Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Environmental Responsibility
• Social Responsibility
• Governance

Environmental Achievements

• Implementing energy-efficient practices in our operations, including the use of renewable energy sources in our offices and adopting an electric car scheme available to all staff
• Developing digital products that reduce the need for paper-based transactions, thereby minimising waste and resource consumption
• Partnering with vendors and suppliers who adhere to environmental best practices, ensuring that our supply chain is as sustainable as possible
• Achieved ISO 14001 accreditation

Social Achievements

• Prioritising employee well-being by offering competitive benefits, continuous learning opportunities, and a supportive work environment that champions diversity and inclusion.
• Rolled out an Electric Car Scheme where employees can save up to 60% on a new electric car.
• Introduced an HMRC approved Share Incentive Plan to encourage employee share ownership.
• Expanded charitable activities and local sponsorships, focusing on grassroots sports.

Governance Achievements

• Achieved SOC 2 Type 1 compliance for Proximity Cloud® and Exchange Cloud® products.
• Achieved ISO 22301 certification.
• Maintained compliance with standards and regulations such as ISO/IEC 27001, GDPR, NIST Cyber Security Framework (CSF) and Center for Internet Security (CIS).

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Cyber Risk (information security breach or cyber-attack)
• Key systems failure, disruption and interruption
• Actions of third parties and suppliers
• Other Operational risks (managing unexpected peaks or troughs in client demand)

Mitigation Strategies

• Strategic partnership with BlueVoyant for Managed Extended Detection and Response (MXDR) and incident response services.
• Investment and implementation of new layered security defences & mitigations (PAM, EASM, Security Awareness Training Platform).
• Continued enhancements to DDoS protection infrastructure.
• Extensive penetration testing of the Beeks infrastructure and services.
• Introduction of a Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) function.
• Continuous improvement of monitoring tailored to our systems, services and client base.
• Upgrade and enhancement of internal network and compute infrastructure.
• Thorough SOC2 compliant supplier onboarding procedure.
• Regular key supplier management meetings.
• Reviewing the performance of key suppliers and considering alternative options.
• Increased total available telecommunications bandwidth globally and introduced additional telecommunications and internet providers.
• Core of highly skilled permanent staff along with a pool of temporary staff.
• Engaging international businesses to operate within our technology platform.

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement

• Partnering with vendors and suppliers who adhere to environmental best practices.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Exchange Cloud® (high-density compute racks)