SThree : 2022 Impact Report

ESG Impact Report 2022

Contents

02 CEO's statement

1. ESG targets & 2022 progress
2. Environment

1. Continuing to reduce our carbon footprint
2. Committing to science-basednet-zero
3. Carbon removal
4. Social
5. Building an inclusive culture

1. Accelerating talent to achieve representation in leadership
2. Supercharging potential
3. Our mission to increase diversity in STEM

1. Our community

1. Governance
2. ESG Committee
3. Policy changes

1. A strong Board positioned for growth
2. Continuing on our journey

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Continuing on

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CEO's statement

Empowering a sustainable future

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Whether we are placing engineers to build wind turbines, medical researchers to create new vaccines or cyber specialists to provide financial security, we empower organisations to create a sustainable future by providing them with access to STEM skills. Our purpose is grounded in our ESG commitments, which are focused on encouraging diversity in STEM, reducing our own environmental impact and contributing to a net-zero future by facilitating green careers.

Our clients, candidates and colleagues all expect us to continue working towards building a sustainable future. So, we ensure that the goals we set are in line with our sustainability ambitions. Since 2018, we have had carbon reduction targets aligned to climate science. In 2022, we made the decision to set a net-zero target verified against the Science Based Target initiative. You will find how we will do this outlined in this Report. Achieving net-zero will not be easy; it will take systemic change. However, net-zero is the future we are building by bringing skilled people together. So we have to deliver net-zero ourselves in our own business operations.

The targets we set are aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and we are pleased to have made progress towards reaching these goals during 2022. Among our achievements are positively impacting 32,970 lives and increasing gender representation in the business - with 32% of all leadership positions now occupied by women.

This Report outlines the considerable progress we're making. We remain committed to taking meaningful action to build a sustainable future for everyone.

Timo Lehne

Chief Executive Officer

SThree plc

Lives positively impacted

32,970

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			CONTENTS
ESG targets & 2022 progress
In 2020, we conducted a materiality assessment. Our aim was	As a result of the assessment, we aligned our most material impacts to the UN
to establish the areas that have the most impact on both our	Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). We set ambitious targets to ensure we
performance and our stakeholders.	remained focused on specific ESG	matters, and we established clear performance
indicators within the SDG framework.
To positively impact 150,000 lives	Doubling the share of our global	To reduce our absolute carbon	We aspire to increase gender
by 2024	renewables business by 2024	emissions by 25% by 2024	representation at leadership
			levels to 50/50

Progress

88,741 lives positively impacted by SThree since 1 December 2019.

88% growth in our renewables business net fees since 2019 (baseline year).

44% carbon reduction in 2022 from 2019 (baseline year).

32% women in leadership positions.

2022 activities

20,074 accessed decent work	29% growth in our renewables business
through SThree placements.	net fees YoY in 2022.
5,156 accessed our career	Delivered green career upskilling events
support programme.	to 86 STEM professionals in collaboration
3,968 accessed community	with four clients.
programmes we delivered.	Delivered green career awareness events
2,243 accessed career development	to 240 school students.
opportunities hosted by SThree.
2,082 hours of volunteering supported
people in our local community.

94% carbon emissions increase in 2022 in comparison to 2021, as a direct result of Covid-19 restrictions being lifted.

Expanded our Scope 3 carbon reporting and delivered our TCFD report.

24 women participated in Identify - our leadership talent development programme.

Alignment to strategic pillars

Our Position	Our Places	Our Platform	Our People
Our People
UNSDGs

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SThree plc

Environment

Bringing skilled people together to tackle climate change

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2022 key outcomes:

88%

growth in renewable energy business since 2019

44%

reduction in carbon footprint since 2019 base year

1,382

hours of volunteering in environmental projects

749

renewable energy placements

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