SDG Goals - ESG Campaign

SDG 15 Life on Land

2021 Highlights

Joined UN’s Taskforce on Nature-related Financial
Disclosures (TNFD)
Co-authored the British Standard for Biodiversity Net Gain

2022 & Beyond – Our Key Commitments

We will remove single use plastic from our supply chain, within key categories of spend, by 2025
Mainstream biodiversity through our co-founding role on the UK Business & Biodiversity Forum (UKBBF)

SDG 14 Life Below Water

2021 Highlights

Joined UN’s Taskforce on Nature-related Financial
Disclosures (TNFD)
Co-authored the British Standard for Biodiversity Net Gain

2022 & Beyond – Our Key Commitments

We will remove single use plastic from our supply chain, within key categories of spend, by 2025
Mainstream biodiversity through our co-founding role on the UK Business & Biodiversity Forum (UKBBF)

SDG 13 Climate Action

2021 Highlights

56% reduction in operational emissions from 2018 baseline
£217m of UK project income categorised as green revenue
Co-founded Pledge to Net-Zero to encourage industry action
Co-created ICE Carbon Champions best practice programme

2022 & Beyond – Our Key Commitments

Halve the carbon associated with our designs and advice in the decade to 2030
100% of our UK colleagues offered Climate Solutions Accelerator training from 2022
Net-zero global accreditation, verified by SBTi, by 2040
Carbon neutral in our own UK operations, certified
by 2025
PAS 2080 verified, demonstrating competence in carbon management, in 2023

SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

2021 Highlights

Zero Waste to landfill accredited again with The Carbon Trust
69 laptops refurbished and donated to UK charities

2022 & Beyond – Our Key Commitments

30% spend on certified green products by 2025
Zero waste to landfill certification maintained from 2020
Active members of SteelZero and ConcreteZero from 2022

SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

2021 Highlights

£22m additional social value created
Created Supply Chain Social Value Charter to transform our procurement, embed ESG and better support SMEs
£130k charitable donations
5885 hours volunteering

2022 & Beyond – Our Key Commitments

£120m additional social value by 2024
1500+ laptops donated to UK charities and good causes by 2024
Grow UK support for Golder charity for orphans

SDG 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

2021 Highlights

59% of UK employees completed Future Ready e-learning to underpin future-focused advice and design
Built Innovation Bank for low carbon materials and ideas
Launched DAISY machine-learning to optimise carbon in building design
Created Carbon Zero and EV: Ready tools to forecast
transport-led carbon reduction
Maintained 5% Club membership to support industry apprentices

2022 & Beyond – Our Key Commitments

Future ready mindset nurtured to boost innovation
Maintain 5% Club engagement to support industry apprentices

SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

2021 Highlights

8.2% workforce in ‘earn & learn’ positions
263 graduates
58 apprentices
Trialled reverse mentoring
Expanded neurodiversity support
Established menopause hub

2022 & Beyond – Our Key Commitments

75% of roles to be filled through internal promotions by 2024
Gold standard achieved with Stonewall Equality Index
by 2024
1/3 of graduates to join via scholarship placements in 2024
20 diverse suppliers supported with coaching by 2024
Continue to grow support for SMEs and VSCEs across our UK communities
Develop new training modules on neurodivergence in 2023

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

2021 Highlights

49% of electricity from certified green energy sources
51% of our floor space covered by a Green Lease

2022 & Beyond – Our Key Commitments

Net-zero premises by 2030, as signatories to UK Green
Building Council commitment
94% office spaces under Green Leases by 2025

SDG 6 Clean Sanitation and Water

2021 Highlights

Ongoing patronages with RedR, Article 25, Cameroon Catalyst and Water Aid
£50k corporate Humanitarian Aid support
Funded secondments to share engineering expertise

2022 & Beyond – Our Key Commitments

£150k direct Humanitarian Aid support between 2022 and 2024
Grow Humanitarian Aid secondments & mentoring

SDG 5 Gender Equality

2021 Highlights

944 hours EDI training for staff & supply chain
Upgraded maternity & adoption policies
Improved shared parental leave
Launched returners’ coaching
Acted on gender pay gap
Ran six-month ‘Impact through Inclusion’ training

