Action on climate We’re committed to taking proportionate climate action as a responsible employer, a trusted supply chain partner, and a business focused on long-term value creation for all stakeholders.
Decarbonising energy use Our total annual Scope 1 and 2 emissions associated with our business operations were 1,232 tCO 2 e for our full year 2025. See page 28 for further detail. We continue to review our leased office space requirements, considering client and colleague needs. Considerations are given to collaboration, health and safety, personal wellbeing and the impact emissions have on the environment. This includes taking into consideration commuting for colleagues and the accessibility of public transport networks. We review office usage monthly as part of the executive team operations review, which, alongside colleague feedback and engagement, and consideration of client needs, informs the real estate strategy. On travel, all colleagues are required to book through our travel partner, Gray Dawes. This provides us with global tracking and improves our data collection for emissions as well as improving how we respond to any social or climate-related issues that colleagues may face. Domestic flights within the UK and European countries are by exception only, with rail travel the preferred option. As a result, any train journey more than three hours in duration in total is travelled by first class to ensure the health, safety and wellbeing of colleagues.
Progress in 2024/25 • Published our draft Carbon Reduction Plan
• Working with Positive Planet, designed and launched NCC Group’s own certified Carbon Literacy Training programme and launched annual and onboarding mandatory climate action training for all colleagues • Partnered with Climategames to fund climate action projects through our wellbeing initiatives In addition to our support of the net zero transition (read more on our sustainability strategy at nccgroupplc.com/sustainability), our action on climate has three pillars, starting with our own operations and extending to the support we give to clients operating in the energy transition sector and the contribution we make to their endeavours: • Supporting the net zero transition • Decarbonising energy use • Developing sustainable solutions The biggest impact occurs in our business travel, both for client and non-client related travel, and our leased office spaces and is the focus for our reporting.
Climategames partnership During the financial year, we partnered with Climategames, bringing both wellbeing and climate action together to engage colleagues and give back. We chose to invest in two projects – a sea kelp forestation initiative off the coast of British Columbia, and a social enterprise in Asia, including the Philippines, that prevents plastic from entering the ocean in the first place.
In the initial launch during the summer of 2025 we funded the equivalent of planting 1,020 trees and removing 16.1kg of plastic from the ocean. Financial donations are made in return for colleagues taking part in physical challenges – from Group activities to local and team‑based events. This is a great way to engage colleagues in our climate action activities as well as facilitating wellbeing conversations.
NCC Group plc — Annual report and accounts for the year ended 30 September 2025 21
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