Energy consultancy firm Octego has reinforced its commitment to supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by publishing its first sustainability report.
The UN Sustainable Development Goals, also known as the Global Goals or SDGs, are an ambitious plan to tackle extreme poverty, inequality, and climate change by 2030. Agreed by 193 world leaders in 2015, these 17 goals can only be achieved with the support of governments, businesses and individuals.
“With only 10 years to go until 2030, businesses really need to get behind the Global Goals now,” explained Roy Bidder, Head of Operations for Octego. “We’re proud to kick-off our ‘Decade of Delivery’ by announcing our plan to support the goals and sharing our ambitions in our first sustainability report.”
The report outlines Octego’s commitments, plans, actions and progress towards the goals. Although the company is working to support all 17, the report details its specific commitments in support of three goals which are particularly relevant to the business.
“As a full-service energy consulting firm serving the UK’s largest energy users, we’re ideally positioned to contribute to goal 7 – Affordable and Clean Energy,” said Roy. “We are also committed to providing our employees with excellent working conditions and minimising the use of our planet’s finite resources, so our plan also includes a focus on goal 8 -Decent Work and Economic Growth, and goal 12 – Responsible Consumption and Production.”
The report outlines 14 ambitious targets that the business has set to support these goals and shares the progress to date. This includes Octego’s recent accreditation as a Living Wage Employer, a programme to promote mental health in the workplace and, with its HQ on the Fylde coast, activities to help keep Blackpool’s beaches clean.