2022 & Beyond – Our Key Commitments

30% of senior & middle managers to be female by 2025
5% year-on-year improvement in gender balance, from 2021 baseline

Our impact across the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2021, and beyond

SDG 15 Life Above Water

WSP Programmes: Inclusion & Diversity, STEM, Learning & Development

Our Inclusion & Diversity strategy has set workforce diversity targets for 2024, aiming for 30% of senior and middle managers to be female (currently 16.4%)

SDG 14 Life Below Water

WSP Programmes: Inclusion & Diversity, STEM, Learning & Development

Our Inclusion & Diversity strategy has set workforce diversity targets for 2024, aiming for 30% of senior and middle managers to be female (currently 16.4%)

SDG 13 Climate Action

WSP Programmes: NZ in Designs & Advice, Environmental Management (carbon neutral in our operations by 2025)

Committed to halving the carbon in our designs and advice to clients by 2030 – established carbon facilitate this
Developed low-carbon product and materials bank to help our engineers to specify low carbon solutions
Launched DAISY, our machine learning tool to benchmark embodied carbon in our building designs
Set a target to grow clean revenue by 13% each year (currently 42% of all revenue)
Embedding carbon management into our management systems in line with PAS 2080)
Joined the UN’s Race to Zero campaign via Pledge to we previously co-founded

SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

WSP Programmes: Inclusion & Diversity, STEM, Learning & Development

Our Inclusion & Diversity strategy has set workforce diversity targets for 2024, aiming for 30% of senior and middle managers to be female (currently 16.4%)
Aiming for a 5% year on year includes in women and underrepresented groups, from a 2021 baseline

SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

WSP Programmes: Inclusion & Diversity, STEM, Learning & Development

Our Inclusion & Diversity strategy has set workforce diversity targets for 2024, aiming for 30% of senior and middle managers to be female (currently 16.4%)
Aiming for a 5% year on year includes in women and underrepresented groups, from a 2021 baseline

SDG 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

WSP Programmes: Inclusion & Diversity, STEM, Learning & Development

Our Inclusion & Diversity strategy has set workforce diversity targets for 2024, aiming for 30% of senior and middle managers to be female (currently 16.4%)
Aiming for a 5% year on year includes in women and underrepresented groups, from a 2021 baseline

SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

WSP Programmes: Inclusion & Diversity, STEM, Learning & Development

Our Inclusion & Diversity strategy has set workforce diversity targets for 2024, aiming for 30% of senior and middle managers to be female (currently 16.4%)
Aiming for a 5% year on year includes in women and underrepresented groups, from a 2021 baseline
Our Inclusion & Diversity strategy has set workforce diversity targets for 2024, aiming for 30% of senior and middle managers to be female (currently 16.4%)
Aiming for a 5% year on year includes in women and underrepresented groups, from a 2021 baseline

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

WSP Programmes: Inclusion & Diversity, STEM, Learning & Development

Our Inclusion & Diversity strategy has set workforce diversity targets for 2024, aiming for 30% of senior and middle managers to be female (currently 16.4%)

Aiming for a 5% year on year includes in women and underrepresented groups, from a 2021 baseline

SDG 6 Clean Sanitation and Water

WSP Programmes: Inclusion & Diversity, STEM, Learning & Development

Our Inclusion & Diversity strategy has set workforce diversity targets for 2024, aiming for 30% of senior and middle managers to be female (currently 16.4%)

SDG 5 Gender Equality

WSP Programmes: Inclusion & Diversity, STEM, Learning & Development (hyperlink)

Our Inclusion & Diversity strategy has setworkforce diversity targets for 2024, aiming for 30% of senior and middle managers to be female (currently 16.4%)
Aiming for a 5% year on year includes in women and underrepresented groups, from a 2021 baseline
Taking action to tackle our gender pay gap
Upgraded our maternity and adoption policy, with improved share parental leave for partners

OUR IMPACT DELIVERY ACROSS THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS