Corporate Sustainability Report - Flipbook - Page 17
Sustainability Report
Corporate sustainability
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development, adopted by all 193 UN
Member States in September 2015, is
a plan of action for people, planet and
prosperity, and seeks to strengthen
universal peace and larger freedom.
The Sustainable Development Goals
comprise 17 goals, such as the
elimination of poverty and hunger,
昀椀ghting climate change, supporting
decent work conditions, and creating
sustainable cities and communities,
and 169 targets.
Ful昀椀lling these ambitions will take an
unprecedented e昀昀ort by all sectors in society
and we all have an important role in the
process. As part of our commitment, we are
aligning our business strategies and vision
with the Sustainable Development Goals
and Targets, driving change, developing
partnerships and implementing best
reporting practices.
ACCESS’ FOUR PILLARS OF SUSTAINABILITY
This is our 昀椀rst year of undertaking materiality assessments which enable us to report on
issues which are important to our stakeholders and outline future initiatives while taking into
consideration our business goals and risks.
For each of the four pillars identi昀椀ed from the materiality index, we have identi昀椀ed primary goals
aligned to the SDGs and have established a set of policies and guidelines to underpin our activities,
whilst looking to improve our actions and reporting in each of the areas.
Responsibility
for the environment
Ensuring active prevention and limitation of
potential impacts on climate change and the
environment resulting from our operations by
providing policies and management systems
based on environmental best practices.
We have an environmental pillar with an
associated section on our group-wide intranet
(The Vault) dedicated to environmental issues.
We hold awareness days and include articles of
interest in our internal group-wide newsletter
(The Buzz) to increase the understanding of
climate change, what we can and are doing to
mitigate risks, and reduce its impact on our
employees and operations.
We are moving to renewable energy, where
possible, and optimising LED and motion lighting
in o昀케ces to improve energy e昀케ciency.
Access is an o昀케ce-based business services
operation and has little exposure to harmful
and hazardous materials. Nevertheless, we
have developed and de昀椀ned strict controls to
manage, handle, store and dispose of harmful
and hazardous substances to minimise the
environmental release-risks according to local
guidelines and regulations.
We deliver services in a manner which does
not compromise the environmental impact of
our customers’ operations in the communities
where they operate.
We have signed up to the United Nation’s Race
to Zero and committed to the Science Based
Targets initiative (SBTi) to reduce our carbon
emissions by setting science-based targets.
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