Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Environmental Sustainability

Environmental Achievements

• Sydney headquarters retains a ‘A’ grade NABERS energy rating
• Implemented a comprehensive general waste and recycling management program
• Implemented water saving technology in offices
• Sydney headquarters participates in various local recycling programs (Simply Cups and TerraCycle)

Social Achievements

• Employee training on environmentally friendly practices
• Indoor plant program to improve air quality and morale

Governance Achievements

• Board commitment to minimizing environmental impacts
• Compliance with Federal, State and Local environmental legislation and regulations

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Reducing carbon emissions from employee transport
• Influencing client environmental choices

Mitigation Strategies

• Encouraging public transport and walking
• Mindful reduction of corporate air travel
• Providing bike racks, car share services, showers, and change facilities
• Engaging in ecologically sustainable business practices

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement

• Assessment of supplier commitment to environmentally friendly practices

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: UN Global Impact Principles

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB)
• Learning and development
• Employee health and wellbeing
• Community and industry impact
• Environmental stewardship

Environmental Achievements

• Engaged a sustainability consultant to collect data around Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions and measure the global footprint across carbon emissions, energy use, waste, and water.
• Hotwire removed all servers from every US office and 80% of European servers, moving to SaaS-based services and data centers to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions.

Social Achievements

• Received official accreditation from Reconciliation Australia for its Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP).
• Enero partnered with CareerTrackers, taking on four interns, with one hired full time.
• BMF led a thought leadership session on bias and sexism at Mumbrella360.
• BMF won a Silver and Bronze Cannes Lions for its pro-bono refugee awareness campaign.
• Hotwire launched employee-driven communities (Empowered Societies) to reinforce DEIB goals.
• Hotwire’s Ignite Possibility Program (HIPP) provided $1 million USD in pro-bono services to underserved communities.
• HIPP won the PRovoke Innovation SABRE North America “Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Initiative” Award.
• Enero partnered with the Australian Red Cross and championed its lifeblood campaign.
• Hosted Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea, raising funds for the Cancer Council.
• Continued its Kid’s Club program, providing childcare during school holidays.
• Orchard hosted a pro-bono event creating content prototypes for endometriosis.
• Hotwire led volunteer initiatives in various locations globally.
• 61% increase in training touchpoints (2,969), totaling over 3,201 hours of learning, with 1,200 hours dedicated to compliance training.
• Implemented mandatory Mental Health Training across the Group.
• Implemented annual Respect at Work training for all employees.

Governance Achievements

• Held a Security & Data Privacy Summit with all Enero Board Members.
• Completed annual training and testing of new security and data protection policies.
• All Enero holdings completed penetration tests.
• Hotwire obtained ISO-27001 certification.
• Hotwire implemented a quarterly change management and review board to evaluate security management policies.
• Launched the Enero AI Council to develop strategies and processes in artificial intelligence.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Evolving client needs may render services redundant or unsuitable.
• Uncertain economic conditions impacting demand for marketing services.
• Supply chain disruptions.
• Difficulty attracting and retaining key talent.
• Business continuity risks (WHS, IT, Cybersecurity, Regulatory, Governance).
• Acquisitions may not deliver expected value.
• Regulatory risks.
• Insufficient governance and oversight.
• Legal risks.
• IT and Cybersecurity risks.

Mitigation Strategies

• Investing in capability evolution through internal investment and acquisitions.
• Monitoring market evolution and dynamically adjusting strategy.
• Limiting customer concentration.
• Diversified portfolio for resilience to economic volatility.
• Managing cost base in accordance with revenue performance.
• Developing differentiating capabilities.
• Countercyclical elements in some businesses (e.g., OBMedia).
• Investing in talent and culture.
• Developing a unique culture in each business.
• Investing in recruitment capabilities, L&D, progressive workplace practices, and DEIB initiatives.
• Succession and organizational planning.
• Regularly measuring employee satisfaction.
• Regularly reviewing business continuity risks and developing mitigation plans.
• Extensive due diligence and integration plans for acquisitions.
• Dedicated project managers for integration.
• Ongoing support through Enero Centres of Excellence.
• Regularly monitoring regulatory changes and engaging with regulators.
• Regularly reviewing systems and processes.
• Conducting compliance training.
• Dedicated internal Legal resources.
• Legal Centre of Excellence for support.
• Regularly reviewing data and privacy regulations.
• Investing in modern cloud infrastructure and backup systems.
• IT Centre of Excellence for best-practice operations.
• Regular cybersecurity risk assessments and training.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Awards & Recognition

• Reconciliation Australia accreditation (RAP)
• Two Cannes Lions Awards (BMF)
• Two Gold SMARTIE Awards (BMF)
• PRovoke Innovation SABRE North America Award (Hotwire)
• Optimizely’s Asia Pacific Rising Star Solution Partner of the Year (Orchard)

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Environmental
• Social
• Governance

Environmental Achievements

• Commitment to measuring global footprint across carbon emissions, energy use, waste, and water (work ongoing).

Social Achievements

• Advanced DEIB efforts globally; partnered with Reconciliation Australia for INNOVATE RAP; welcomed interns through CareerTrackers and 10,000 Black Interns programs; launched Hotwire Ignite Possibility Program; implemented programs on resilience, growth mindset, and thriving at work; accredited 40 global Mental Health First Aiders; partnered with CU Health for wellbeing services; launched Psychological Safety training.
• BMF launched eight national behavior change campaigns addressing societal challenges.

Governance Achievements

• Digitised Board processes; partnered with Automic Registry for a comprehensive platform; integrated ESG considerations into planning and risk assessment; strengthened cyber resilience; implemented robust data protection measures and employee training; Board members committed to ongoing education on emerging technologies.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Global macroeconomic and technology sector headwinds impacted FY24 earnings; slower market growth, longer sales cycles, and continued macroeconomic uncertainty, particularly in the technology sector; market-wide softness impacted OBMedia; challenging macroeconomic environment impacted near-term performance of ROI DNA and GetIT.

Mitigation Strategies

• Disciplined approach to costs, headcount, and operational cash generation; focused on growing suite of market-leading services; embedding Enero as a trusted service provider with key clients; continued transformation and streamlining of business portfolio; updated business segments to better reflect operational strategy and portfolio synergies; cost reduction initiatives; proactive traffic quality management.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards