As a global leader in the delivery of sustainable solutions, RSK Group is leveraging its partnership with the Supply Chain Sustainability School (SCSS), to drive employee engagement with and delivery of its own 2030 sustainability strategy.
RSK launched its new sustainability strategy, Second Nature, in December 2023, reflecting an evolution in the company’s approach to sustainability. Second Nature is built around five core themes: finance and governance, our people, our value chain, society and the environment.
As for all organisations, sustainability is a journey, and for a business made up of over 200 companies, it is critical that everyone across the RSK family plays an active part in that journey, so we can meet our short term and longer-term ambitions. This is why instilling greater accountability for, and engagement with, sustainability across the group is such a core element of our new strategy.
This greater focus on accountability resulted in each group company and central function adopting a series of sustainability KPIs at the end of FY24, linked to the core themes within the strategy. These KPIs will bring greater clarity and focus on sustainability initiatives through FY25, while contributing to the delivery of group level targets.
Under the theme of “our value chain”, one of the KPI options teams could choose was for colleagues involved in procurement activities to complete sustainable procurement training via the SCSS, to enhance their knowledge of sustainable procurement practices. This ties into RSK’s 2030 goal to have embedded sustainable procurement processes across all businesses in the group.
To achieve this, our sustainability and central procurement teams developed a structured learning pathway using the School’s comprehensive resources. This pathway guides our employees through a series of e-learning modules, designed to boost understanding of and engagement with sustainable procurement topics.
We are proud to have over 200 employees currently enrolled on the learning pathway and expect this will translate to ~400 hours of accredited professional development in sustainability for our procurement professionals by the end of FY25.
As our business continues to grow, we are committed to leveraging the School’s resources to upskill our workforce. The high quality resources available help us equip and empower our teams to play an active role in the delivery of our sustainability commitments, together enabling us to make a bigger collective impact.
We strongly encourage other partners of the SCSS to fully engage with the wealth of resources available. By embracing these tools, organisations can ensure they extract maximum value from their membership and drive meaningful progress towards a more sustainable future.
