Sustainability
Working together for future generations
We recognise that sustainability means different things to different people. For us, it's not just about the impact we have on our planet for future generations, but for the people living on it today as well. As such, we have identified three key pillars where, given our business activities, we can make a real and impactful difference - reducing our carbon footprint and advancing social mobility while ensuring the health and safety of our team members and customers.
Our commitment
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As a division of OCS Australia, we’re proud to share our 2024 OCS Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand ESG Report, which is aligned with the ESG strategy of our parent company, OCS Group.
In 2024, we maintained Toitū Net Carbon Zero certification and reduced our Scope 3 emissions by 57% (from baseline). We also continued to strengthen community partnerships, enhance colleague wellbeing, and invest in leadership development across the business.
Reducing our carbon footprint
As a division of OCS Australia we have been working with Toitū Envirocare since 2020. Each year we offset our carbon emissions, purchasing carbon credits for the entire Australasian business and becoming a Toitū Envirocare net carbonzero certified organisation in line with ISO 14064-1.
We measure our greenhouse gas emissions and are committed to managing and reducing our emissions in respect of all operational activities of our organisation within Australia.
Going forward we will continue to offset our emissions and be a carbon neutral business. Our certification from ToitÅ« Envirocare shows that we’re taking action on climate change, accurately measuring and reducing our greenhouse gas footprint.
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OCS Group 2040 Net Zero target
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Every OCS company in the UK, Ireland, Australia (including Midcity), and New Zealand commits to being net zero by 2040. We will do this by adopting a full-scope approach. Our targets cover:
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Scope 1: direct emissions from the buildings and assets we own or lease.
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Scope 2: indirect emissions from purchased electricity, steam, heating and cooling systems.
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Scope 3: indirect emissions throughout our value chain, for example from our suppliers and customers. We know this, in particular, is complex, and we will need to influence many different partners. However, we believe that our commitment should include all those we work with to achieve net zero authentically.
To achieve our net zero targets, we have committed to several key milestones:
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100% renewable energy in our UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand offices by 2025.
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100% electric or hybrid vehicles across our global business by 2034.
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70% reduction in our Scope 1 emissions by 2030 in OCS companies in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
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OCS commits those suppliers in the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand, representing 76% of its scope 3 emissions from purchased goods, services, and capital goods, will set SBTs by 2030.
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Our net zero commitment is made in line with science-based targets to reduce emissions in line with the Paris Agreement goals. Science-based targets provide resilience against new regulations, drive innovation and demonstrate our commitments are authentic.