Offices & travel
- Comprehensive carbon reporting, including commuting and suppliers
- Car sharing and public transport with new travel and expense system
- Regular commuter car share matching scheme
- Electric vehicle use increased through salary sacrifice scheme
- Energy-saving advice for employees working from home
- Real Living Wage since 2017
- Water Retailer of the Year twice
- Employee-led Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging employee training and survey
- Blind hiring portal and interview training reduces risk of unconscious bias
Customers, suppliers & communications
- Smart alerts to stop leaks when continuous flows or sudden unexpected usage increases detected
- EcoMOTs saved 4 million litres of water & reduced business bills
- 20% top 40 suppliers on Net Zero journey
- 93 suppliers audited against new ESG criteria, including Glassdoor and Trustpilot
- Supplier Modern Slavery Policy + Code of Conduct
- Planned new circular waste servcies (WEEE, vapes & batteries)
- Increased recycling & food waste segregation
- Investigating sustainability issues in telecoms, e.g. data centre water use and AI energy use
For the whole planet
- 3 years ahead of CO2e targets
- 90% waste recycled at head office
- Water-saving works at head office will save 300m3 per year + 0.3tonnes of CO2e
- 85% employees completed sustainability training
- Created sustainable work, resilience to severe weather and carbon storage by supporting Mangrove restoration project in Pakistan
- Tropical forest protection to enhance biodiversity and avoid emissions
- Aligned our strategy to UN Sustainable Development Goals
Our sustainability progress
Mission: Make utilities savings simple for SMEs while creating jobs people love
2025 environmental statistics
- 16 water and energy saving site visits delivered to businesses
- 190 water-saving devices installed
- 4 MegaLitres per year water saved + CO2e bill savings
- 5,200 continuous flow alerts sent to prompt businesses to fix leaks
- Quadrupled sales of smart water loggers
- 20% top suppliers by spend (on Net Zero journey)
- 50% less CO2e from Scope 2 emissions at our head office
- 65% renewable electricity at HQ – will be 100% in 2026
- 30,000 commutes avoided by working from home
- 44,000 miles commuted by Electric Vehicle by 12% employees
- 20 people regularly car share for commutes
- 85% employees trained in sustainability with target of 100% in Q1 2026
- 47,800 tonnes emissions avoided by offsetting since 2021*
- Food waste collections to decrease waste incinerated was doubled to 9% of customer waste
- 29% waste collected is recyclables
- Recycled 90% head office waste
- 64% employees completed new Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging training
Practical solutions that simplify utility management
Our commitments to people and planet
Glassdoor
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