OUR COMMITMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENT & SOCIETY

We strive to be environmentally accountable and advocate for better sustainable principles to protect our planet.

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OT Group champions environmental and societal change, and believes that responsible business is where we respect and nurture our planet, our community, and our people with the actions we take. We strive to be environmentally accountable and advocate for better sustainable principles to protect our planet.

Some of our initiatives

Cut process costs, reduce manual orders, wrong purchases and rogue spend.

‘The Queen’s Green Canopy’

celebrates The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee over the 2021/22 and 2022/23 planting seasons with people across the United Kingdom being invited to ‘Plant a Tree for the Jubilee’ in honour of Her Majesty’s 70 years of leadership of the Nation.

Partner of the Tree Council programme

Planting 35,000 trees and 7 kilometres of hedgerow in communities across the UK.

Social Enterprise Contributions

Contributed £500k+ to SME social enterprise in FY2021, which through their activities and profits, create global social change. This includes; social mobility in the UK by equipping young people with key development and employability skills, to addressing gender inequality in the developing world.

Volunteering initiatives

All staff with OT Group have one working day a year to volunteer at local charities. Through our partnership with Ramco, we’re turning our surplus stock into monetary donations and supporting the British Heart Foundation, Sense, YHA and St. Andrews C of E Junior School Hadfield.

Work experience & Apprenticeship schemes

Working to help educate and develop young people within Manchester and the surrounding area through our work experience and apprenticeship schemes.

Carbon Net Zero Strategy

Working with external partners to Implement competitive sustainable practices across all OT Group facilities and based on the 2021 carbon baseline, reduce our carbon footprint by 50% by 2030.

OT Group is proud to achieve silver EcoVadis status, putting us in the top 25% globally of all companies assessed by EcoVadis

Our commitment to Environmental and Societal change.

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OUR VISION

Our activities are mapped against the UN Sustainable Development Goals, to demonstrate how we will contribute to solving global sustainability issues. Our 2030 ambition is proposed with a two-phase approach:

Phase 1

2022–2023: Measurement and validation of our sustainability and social value

Phase 2

2023–2030: Lifecycle reductions / improvements across our environmental and sustainable commitments
2023: Establish a strong program of societal activity including philanthropy, DE&I and Health and Wellbeing

Our commitment to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG's).

It is important that all of our environmental and societal activity is mapped against the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to demonstrate how we will contribute to solving global sustainability issues.

The SDGs promise action on 17 critical social and environmental issues — from ending poverty and homelessness, to protecting the planet and fighting inequalities — by 2030. While 193 world leaders have signed on to tackle the SDGs, governments can’t achieve them alone. So, the 17th goal is a call for businesses and citizens to step up — to solve the world’s biggest issues collectively and systemically.

Planet

Led by our operations team and business leaders

Product

Led by the procurement team and business leaders

People

Led by our human resources team and business leaders

The SDGs are an internationally understood and respected benchmark by which OT Group can measure, promote and index against when establishing and delivering a philanthropic programme. They will also provide a sense of purpose for employees, customers and suppliers that will connect them to the company.

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As a UK supplier, employing over 600 people, we are committed to supporting sustainable economic growth within the region and championing environmental and societal change.

Our focus over the coming years:

Address the climate crisis and protect the planet by acting on our own environmental impact, and support our suppliers and customers to do the same

Reduce Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions by 50% by 2030 against our 2021 baseline

Increase our social value contribution by 50% by 2030 against our 2021 baseline

Build a business that ensures inclusivity and diversity, where colleagues are respected, welcomed, and appreciatedreciated

Support the communities where we operate to thrive and prosper, focusing on supporting young people and the environment

Innovate to find solutions to improve our carbon footprint and drive down sustainability risk and impacts across supply chains

Provide customers with the information to make informed decisions

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