ESG: Governance

This year, we reaffirmed our commitment to bold climate action by becoming a signatory to The Climate Pledge, a global initiative co-founded by Amazon and Global Optimism, committing signatories to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2040 — ten years ahead of the Paris Agreement timeline.

We're also a proud participant in the UN Global Compact (UNGC), the world's largest corporate sustainability initiative, committing to align our strategy and operations with its ten principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. We submit an annual Communication on Progress (CoP) reporting on the actions we've taken.

We've committed to setting science-based emissions reduction targets through the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) for Evri Limited, and we're now expanding this commitment to cover the whole of Evri Group — embedding a consistent, science-based approach to emissions reduction across our wider operations.

In 2026, Evri Limited was ranked in the top 5% of companies assessed by EcoVadis, a globally recognised platform evaluating companies' environmental, social and ethical performance. In 2026, we'll be completing our first EcoVadis submission as Evri Group.

For the year ended 28 February 2026, Evri Group met the reporting thresholds set out in the Companies Act 2006 (Sections 414CA and 414CB), requiring us to produce a non-financial and sustainability information statement. This sets out our governance arrangements for climate-related risks and opportunities, the impact on our strategy and resilience under different climate scenarios, how these risks are identified and managed, and the metrics and targets we use.

We've assessed our exposure to both physical and transition climate risks under two climate scenarios (a lower-warming ~2°C scenario and a higher-warming ~4°C scenario), across short (0–5 years), medium (5–15 years) and long-term (15+ years) horizons. Full details are set out in our ESG Report.

To help reach our targets and implement our overall strategy, we have a dedicated ESG Steering Committee, chaired by the Chief Human Resources Officer and Director of Transformation, responsible for setting ESG strategy and targets, approving initiatives, and driving cross-functional alignment around ESG across the Group.

The committee reports KPIs and ESG risks via our functional risk register — including climate-related risks — monthly to the Executive Committee, and quarterly to the Risk and Compliance Committee, with material risks escalated quarterly to the Audit and Risk Committee. This ensures ESG is embedded in key strategy and business decisions as part of the Group's integrated risk management process.

We have a proactive supplier and risk management framework, focused on identifying actionable risks to business continuity, cyber and data security, cost protection, and ESG risks including modern slavery. For strategic suppliers, or those where spend exceeds £1m per annum — particularly in fleet, outsourced transport and final mile contractor categories — we request a dedicated ESG questionnaire.

This year, 128 suppliers completed our ESG survey, helping us understand their current GHG measurement, reduction targets, and codes of conduct. From 2026, contract renewals will include a dedicated ESG schedule requiring suppliers to provide carbon figures, set a carbon reduction target aligned to the SBTi, and share a draft activity plan towards it.

We also hosted our third annual supplier decarbonisation event in 2025 for strategic suppliers, sharing our achievements and future ambitions, and discussing expectations from the supply chain on the road to decarbonisation.