Sustainability Report

Overview

The report presents WPP's 2016 sustainability performance across its wholly owned Group operations, including 134,000 direct employees, 29% women on the Board and 54% women among total employees. It reports 339,037 MWh of total energy use, 22% renewable electricity and a 10,233-tonne waste total. The carbon statement reports gross emissions of 279,723 tonnes CO2e, while Bureau Veritas provided limited assurance over selected emissions, employment, safety and waste data.

Document

Report type: Sustainability Report
Class: Dedicated
Scope: Full report
Fiscal year: 2016-2017
Period: 1 January 2016 – 31 December 2016
Language: English
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