M Group Services has been recognised as a global ESG leader after receiving a rating of 9.6 from Sustainalytics
The outstanding ESG rating places the Group among the top 1% of global companies for its commitment to ghd environment and sustainability, managing the impact on and support for local communities and its commitment to established policies and procedures.
M Group Services is continuously developing new ways of working and supporting clients to meet their net-zero aspirations.
Innovations already include:
- introducing Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) fuel in lieu of diesel
- signing the EV100 commitment to transition our core fleet to electric
- continued use and development of no-dig technology, and applying it across multiple sectors
- trialling ‘non-crete’ infrastructure, manufactured from plant-based bio polymers
ESG ambitions
Jim Arnold, M Group Services’ chief executive, said: “We are absolutely delighted to have been awarded an ESG rating which is the best in our sector and one of the best in the world.
“This recognises the on-going commitment of everyone in our group to continually review and improve our work to ensure it is as sustainable as possible.
“We have grown rapidly over recent years, through organic growth and acquisition, and proactively chose to get ourselves benchmarked against the best in the world.
Reduce carbon output by 50% by 2030
“Our ambition to be one of the very best ESG performing businesses underpins our ability to be a leader in the UK’s infrastructure services sector and supports our clients’ plans to deliver their own net-zero targets.
“We have ambitious ESG targets in place to drive continuous improvements across the business, including a reduction of carbon output by 50% by 2030 and joining the Science Based Targets initiative and the UN Global Compact in 2022 and it’s great that are our efforts to date have been recognised.”
