Sustainability screen case studies

For an international company such as Sophos there are a multitude of issues to take into consideration when conducting an ESG assessment. These include ensuring that it meets requirements on social issues, such as labour standards, health and safety and community engagement, as well as governance issues and conducting an environmental impact analysis.

The creation of a high-level sustainability governance committee structure could help with the delivery of sustainability improvement initiatives

Opportunities in the area of sustainable procurement may be largely untapped

Consumers are increasingly interested in the social and environmental policies of the brands that they purchase goods and services from. For a clothing retailer this includes issues such as employee working conditions and remuneration, as well as energy consumption, waste generation and the source of materials used.

To develop a new product label that promotes Takko's quality, social and environmental principles

To monitor energy consumption and introduce new reduction measures to achieve additional cost and carbon emission savings

Increasing constraints on the availability and use of natural resources, penalties associated with waste and emissions releases, as well as community and customer concerns about environmental degradation, mean that companies that can do more with less are more likely to succeed in the future.

Potential to replace or part-replace a proportion of the diesel fuel currently used in the data centre back-up systems

Opportunity to engage staff to encourage their support of corporate sustainability objectives.