ESG Report 202223 - Flipbook - Page 4
Andrew Findlay
Chief Executive O昀케cer
M Group Services
Message from our Chief Executive
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We are pleased to be able to share our new Environment, Social,
Governance and Innovation (ESG&I) Report which provides a summary
of some of our Group and individual operating businesses successes.
Since becoming Chief Executive of M Group
the environment, increase our social contribution
Services in January, I have witnessed first-hand
and further enhance our governance. In some
the determined effort and commitment of our
cases, best practices and innovations have been
people to build upon our already sector-leading
immediate and have yielded fast results. Other
ESG credentials. I am delighted that in the year
changes will take longer and will require careful
to March 2023 there have been increasing levels
consideration and planning – like our detailed
of ESG&I activity across our Group.
decarbonisation plans, for instance, which we
will describe in more detail.
This increasing focus on ESG&I builds on our first
ever independent ESG rating assessment, shared
As a result of our collective hard work, I am
in our second annual ESG&I Report, published this
pleased that we have cause to celebrate our
time last year.
achievements again this year. As improvements
to our ESG practices have led to a further
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Since then, we have focused further on sustaining
improvement in our ESG rating and M Group
our leading ESG rating and have been busy
Services being formally, and internationally,
identifying new opportunities to improve across
acknowledged as “Industry Leading” by one of the
a wide range of ESG measures and benchmarks.
leading global ratings agencies, Sustainalytics.
Looking at our organisation both internally
Our drive is to ensure we continue to hold this
and externally against other industry leading
outstanding, and increasingly coveted position,
organisations is helping us build our momentum.
while delivering a wealth of achievements across
We see both short and long-term opportunities
the business, some of which are showcased in
to evolve our business to become even better for
this report.
I believe that, although our primary obligations are to our clients, customers, people
and investors and to remain profitable and financially healthy, we should recognise
that our purpose goes beyond that. All of us at M Group Services provide a vital
service or solution that ensures the essential infrastructure of everyday life meets
the needs of millions of people across the UK and Ireland. Our philosophy is to be
‘for more than profit’ and now, more than ever, we are driving an ethos that ensures
our operations are sustainable, responsible, and beneficial to the environments and
communities in which we work.