Climate Change Data

InvoCare Limited

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2022)

Reporting Period: 2022

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • People
  • Place
  • Planet

Environmental Achievements

  • Introduced 32 hybrid vehicles to the fleet, replacing petrol and diesel vehicles
  • Replaced seven cremators with more energy-efficient models in the Pets Cremations business
  • Constructed a sustainable funeral home in Coburg with improvements in thermal efficiency, rooftop solar, energy-efficient lighting, and water-efficient design
  • Established a Supply Chain Code of Conduct and started monitoring compliance

Social Achievements

  • Achieved a customer Net Promoter Score of 82.9 in Australia and New Zealand and a Recommendation Score of 99.3% in Singapore
  • Reduced Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR) by 42% to 7.6 and Total Recordable Injury Frequency Rate (TRIFR) by 14% to 30.6
  • Increased employee engagement score by 8% in the ‘Your Say’ survey
  • Launched the Health First initiative and refreshed the Employee Assistance Program
  • Implemented multilingual functionality on the Universal Chung Wah (UCW) Funeral Directors website
  • Installed 95 defibrillators at 79 funeral homes and other large sites

Governance Achievements

  • Developed an approach to understand modern slavery risks among major suppliers
  • Developed a Supply Chain Code of Conduct
  • Mapped 1,000 of the largest direct suppliers to identify high-risk modern slavery suppliers

Climate Goals & Targets

Short-term Goals:
  • 10% reduction in Total Recordable Injury Frequency Rate (TRIFR)
  • Maintain NPS >80
  • +2 points increase in employee engagement
  • Introduce Supplier Code of Conduct to top 100 suppliers
  • Conduct up to five modern slavery key supplier audits
  • ROCE > 11%

Environmental Challenges

  • COVID-19 restrictions
  • Significant weather events in Australia
  • Competitive job market impacting recruitment
  • Cyber security threats
Mitigation Strategies
  • Updated health, safety, and wellbeing practices
  • Health First initiative and expanded Employee Assistance Program
  • Psychological Leadership Training
  • Reassessment of talent acquisition processes and outreach to new markets
  • Revised onboarding programs
  • Comprehensive Digital Roadmap and increased training for digital adoption

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Up to five modern slavery audits planned for 2023

Responsible Procurement
  • Supply Chain Code of Conduct
  • Modern Slavery risk assessment and mitigation

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Greenhouse Gas Protocol