Infrastructure services provider M Group has published its first Sustainability Strategy, including targets to reduce Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 42% from its FY22 baseline and make all company cars electric by FY30.
The strategy sets environmental, social and governance commitments through to 2032 and was released alongside the group’s FY2026 ESG Report. It covers seven material outcomes under three pillars: Environmental Stewardship, Social Responsibility and Trusted Operations.
M Group said its Operations Board has endorsed the strategy. Each outcome has a named executive owner and will be incorporated into the group’s risk and assurance processes, with progress reported annually.
Climate and fleet targets
Alongside the Scope 1 and 2 reduction, M Group is aiming to cut Scope 3 emissions intensity per pound of value added by 51.6% by FY30.
Its vehicle targets for the same year include 100% electric company cars, 80% hybrid operational cars and approximately 20% electric vans.
The group’s wider commitments include achieving at least 80% colleague engagement by FY29, providing five annual training days for field colleagues and seven for non-field colleagues, and increasing apprenticeships to more than 6% of its workforce.
M Group is also targeting an EcoVadis Silver rating by the end of FY27. It plans to align future ESG reporting with the UK Sustainability Reporting Standards and obtain external assurance over key data by FY30.
Chief executive Andrew Findlay said: “We support the country’s critical regulated businesses to deliver vital services for communities across the UK, and they need like-minded partners who can help them deliver their binding environmental commitments.
“Our ambition is simple: to leave things better than we found them, better infrastructure, better careers and a better business for those who come after us.”
Current performance
M Group’s FY2026 ESG Report records Scope 1 and 2 emissions at 20.7% below the FY22 baseline. It also reports a reduction in carbon intensity from 50t of CO2e per £1m of turnover in 2020 to 16t of CO2e per £1m.
The group’s EcoVadis score rose from 56 to 64, resulting in its first Bronze medal and placing it in the top 35% of companies assessed globally. Its Technology and Communications division received a Silver medal, awarded to companies in the top 15% assessed by EcoVadis in the 12 months before the medal issue date.
M Group said it invested £7.5m in training, with 87 graduates and 642 apprentices on programmes. It also recorded at least £75m of social value and evaluated and approved 1,098 supply chain partners.
Director of ESG and innovation Andrew Hunt said: “The report shows how we’ve performed; the strategy sets out where we’re going. Each material outcome has an owner and a measurable target or milestone, and we’ll report progress every year.
“This is the direction our business is heading, will measure, and be held accountable to.”