Environmental sustainability
Sustainability is about meeting the needs of the
present without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their needs.
As a purpose driven charity, we already drive
huge social impact and positive outcomes for
people living with cancer. In 2023 we worked
with an expert partner to help us identify our key
sustainability issues and Environmental, Social and
Governance (ESG) priorities. This formed the basis of
our interim sustainability strategy.
The interim strategy includes continuing the good
work in the 'social' strand of our Environmental,
Social and Governance (ESG) framework. Led by our
Equity Diversity and Inclusion, HR and People teams,
this is the area of sustainability in which Macmillan
has made most progress.
We are committed to being an environmentally
responsible charity and seek to reduce the impact
of our operations, influencing our partners to do the
same. Our long-term sustainability strategy, which
will launch in 2024, recognises the intersectionality
of environmental, social and governance and the
impact of the climate crisis.
Environmental initiatives
The priority areas for growth are mostly
environmental. In 2023 we made progress in the
following areas:
• We committed to achieving net zero by 2050,
if not sooner.
• We reduced environmental impacts across
scope 1 and 2 emissions*, building in monitoring
and reporting to help reduce our emissions
and drive change.
• We focused on embedding and strengthening
ethical and responsible procurement, aiming to
work towards reducing environmental impacts
across our supply chain.
Buildings
In 2023 we made the decision to relocate our
London office to a brand new net zero carbon
development, moving from seven floors to one
accessible and inclusive floor space.
The new office includes environmental features,
such as using 100% renewable electricity, rainwater
harvesting and high-performance glazing for
temperature control. Across the UK, we are
reducing our Shipley office to one floor and closed
our Glasgow office in July 2023. We purchased
renewable electricity at the Shipley site from
August onwards and switched to a greener
electricity supplier at the Brighton Horizon Centre.
This is a positive step towards reducing our
environmental impact.
Technology
Our Technology team have built a dashboard to
accurately capture and monitor the emissions from
cloud usage.
People
Our internal colleague Eco Group continue
to champion environmental awareness, drive
sustainable activities, and foster innovation around
environmental issues.
* Scope 1 - direct emissions from owned or controlled sources.
Scope 2 - indirect emissions from the generation of purchased
energy consumed.
Scope 3 - all other indirect emissions that occur in our
value chain.
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