Based on our materiality analysis, we have established material topics, targets for FY20 and 5-year goals.
| Material topics | FY20 target | 5-year goal (to be met by the end of FY22 unless otherwise indicated) |
|---|---|---|
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Governance |
No fines or nonmonetary sanctions for material noncompliance with laws or regulations. 100% completion of ERM business conduct and ethics mandatory new starter training requirements. |
No fines or nonmonetary sanctions for material noncompliance with laws or regulations |
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Our people |
Increase gender diversity among Senior Consultants, Technical Directors and Partners by 10% over previous year. Develop ERM Global Inclusion Leadership Index and baseline. Improve the Employee Engagement Survey Inclusion score from the baseline by 10%. |
Our employees reflect the diversity of the communities in which we work, based on gender, language and other measures. |
| Occupational health and safety |
Days Away from Work case (DAWC) rate of 0.10 for ERM employees. No Life Impacting or Fatal Events¹ for ERM and subcontractor staff. Achieve a Safety AT ERM global score of 65². Improve the Employee Engagement Survey well-being question score from the baseline by 10%³. |
DAWC rate below 0.06 and no fatalities |
| Climate change | Remain on track to meet 2025 SBTi targets. | Achieve forecasted progress towards longer-term Science Based Targets for 2025 and 2050. |
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Innovating with clients and other leading organizations |
Achieve growth targets of 25% in FY20 from identified integrated solutions within the Services Innovation and Growth Plan. | Measure and report the impacts of innovating with clients and other organizations to address sustainability challenges. |
| Contributing to society and local communities |
Contribute 1% of prior year profits to support sustainability initiatives around the globe, primarily through the ERM Foundation. Set impact-based targets for ERM Foundation contribution to the SDGs (based on FY19 baseline). |
Increase Foundation contributions over time (e.g., percentage of employees engaged, company donations, employee funding). Measure and report the impacts of Foundation and other non-client-generated projects/programs on Sustainable Development Goals. |
1 Life Impacting Events are defined as any work-related injury/illness resulting in permanent disability (to include partial and/or total disability). Partial disability would mean something like loss of a finger or toe or worse – but the injured worker could still perform her/his job or similar. Total disability means the injured worker can never return to the workforce because of the injury/illness (i.e., paralyzed, loss of sight, etc.).
2 The Safety AT ERM score includes an evaluation of nearly all aspects of our overall program (including SMS self-assessment scoring). The scores are calculated at the business unit level, and we the global score is derived by calculating a weighted average of each operational business unit score (weighting based on hours worked). A target of 65 is given to each business unit and region for FY20.
3 EES question on well-being: “The company supports me in achieving a reasonable balance between my work life and personal life.”