Climate Change Data

f1 recruitment

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2023)

Reporting Period: 2023

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Governance
  • Workers
  • Community
  • Customers
  • Environment

Environmental Achievements

  • Moved to a 3-day-a-week flexible office space to reduce employee resource utilization at home.

Social Achievements

  • Back2Businessship programme helped over 350 (mainly women) return to their careers, contributing over £12 million to household incomes and over £3 million in taxes.
  • NoTurningBack2020 programme reached over 1100 students from underrepresented communities about careers in Marketing, Sports Marketing & Communications.
  • Women’s Returner Career Accelerator programme has helped over 350 women return to their careers.

Governance Achievements

  • Aligned individual KPIs of f1 recruitment consultancy team to social change programme objectives. Consultants assessed on quality of performance, social change impact, and company values.

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Partner with an organization to manage and offset carbon footprint and reduce impact on air, climate, water, and biodiversity.
Medium-term Goals:
  • Increased input & support from industry membership associations for Back2Businessship.
  • Publish and discuss qualitative research on 10 years of Back2Businessship program.
  • Increase the number of companies attending Back2Businessship networking event.
  • Increase the number of careers talks to colleges, especially in the North & East of the UK.
  • Increase the size of the NoTurningBack2020 Ambassador team.
Short-term Goals:
  • Training review to assess impact of 2023 training.
  • Increased employee engagement in self-development through f1 resources.
  • Measure the results of embedding social change impact with consultants’ individual activities.

Environmental Challenges

  • UK economic challenges (high interest rates, inflation, low productivity) led to recruitment freezes and lower hiring volumes.
  • Challenges in retaining diverse talent at senior levels.
  • Conscious bias in the sector towards employing people under 45.
  • Maintaining candidate diversity despite a slow hiring market.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Continued investment in social change programs despite economic challenges.
  • Focus on building long-term relationships with candidates through face-to-face interviews.
  • Qualitative research on Back2Businessship program to inform future strategies.
  • NoTurningBack2020 and 'Let's be Bolder' events to increase diverse talent pipeline and retention.
  • Planning to partner with an organization to manage and offset carbon footprint.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: B Corp