Success for us means we are making a positive difference to the world and the communities we operate in, including the environment.

We are committed to making appropriate and practical environmental change:

• Protecting the environment and preventing pollution that could occur through our operations.
• Fulfilling our legal and regulatory compliance obligations relating to environmental and sustainability.
• Continually improving our environmental management system.

Business background

RSM UK is a leading audit, tax and consulting firm to the middle market with 5,420 partners and staff operating from 31 locations throughout the UK.

As a professional services provider we have established metrics, targets and energy efficient actions to help us manage the way our business works. Whilst our environmental impact is limited, we have taken note of the ISO14001 (Environmental Management Systems) requirements when designing an environmental management system reflecting the nature and significance of those impacts.

Our goals, which seek to minimise our environmental impact, reflect the nature of our business and how our people operate in delivering the services we provide to clients.

This overview brings together our combined commitments and the actions the RSM UK Holdings Board have committed to and that have become part of the fabric of our business.

Our aims and monitoring

We endeavour to:

• Comply with all relevant legal and regulatory requirements.
• Monitor our performance, measuring the effectiveness of our environmental management system and taking corrective actions when necessary.
• Continually improve and reduce environmental impacts through identifying environmental aspects and impacts, setting objectives and targets, and developing programs to address them.
• Increase employee awareness by providing relevant and appropriate training.

Our goals

To achieve our objective, we have set the following strategic and operational goals:

Seek to achieve SKA Gold accreditation for all office fitouts wherever possible.

Continue to source 100% renewable electricity tariffs for the meters we are directly responsible. Work with landlords to encourage investment in lower consumption equipment and a switch to renewable electricity sources.

Continue to source 100% renewable gas tariffs for the meters we are directly responsible.

Partner with our IT equipment provider to recycle and reuse our old equipment, including laptops and consumables.

Ensure, where practical, that our stationery and print products are recycled and/or recyclable.

Ensure that 100% of our confidential waste is recycled, with zero percent to landfill.

Through our policies and practices, we will:

• Encourage the use of Microsoft Teams wherever possible to reduce our business travel.
• Review our travel expenses policy on an annual basis and ensure our people make responsible travel decisions.
• Promote our ESG training programme to increase employee awareness.

Reporting and compliance

We recognise that as a firm we must report and comply, as part of this we will:

• Report our annual scope 1, scope 2 and applicable scope 3 emissions within our Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting, which forms part of our Annual Financial Report.
• Continue to commit to be net zero carbon by 2030. Our baseline line emissions (2020) and year 2, year 3 and year 4 results are available in our carbon reduction plan.
• Continue to be a member of the United Nations Global Compact.