Environmental, social and governance (ESG) impact report 2023

Our 2023 ESG impact report covers activity from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023. It brings together our efforts to contribute towards making a positive impact for our clients, colleagues and communities.  

Over the past year we have made strides towards our vision ‘to make a difference and lead the way as a sustainable and socially focused adviser’. We’re proud of our ESG achievements and are committed to making an even greater impact as we continue to work towards this.   

Highlights from 2023, we: 

• Became B Corp™ certified. 
• Maintained carbon neutral status. 
• Had our largest ever student intake. 
• Were listed as a Top 100 Apprenticeship Employer. 
• Introduced a top tier maternity and adoption leave policy. 
• Introduced term-time only contracts. 
• Scored an average of 8.2 out of 10 in our people engagement survey. 
• Reduced our Gender Pay Gap. 
• Won ‘Pride Award – ESG’ at the Accounting Excellence Awards. 

We know there are also areas we can continue to improve, and we’ll continue to focus on making those improvements. Our B Corp™ certification and annual reporting provides us with a clear framework to monitor what we’re doing well and where we need to make improvements, so we can continually develop and benchmark against best practice. 

Transparency is particularly important to us, so as well as reporting on our achievements against our targets from the previous year, we also report on areas that are still in progress and our goals for the next year.  

Read our 2023 ESG impact report