The graphic highlights our Executive Board’s recognition of the need to prioritise and direct resources towards climate change mitigation and adaptation activities, supporting progress towards Net Zero.
The Strategic Lead for Sustainability and Workplace, together with the Net Zero Action Group (NZAG) – a working group made up of people across the organisation with a vested interest in corporate sustainability action – developed this strategy and oversee projects and day-to-day work in this space.
Members of this group are directly involved in other strategic development work across the organisation (e.g. estate strategy, digital and data strategy, communications or corporate plan development) and beyond (e.g. Woodland Carbon Code, UK Forestry Standard).
All aim to align these strategies to aid the effectiveness of our journey to Net Zero, while telling one comprehensive story.
The Head of Corporate Affairs and Communication will fulfil the role of SRO for our Net Zero Route Map and Action Plan.
The role is defined as: ensuring the successful delivery of a programme or project (with ultimate accountability for meeting objectives), achieving projected outcomes, and realising the intended benefits.
The NZAG escalate any decisions beyond their Terms of Reference to either the Senior Operations Group, or directly to the Executive Board to ensure corporate sustainability is dealt with as a priority at the highest level of the organisation.
Furthermore, the governance of climate change actions is supported by the Corporate Affairs team, who assist the Strategic Lead for Sustainability and Workplace in taking forward the Net Zero Action Plan. This ensures that climate change is part of our Strategic Risk Register, and that sustainability forms a core part of our corporate planning documents.
