Corporate Sustainability Report - Flipbook - Page 23
Sustainability Report
GREEN CHAMPIONS
THE ACCESS FOUNDATION
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The Trustees of The Access Foundation, an
independent charity set up in 2021, agreed
to increase their grants to include support
environmental charities, and those charities in
which our employees are involved, to advance
our impact on protecting our environment
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In FY25, The Access Foundation started to o昀昀er
grants to environmental charities and initiatives.
In this regard, the Foundation has awarded
the 昀椀rst grant to Reef Restoration Foundation
to aid restoration on the Great Barrier Reef in
Australia. Furthermore, a second environmental
grant has been o昀昀ered to The Marine
Conservation Society, funding three projects
that would support and protect the ocean,
underwater habitats and coastal communities.
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Grants included: The Marine Conservation
Society, a leading United Kingdom charity
working to protect marine environments
through education, research, and community
engagement and the Reef Restoration
Foundation in Australia which was established
following widespread coral bleaching and
operates across three sites in Tropical North
Queensland, including Fitzroy Island, Hastings
Reef, and Moore Reef.
Increased the network of our global Green
Champions, an initiative for those employees
who are passionate about making a positive
impact on our environment and want to help
drive eco-friendly practices within our o昀케ces
and communities via projects and activities. We
are looking to further increase the network in
FY26.
SUPPORTING REFORESTATION
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In partnership with ECO Club Timișoara, our
team in Romania continues to care for the
Access Forest, 昀椀rst planted in March 2024 to
celebrate reaching 1,000 employees in our
Timișoara o昀케ce. The forest represents unity,
growth, and our shared responsibility toward
the environment and over 1,000 trees were
planted red oak, pedunculate oak, cherry, ash,
and fruit trees, all carefully selected to support
biodiversity and enrich the local ecosystem.
This milestone became the foundation for
Access Forest 2.0, launched in November 2024,
when our team returned to assess and maintain
the forest. We were proud to see that over
70% of the trees were thriving! And for those
which hadn’t, we replanted, ensuring the forest
continues to grow strong and healthy.
ELECTRIC VEHICLES
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Currently we have 45 leased company vehicles
of which 33 are electric/hybrid. As part of
our carbon transition plan, and in line with
our policy, as leases come up for renewal the
vehicles are either returned or switched to fullelectric vehicles only. During FY25 the 昀氀eet was
reduced by 21%.
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In FY23 we Introduced an electric car scheme.
At the end of FY25, 236 UK employees had
purchased vehicles through this scheme
and there were 25 vehicles on order. We will
continue to develop our green travel policies
going forward and roll out similar initiatives
where possible.
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