What are the FuturePlus Sustainability Themes?

We break sustainability topics down into five interconnected themes:

• Climate
• Environment
• Economic
• Diversity and Inclusion
• Social

We believe that sustainable businesses practices can only be achieved when an organisation finds the right balance of material topics across all five themes.

Striving for positive environmental goals and objectives, organisations should make efforts to reduce their carbon footprint, waste, water usage, single-use packaging, and any negative impact they have on the environment.

To perform well, organisations must consider their operations, factory or office locations, and the communities they operate in.

To have social impact, they should communicate and collaborate with a diverse range of stakeholders in an inclusive manner, invest in communities, source ethically, and understand their supply chains.

They must treat their employees fairly and this means effective non-discrimination and inclusion policies, flexible working hours, equitable opportunities, good governance, and paying fair wages.