- 1.0
Our ESG priorities
- 1.1
Environmental
- – Reducing emissions from business travel and operations.
- – Supporting low-impact ways of working.
- 1.2
Social
- – Creating a flexible, inclusive, and supportive working environment.
- – Investing in employee development.
- – Contributing skills and time to support external organisations.
- 1.3
Governance
- – Working with clients and partners who align with our values.
- – Maintaining high standards of integrity, data privacy, and transparency.
- 2.0
What we’ve done
- 2.1
Environmental
- – Adopted remote-first working to minimise commuting emissions.
- – Carbon emission calculation (run by Ecovadis).
- 2.2
Social
- – Implemented flexible working across the team.
- – Implemented a partnership with OnHand to provide access to charity work/initiatives that can be accessed by both our internal team (employees) and external consultants (Younique Community).
- 2.3
Governance
- – Created clear processes to ensure diversity within our team and hiring pipeline.
- – Defined internal principles for client selection.
- – Maintained clear data protection and confidentiality standards.
- – Embedded ethical decision-making into day-to-day operations.
- – Ecovadis Bronze certification (2024) – awaiting 2026 publication (due May-26).
- 3.0
Key metrics FY26
- 3.1
- – No scope 1 & 2 emissions.
- – 111.95 tCO₂e (scope 3 emissions).
- – Estimated % remote working: 94%.
- – 15 co-working opportunities per year / 245 working days per year x100.
- 4.0
Our next steps
We aim to keep our ESG approach:
- – Practical – focused on actions, not statements.
- – Transparent – clear about what we know and where we’re improving.
- – Proportionate – aligned with the scale of our business.
- – Current – we review and update our progress annually.
Should you wish to discuss our ESG statement, please email hello@theyoucollective.com
