Corporate Responsibility Report 2008 - Mitie

Less ismoreAround 50% of the UK’s CO 2 emissions are attributed to theconstruction and operation of buildings. More often than not, we’reresponsible for the heating, ventilation, lighting and air-conditioningin our customers’ buildings, which puts us in an ideal position to helpthem reduce their energy consumption. The average office wastesa colossal £6,000 every year simply by leaving equipment on at nightand over the weekends. That is why our security patrols don’t justcheck for problems, but also turn off clients’ PCs and lights too.We know that the best way tomake our clients’ businesses moresustainable is to use less – lesswater, less energy, less paper, lessplastic. Combine that with a smartapproach to recycling and we canhelp them see their costs, as well astheir footprint, go down.Carbon Trust and Energy SavingTrust consultationDuring 2007 we worked with theCarbon Trust and the EnergySaving Trust to identify moreopportunities to cut our energyand fuel consumption.Although absolute CO 2 emissionshave increased over the past yearby the equivalent of 916 tonnes,the normalised emissions (takinginto account growth in averageemployee numbers and revenue)have reduced by 8.6% and 10.0%respectively. The net reduction is dueto an environmental improvementprogramme that has includedimproved energy ‘house-keeping’in offices and fuel saving initiativesdue to car sharing, use of publictransport and tele-conferencing.Water consumption has increasedand initiatives will be put in placeto mitigate this trend going forward.Vehicle fleet impactDuring 2008 MITIE’s fleet servicesteam will be accurately monitoringand reporting on our vehicle fleetcarbon emissions. With the help ofnewly developed fleet software anda large number of on-board vehicletelematics systems that enable usto optimise travel distances for ourmobile workforce, we will be ableto literally drive down our emissions.Most of our vehicles have modernEuro IV compliant diesel engines.These have the best fuel performancein their class, which reduces our CO 2emissions. Some of our drivers havealso been through the Safe and FuelEfficient Driving – you can read moreabout this in the health and safetysection of our report.Environment KPIs trend analysisCarbon Disclosure ProjectThe Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)is a global initiative to inform investorsof the risks and opportunitiespresented by climate change andto inform company management oftheir shareholders’ views on the issue.Every year the CDP does a surveyof the environmental performanceof leading companies, and in2007 we took part for the first time.We gave them informationabout our climate change risks,opportunities and strategy, andour current CO 2 emissions. In 2008we also completed their SupplyChain Leadership Collaborationquestionnaire, which will make iteasier for our clients to monitor ourcarbon footprint performance.Unit FY2007/08 FY2006/07 % differenceTotal revenue £m 1,407.2 1,228.8 +14.5Profit before tax £m 67.9 56.6 +20.0Average number of people Number 47,959 42,367 +13.2Total CO 2 emissions Tonnes e 30,628 29,712 +3.1Normalised CO 2/ave. person Tonnes e 0.64 0.70 (8.6)Normalised CO 2/£ revenue Kg e 21.76 24.17 (10.0)Total water consumption m 3 17,103 14,798 +15.6Normalised water/ave. employee m 3 0.36 0.35 +2.944 MITIE CR Report 2008