Capgemini UK: Leading Sustainable Transformation By Example
Capgemini serves major global companies, driving them towards less harmful environmental impacts using technologies.
The company has decided to lead sustainability by example and improve its own operations for the good of the planet.
The firm's Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability UK Progress Report for 2023/24 shows its progress, achieving a 50% cut in total emissions relative to 2019.
Rob Walker, UK Managing Director at Capgemini, says: “Everyday Capgemini works in partnership to empower our clients on their dual journey towards a more digital and sustainable future. We are proud to lead by example.
“We’ve made great strides, and my leadership team and I are committed to keep making progress across each area of our responsibility and sustainability strategy.”
Capgemini UK's environmental efforts
Capgemini aims to become a net zero enterprise by 2040, adhering to scientifically validated targets.
Within the UK, the company's strategy encompasses several key areas:
- Empowering staff by integrating sustainability into company ethos and governance
- Transforming mobility by reducing emissions from business travel
- Investing in sustainable operations such as renewable energy and efficient resource utilisation
- Providing solutions that assist clients in overcoming sustainability obstacles.
In 2023, every unit of energy Capgemini UK used came from renewable sources, with an increase in energy efficiency by 25%.
The company vehicles are now predominantly electric or hybrid, making up 94% of the fleet.
The firm's ambition extends to reforestation, having planted over a million trees in the “Capgemini forest” with a goal to reach 20 million trees by 2030 in partnership with Ecologi.
The company also supports hybrid working with support to lower home energy use, evident from workshops attended by over 2,000 employees.
It offers a comprehensive employee benefits package that encourages significant reductions in personal carbon footprints, including home energy audits facilitated through Big Clean Switch and financially supported by interest-free loans for sustainable home upgrades.
Dr. James Robey, Global Head of Environmental Sustainability and UK Responsible Business Lead at Capgemini, says: “The urgent call for action resonates immensely, not only among business leaders within Capgemini but with our clients and wider stakeholders.
“All of us are impacted by the need to address climate change and biodiversity loss, and boost diversity and inclusion, while contributing to society.
“It accelerates our thinking within Capgemini and, more crucially, our actions.”
Enhancing digital inclusion
Globally, Capgemini is committed to aiding five million people through digital inclusion programs by 2030.
In 2023/24 alone, more than 1,000 UK employees volunteered to boost digital literacy, showing how technology and digitisation can address broad-scale issues.
The company also collaborates with Pollenize, a UK social enterprise, to use technology and digitisation to solve problems.
The companies produced a project that uses data from people and bees to fortify biodiversity in urban settings.
This initiative seeks to pinpoint optimal seed planting strategies to enhance urban biodiversity through combined data analytics.
Elevating diversity and inclusion
Capgemini UK actively implements the Capgemini Group's global diversity and inclusion policy to maintain a consistent, unified approach.
Its Active Inclusion programme in the UK focuses on three principles for practical action:
- Fostering diverse teams
- Ensuring fair and equitable participation
- Strengthening its inclusive culture
It also introduced a Health and Wellbeing Hub to support employees in challenging situations both in and outside of work.
“Last year, we updated our Health and Wellbeing Hub to act as a single source of help, support and to assist employees to prioritise their wellbeing,” says Rachel Barber, Employee Wellbeing Lead at Capgemini.
“We host menopause cafes, taking groups of women through kickstart programmes, building resilience, relationships, understanding and embracing change, managing mental health through menopause, motherhood and bereavement.
“While the focus on wellbeing is for all, we know that our female employees appreciate the dedicated support created for them.”
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