Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance

Mitie have a Sustainability Policy that covers the environment, energy, carbon and social value. The policy is owned by Jason Roberts (Head of Sustainability for Mitie Energy) and is reviewed and updated annually. The Policy is signed by the CEO Phil Bentley.

Mitie Group are certified and operate within an integrated management system including ISO9001  (Quality), ISO14001 (Environmental) and ISO45001 (Health & Safety)

Mitie Energy are certified and operate within an ISO50001 Energy Management System.

Our FY21/22 emissions have been third-party verified to ISO14064-3 standards, and our FY21/22 Social Value metrics have also been verified, both by Optera. This ensures that we are reporting these figures accurately, and that the targets we’ve set and the plans to achieve them, are sound.

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We are signatories of all three of The Climate Group’s global initiatives RE100, EV100 and EP100 and are one of only ten organisations in the world to do so, and the only FM.

Mitie procure 100% certified renewable energy for their built estate. RE100 is the global corporate renewable energy initiative bringing together hundreds of large and ambitious businesses committed to 100% renewable electricity. Led by The Climate Group in partnership with CDP, RE100’s mission is to accelerate a global shift to clean energy and zero carbon grids – delivering a cleaner, healthier future for us all.

Mitie are committed to replacing their >6,700 diesel fleet with electric vehicles. EV100 is a global initiative bringing together forward-looking companies committed to accelerating the transition to electric vehicles (EVs) and making electric transport the new normal by 2030.

Through our ISO50001 Energy Management Standard, Mitie have committed to doubling their energy productivity. The Climate Group’s global EP100 initiative in partnership with the Alliance to Save Energy  brings together  a growing group of energy-smart companies committed to improving their energy productivity and doing more with less.

Sustainalytics is a leading global provider of environmental, social, governance (ESG) and corporate governance data, research and analysis for investors.

In the November 2021 Sustainalytics ESG risk rating report, Mitie were rated number 2 out of all ranked business support services companies globally, with a 12.5 Low Risk score:

The company is at low risk of experiencing material financial impacts from ESG factors, due to its strong ESG risk management. Although being rated ‘Low Risk’ Mitie was awarded the highest ranking, ‘Negligible Risk’ in six out of the eight areas assessed. These categories include its carbon reduction plans, occupational health and safety, data privacy and security, and bribery and corruption. Mitie was also rated leader status for its Board Structure, all of which is reducing its overall risk.

This places Mitie in the 5th percentile globally, out of the 14,654 companies Sustainalytics covers (1st = lowest risk).

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Mitie received the highest ranking ‘Platinum Award’ in SFMI’s December 2021 report, seeing the business jump from the ‘Gold Award’ achieved in 2020.

The SFMI is the only sustainability benchmark for the UK’s facilities management sector. The ranking is compiled following the completion of three independent audits to assess the business’ performance across 23 criteria covering a wide range of issues, including sustainability, social value, energy, health and safety, employee development and diversity. In order to achieve the top Platinum Award, businesses must demonstrate leadership across all of these criteria, resulting in a score of 85 points or more.

MSCI Rating (AA)

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In MSCI’s December 2022 ESG Rating Report (dated 27 April 2022) Mitie was rated as AA. This is the second highest rating available and means that only 7% of rated MSCI ACWI Index constituents, Commercial Services & Supplies were ranked higher than Mitie.

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Mitie have reported to the Carbon Disclosure Project for the last 11 years and will continue to do so. Mitie are also subject to report to the CDP Supply Chain by a number of clients.

In the December 2021 CDP Report Mitie received an A- score which is in the Leadership band, meaning Mitie is implementing current best practices. Mitie is the leading UK based Facilities Management provider.

In 2020 Mitie signed up to the CDP Reporter Services Membership and have had an independent third-party verification of direct and indirect carbon dioxide equivalent emissions (CO2e) to a limited level of assurance. This verification exercise has been performed by Optera to the ISO 14064-3 standard. The Verification Statement can be downloaded here.

In the face of rising fuel costs, stricter emissions targets, and a need to address climate change, fleet electrification marks a dramatic step towards reducing the financial and environmental cost of doing business. In December 2018, Mitie became the first major UK FM provider to launch an electric vehicle (EV) fleet. By the end of 2020, over 900 of our compact vans and cars were fully electric, and by the end of FY21/22, over 2022 of these will be.

We are a member of EV100, with the commitment to fully electrify our fleet by 2025* in our drive to achieve net zero carbon emissions.

We are also members of:

Go Ultra Low

Clean Van Commitment.

Mitie are reducing our fuel consumption year on year. Current fleet initiatives include:

• Route Planning to minimise unnecessary travel
• Speed Limiters on all commercial vehicles (68mph)
• Telematics, including speed enforcement policy
• Vehicle Selection to limit engine size to less than 110g/kmCO2
• Driver Training that promotes safe, economical driving
• Driver Awards to recognise good driving behaviour
• Mileage Capture App that can monitor driver behaviour (speed, acceleration, harsh braking)
• Carbon Avoidance via a strategic partnership with Microsoft (Skype / Teams)
• Connected Workspace providing remote BMS connection to reduce travel to site

Mitie partner with sustainability software and learning specialists Ditto Sustainability to deliver personalised training programmes for our employees and customers. A core component of this partnership is the provision of the CPD accredited ‘ResourceAware’ eLearning platform covering Energy, Water and Waste. Further bespoke modules include Sustainable Transport, Plastics, Social Value and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Greenhouse Gas (‘GHG’) Emissions as detailed in the 2020/21 Annual Report.

At Mitie, we see the climate emergency as a business-critical issue that needs to be addressed within our operations. In 2019, we achieved our goal to reduce our carbon footprint (scope 1&2) intensity by 35%; and the following year we launched our industry-leading ‘Plan Zero’ commitment to set a clear pathway on how we will decarbonise our business and reach net zero Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2025. We have now gone further, and committed to a science-based target of net-zero supply chain (Scope 3) emissions by 2035. Plan Zero focusses on three key areas;

Eliminate carbon emissions from power and transport,

Eradicate non-sustainable waste

Enhance inefficient buildings to meet the highest environmental standards.

Due to the acquisition of Interserve, 2019/20 is our new baseline year to compare future emissions against.

We have achieved year-on-year reductions in our carbon intensity trend. Our FY21/22 emissions ratio has decreased by 41% from FY20/21 to 5.28 tCO2e/£m Revenue (Scope 1&2).

Our effort to reduce our carbon emissions focuses on reducing the impact of our fleet which contributes to 92% of our total scope 1 and 2 footprint; we have exceeded our target to run 30% percent of our fleet using electric vehicles by the end of 21/22 and are on track to transition 100% by the end of 2025. We are amidst a fleet transformation project to standardise our current vehicles with newer more efficient vehicles, part of this project has been to ensure that all commercial vehicles are installed with speed limiters and telematics to improve driver behaviour.

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Water is a precious resource and we recognise that in our day-to-day operations, we have an impact on the environment and are committed to reduce that impact through continual improvement. Our water management strategy stems from our Integrated Management System that meets the requirements of BS EN ISO 14001:2015 as well as an environmental Aspects and Impacts Register specific to our service delivery which ensures our business procedures and processes are carefully monitored, measured, and controlled to promote a continual improvement in our environmental performance.

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