Our plan for a fair & sustainable future
We recognise the world is changing and we must adapt and act to face immediate and emerging challenges and increased expectations from our stakeholders and global communities. We are committed to continually evolving and ensuring we operate and grow our business responsibly and sustainably.
We are All In
Our All In plan is designed to drive positive change and progress of our material ESG priorities. Menzies is a proud signatory of the UN Global Compact and our All In plan aligns with seven of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
It’s at the heart of our purpose to provide safe and trusted aviation services, now and for the future. We’ll work closely with our industry partners, customers and suppliers to get to where we need to go.
We’ll engage and inspire our people because we believe everyone can make a positive difference. From simple local actions to big global initiatives and everything in between. We are All In.
Menzies is proud to be a signatory of the UN Global Compact. As part of our commitment to sustainable and responsible business practices, Menzies is committed to aligning strategies and operations with ten universal principles on human rights, labour, environment, and anti-corruption, and take actions that advance societal goals, particularly the Sustainable Development Goals.
We are pleased to share our first UN Global Compact Communication on Progress (CoP). Together with our 2023 Annual Review & Sustainability Report and Modern Slavery Report, our CoP details our progress towards supporting the UN Global Compact Principles and UN Sustainable Development Goals.
The Environment
Our aim is to achieve a net-zero future for Menzies and our targets are aligned with the Science Based Targets (SBTi) net zero standard. By focusing on reducing the impacts our business has on climate change and the natural environment, while mitigating the risks our business faces because of climate change, we believe we can remain resilient and play our part in delivering a sustainable, net zero future for aviation.
We support UN SDG 13 Climate Change and we are passionate about rewilding and protecting the natural environment.
Our environment goals:
- SBTi aligned net zero goals
- Reducing our environmental impacts
- Support the climate agenda
People
Our people are at the heart of our business and our success. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture where our employees can thrive. We want to them to experience equity of opportunity, to feel respected and supported to learn and develop, and to be able to be themselves.Like many companies and societies, we can always do better but we are committed to improving our policies, practices and employee experiences that will benefit all our people, our business, and support our future success and sustainable growth.
Our people goals:
- Optimise training
- Increase development
- Improve engagement
- Diverse and balanced workforce
Safety
The safety and security of our operations and our people is our top priority. We aim to have the best safety culture in the industry by delivering the highest health, safety and security risk standards everywhere we operate.
We want our people to feel safe in their working environment by providing the training and tools required to do their job safely and securely. We want our customers to trust Menzies to deliver the safest and most reliable services and to know that we are committed to continually evolving and embedding our safety and security practices.
Our safety goals:
- Zero injuries
- Zero damage
- Improve our safety culture
Ethical
Ensuring we always conduct ourselves and our business activities ethically keeps our business safe, our people safe and helps us play our part in supporting a fair and just society and creating an ethical culture. As such, Ethical is a core pillar of our All In plan.
Our approach to ethical conduct is underpinned by our values, behaviours and the policies, training, controls and governance we abide by throughout our global operations
Our ethical goals:
- Zero tolerance to unethical behaviour
- Ethical supply chain
- Fully compliant
- Cyber secure
Communities
Supporting the communities where we operate and where our people live in many parts of the world is important to us. It is a key part of our All In plan for a fair and sustainable future where we strive to make a difference by supporting causes that have a positive impact on communities, big and small.
Through this support we hope to benefit local economies, reduce climate impacts, improve education, health and wellbeing, and reduce inequalities.
We commit to:
- Supporting local & global supply chains and ensuring ethical business practices
- Running local recruitment initiatives
- Offering support to national and local charities
- Encouraging our teams to support local initiatives
Governance
We believe that our strong internal governance practices together with compliance of ESG reporting frameworks and regulation are beneficial for our company and our stakeholder communities, and should be embraced. Through good governance, we can embed sustainable development principles throughout our strategy and decision-making, develop structured sustainability plans, hold ourselves to account and be clear, consistent and transparent in communicating progress against the commitments and high standards we set as a company, and in our stakeholder relationships.
Our people goals:
- Focus on ESG risk and opportunities to meet targets and ensure a resilient future
- Transparent, accessible and meaningful ESG reporting
- Embed sustainability decision-making and developing sustainable supply chains
