ERM Sustainability Report: Decarbonization, Nature, Supply Chain, Human Rights

ERM, the world’s largest specialist sustainability consultancy, has printed its annual Sustainability Report, which evaluations the agency’s sustainability affect and efficiency and units out priorities for its fiscal yr 2025.

The new report showcases how, by way of ERM’s work with shoppers and companions and throughout its personal operations and worth chain, the agency is stepping up efforts to satisfy the more and more pressing and intertwined international challenges of local weather change, nature loss and rising social inequality.

Throughout its fiscal yr 2024, ERM’s work to extend its affect included the next highlights:

• Labored on 1,000+ initiatives contributing in extra of 200 gigawatts of put in renewable capability and 10+ gigawatts of put in power storage, subsequently tripling ERM’s contribution to renewables growth over the previous three years.
• Handled 2.4+ billion liters of water.
• Labored on 81 websites inside 21 of the 100 precedence water-stressed basins globally to handle water dangers.
• Handled, destroyed or eliminated 12.8+ million kilograms of contaminants.
• Elevated gross sales from low-carbon economic system transition initiatives by 28% from the earlier yr.
• Supported 49 non-governmental organizations and social enterprises throughout 29 international locations by way of the ERM Basis.

ERM has additionally launched 4 up to date methods to handle sustainability imperatives aligned to its 4 key operational applications (Decarbonization, Human Rights, Nature and Provide Chain) and the UN Sustainable Growth Objectives. Its Decarbonization Technique is aligned to net-zero science-based targets authorized beneath the SBTi (Science Based mostly Targets Initiative) Internet-Zero Commonplace, committing ERM to attain net-zero emissions by 2040.

Tom Reichert, Group CEO at ERM stated: “For greater than 50 years, ERM has helped shoppers to operationalize sustainability all through their organizations. I’m pleased with the achievements set out on this report, which show how our distinctive mixture of strategic transformation and technical supply capabilities is making an actual affect throughout industries.

“Right now, as the dimensions of the sustainability challenges dealing with the world will increase, we’re stepping up our actions to assist ship change on the tempo required. Working with shoppers, companions and the broader sustainability ecosystem, we’re dedicated to serving to organizations construct resilience and translate sustainability methods into industrial success.”.

Download the full report to seek out out extra.

ERM will probably be on-site on the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in London this September, together with Nature Tech Alliance companions Salesforce and Naturemetrics. Register your place to attach with the workforce and discover out extra about their sustainability partnerships.