Expertise
March has been trusted by key UK industries for decades. We understand the challenges that business faces in terms of productivity, competition, cost control, safety, security and compliance.
We acknowledge that the work we do impacts the environment, our people and the communities we work in. Across the whole of our organisation, our customers and our supply chain, we’re committed to ambitious Environmental, Social and Governance goals.
Helping customers
Through a consistent commitment to ESG, we are supporting our customers to implement more sustainable, ethical practices.
Our expertise in energy efficiency and decarbonisation is being applied across the UK, making our customers’ operations more productive and more sustainable.
Reporting
Our Environmental, Social and Governance Report provides detailed insights into the progress made with our commitments to responsible and sustainable business practices.
The report shows how we have recently achieved a 10% reduction in our carbon footprint, with plans to go further.
We are committed to positive social impact and fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We continue to provide excellent training through our March Academies, building the engineers the UK needs for the future, as well as providing learning and development opportunities for all of our colleagues.
Environmental
Recent highlights:
- 10% reduction in Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions
- 90% of our office electricity now comes from renewables
- 9% emissions reduction across our company-owned fleet
- 35% of our company cars are now fully electric
Social
Recent highlights:
- 50% reduction in personal safety accidents since March 2020
- No RIDDOR-reportable incidents in the current reporting year resulting in an Accident Incident Rate (AIR) of zero
- Resourcing of SHEQ professionals across all areas of March
- Safety leadership coaching sessions via the EJ Academy
- Continued visible safety leadership through ‘Walk the Talk’ initiatives and ‘Talking Heads’ programme
Governance
Recent highlights:
- The implementation of Key Customer Management to ensure we have a close understanding of our customers’ organisations, people, and their short, medium and long term priorities.
- Strong and transparent partnership working with our shareholders to build the long-term future of the business
- Close working with regulatory bodies to ensure fairness, consistently high standards and compliance
- Thoughtful and considerate management of our supply chain while building rigorous quality control processes to guarantee high safety and service levels
- The encouragement of a strong employee voice across the business with open feedback, without judgement or criticism
Net Zero commitment
March is committed to achieving zero waste to landfill and Net Zero by 2030, with a key milestone of a 50% reduction by 2025.
Our commitments are detailed in our Environmental, Social and Governance Report 2023, which sets out our long-term ambitions for a more sustainable future.
The report shows that March has already taken extensive action to reduce our environmental impact, including transport energy savings, vehicle tracking systems to help drivers reduce fuel usage and the conversion of the fleet to clean energy. Currently almost a quarter of company-leased cars are electric or hybrid and, by the end of 2025, we expect that 80% of vans will be electric.
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