Savills releases UK Sustainability Report for 2022

The planet, our people and the communities which our business touches remain at the heart of what we do and we recognise the importance of sustainability within the built environment.

Our 2022 Sustainability Report showcases our progress against our sustainability strategy which focuses on the three core areas of climate, culture and community. For the first time, we have mapped our report directly against each of our nine United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and our specific targets are detailed in the appendix.

Some highlights from our report include:

• Reduced our scope 1&2 GHG emissions by 38% compared with our SBTi baseline year of 2019
• Donated £726,000 and 4,780 working hours to charities, educational outreach and community outreach projects
• 54% of those promoted in the business in 2022 were women, up from 51% in 2021
• 23% of our applicants for all roles as of March 2022 are from an ethnic minority up from 14 per cent in April 2021
• Awarded Apprenticeship Employer of the Year at the Personnel Today Awards
• 70 per cent increase in the number of apprentice hires across the business in 2022, up from 67 in 2020 to 230 in 2022
• Reached over 2000 students as part of our educational outreach programme
• Awarded Pro Bono Contributor of the Year at the LandAid awards
• Launched a network of 130 Sustainability Enablers to inspire sustainable practices within offices and amongst teams
• Savills Earth advised our clients on 1 mega-tonne of carbon storage and 400,000 tonnes of rural carbon reduction

Read the full report here.