Annual Report and Accounts

Overview

The report integrates sustainability into WPP's 2017 Annual Report, covering company-wide environmental, people and social-investment performance. It reports 329,878 MWh of energy use and gross CO2e emissions of 260,000 tonnes, with carbon data and some environmental and people data verified by Bureau Veritas. Social investment increased to £20.4 million and total social contribution reached £49.4 million. The report also describes materiality, board-level sustainability oversight and WPP's participation in the UN Global Compact, CDP and GHG Protocol reporting.

Document

Report type: Annual Report with Sustainability Disclosures
Class: Embedded
Scope: Full report
Fiscal year: 2017
Period: 1 January 2017 – 31 December 2017
Publication date: 24 April 2018
Language: English
Pages
File size
Restatement: Disclosed

Standards

GRI
SASB
TCFD
ISSB
ESRS
Integrated Reporting Framework
GHG Protocol
EU Taxonomy
CDP
Other

Commitments

UN Global Compact
UN Guiding Principles
Science Based Targets initiative

Ratings

CDP score

Materiality

Assessment
Basis
Matrix

Assurance

Provider
Scope
Statement included
Metrics assured

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