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Our sustainability targets & long-term goals. 

Based on our materiality assessment, we identified ERM's material sustainability topics, set annual targets and reviewed our 5-year goals. The table below provides a snapshot of ERM’s performance against our FY21 annual targets and longer-term goals as well as our annual targets for FY22. Download a PDF of our targets and goals

*Key: ♦♦♦ = Target exceeded, ♦♦ = Target met, ♦ = Target not met. View each of the material topics pages (see links in table) for more information on our performance against targets.

Material topics

Longer-term goals
(to be met by end of FY22 unless otherwise indicated) 

FY21 targets & results* FY22 targets

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Business conduct & ethics

 

No fines or monetary sanctions for material noncompliance with laws or regulations.

No fines or monetary sanctions for material noncompliance with laws or regulations.

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100% completion of ERM global mandatory new starter training. 

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95% completion of required refresher training for employees with designated due dates or before 31 March 2021.

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No fines or monetary sanctions for material noncompliance with laws or regulations.

 

100% completion of ERM global mandatory new starter training

 

95% completion of required refresher training

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Our people

Our employees reflect the diversity of the communities in which we work, based on gender, language and other measures. 

Increase gender diversity among Senior Consultants, Technical Directors & Partners by 10% over previous year.

All Business Units develop a diversity, equity, equality & inclusion plan. 

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Increase performance score of the ERM Global Leadership Index by 40% of categories from the FY20 baseline. 

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Increase gender diversity among Senior Consultants, Technical Directors & Partners by 10% over previous year.

 

Establish a baseline of the ethnic diversity of employees across ERM. 

 

Each employee receives a minimum of 40 hours training in the fiscal year (formal and on the job). 

 

Achieve at or above the last survey score of 70% for the Engagement and 69% for Enablement Indexes in the FY22 Employee Engagement Survey. 

 

Achieve a minimum of 80% in the Inclusion Index FY22 Employee Engagement Survey. 

 

Increase performance in four categories of the GDEIB from FY21.

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Health, safety & well-being 

 

Days away from work case (DAWC) rate below 0.06 and no fatalities. 

No Life Impacting or Fatal Events for ERM & subcontractors. 

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Achieve 85% on-time verification rate for all safety-related Corrective & Preventive Actions. 

Achieve a Safety AT ERM global score of 75.

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No Life Impacting or Fatal Events for ERM & subcontractors. 

 

Achieve High Risk Rate Reduction at the Regional level >10% over FY20 baseline. 

 

Set baseline for integrated well-being metric. 

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Climate-related risk

 

Achieve forecasted progress towards longer-term science-based targets for 2025 & 2050. 

 

Increase revenue from services that contribute to the low carbon economy transition. 

Remain on track to meet science-based targets of 30% reduction in Scopes 1 & 2 and 11% in Scope 3 emissions by 2025.

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Increase sales supporting the low carbon economy transition by 25% over FY20. 

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Remain on track to meet net-zero commitment and science-based targets of 30% reduction in Scopes 1 & 2 and 11% in Scope 3 emissions by 2025.

 

Increase sales supporting client's low carbon economy transition by 50% over FY21. 

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Client satisfaction

 

Increase growth in the average number of services provided to key clients by 15% (3-year rolling average).

Increase growth in the average number of services provided to key clients by 10% (3-year rolling average).

Establish independent & verifiable client satisfaction process. 

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Contributing to society

Increase Foundation contributions over time (e.g. the percentage of employees engaged, company donations & employee funding). 

 

Measure and report the impacts of the Foundation and non-client generated projects or programs on the Sustainable Development Goals. 

Achieve FY21 impact-based targets for the ERM Foundation. 

Contribute 1% of prior year profits to support sustainability initiatives around the globe, including the ERM Foundation.

Achieve FY22 impact-based targets for the ERM Foundation

 

Contribute 1% of prior year profits to support sustainability initiatives around the globe, including the ERM Foundation

 

20% increase in publications downloaded from the SustainAbility Institute by ERM website.