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Strategic report
OCU Group | Annual report and financial statements 2025
Governance
Financial statements
Strategy Our sustainability approach
At the close of 2024, we proudly launched our inaugural sustainability strategy. Building on the insights from our materiality assessment and aligning with the UN Sustainable Development
Under the three pillars we have identified nine priorities and set ourselves five targets:
Environmental
Social
Governance
Goals, our ESG Committee established a dedicated ESG Taskforce to lead the
Priorities • Play our part in tackling climate change.
Priorities • A safe and proud place to work. • Add value to our communities. • Be a responsible business.
Priorities • Responsible and transparent culture.
development of this strategy. This taskforce, comprising department leaders from across the business, conducted a series of collaborative workshops with subject matter experts from within OCU Group and sought guidance from external specialists, ensuring a comprehensive and well-informed approach. Centred around the pillars of Environmental, Social, and Governance, OCU Group has successfully crafted a robust strategy that positions us to contribute to a sustainable future. We recognise our role in delivering infrastructure that fosters long-term sustainable growth and ensures alignment with our clients’ goals. We have already made significant progress in implementing the strategy during the second half of the financial year, and these achievements will be detailed in the following sections.
• Build with nature in mind. • Use materials responsibly.
• Robust compliance regime. • Effective risk management.
Targets • Verified science-based targets by 2025 . • Zero avoidable waste to landfill by 2030 .
Targets • 25,000 training certificates achieved through our academies by 2030 . • 20% increase in uptake of volunteering days year on year .
Targets • 100% Leadership Engagement visits carried out across the business.
To enable us to address these priorities and reach our targets, we have identified 27 commitments and developed a detailed action plan that sits behind this in order to deliver against these.
Play our part in tackling climate change • Reduce direct carbon emissions in line with our science-based targets (SBTs). • Reduce carbon emissions in our value chain in line with our SBTs. • Increase accessibility to efficient EV charging. Build with nature in mind • Contribute to biodiversity net gain. Use materials responsibly
A safe and proud place to work • Healthy, diverse and inclusive workforce and supply chain. • Opportunities and support for learning and growth. • Empowered safety culture.
Responsible and transparent culture • Open and honest ‘speak up’ culture. • Consistent and authentic ‘tone from the top’. • Transparent and compliant supply chain aligned to our values. Robust compliance regime • Strong governance platform. • Demonstrable adherence with laws and ethical standards. • Robust data security and privacy program. Effective risk management • Resilient performance through effective risk management. • Maximise opportunities presented by emerging sector risks.
Add value to our communities • Benefits that meet local needs.
• Champion science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skills and careers. • Improve employability for those furthest from employment. • A local and sustainable supply chain. Be a responsible business • Support our people.
• Zero avoidable waste to landfill. • Embed circular economy thinking. • Use water responsibly. • Source major materials responsibly.
• Initiatives for those most in need. • Volunteer our skills to benefit others. • Fair and equal wage for similar work and roles.
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