery. We recognize our responsibility to support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights, as defined by the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. We have a Human Rights, Modern Slavery and Child Labor Policy and report annually in compliance with the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015.
- Committing to workplace equality, we are a signatory to the Race at Work Charter driven by Business in the Community
- ERM is a signatory of the WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) Pledge and commits to taking action on WASH in our operations and across our value chain in support of Sustainable Development Goal 6: water and sanitation for all
- Contributing 1% of prior year profits to support sustainability initiatives around the globe via, the ERM Foundation and other organizations.
