Janus Europe commits to protecting our planet as we work towards a socially and environmentally responsible business, fit for the future.
We selected leading environmental consultants Comply Direct to conduct an Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) roadmap project, encompassing a company sustainability assessment and identification of areas to improve on as part of a responsible business approach. Comply Direct’s in-house sustainability specialists conducted an assessment across relevant ESG factors, ultimately developing a sustainability plan for Janus.
The opportunity
Janus Europe is a global supplier and manufacturer of self storage products and solutions with over 30 years’ experience, including the design, production and installation of storage solutions such as doors, lockers and locks. We are conscious about being proactive with making organisational sustainability improvements, so building a socially and environmentally responsible business fit for the future was a paramount step along this path. As a current Comply Direct packaging compliance scheme member, we were confident in the knowledge that Comply Direct would successfully enable us to develop a cohesive ESG report to benefit our business and the planet.
The solution
To produce a meaningful, effective and impactful ESG report for Janus, Comply Direct carried out the following actions:
• Employee survey to gather view on ethics, diversity, employee development, wellbeing, and environmental issues
• Conducted 3 interviews with key staff from different areas of the business focusing on each of the environmental, social, and governance areas
• Delivered a presentation providing an update on the latest political and legal environment and the direction of travel for environmental legislation and reporting
• Conducted an onsite workshop with 13 staff members to discuss strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. The workshop generated many discussion topics and ideas, and helped to identify the key priorities
• Calculation of a one-year organisational carbon footprint baseline including scope 1, scope 2, and selected scope 3 emissions
• Conducted two onsite carbon and energy audits to identify opportunities for energy efficiency improvements and carbon emissions reductions
The results
The outcomes of the aforementioned key deliverables fed into the provision of a report summarising Comply Direct’s understanding of Janus’ current position, aims, and goals, in relation to each of the environmental, social and governance factors. Recommendations were provided for areas where Janus could improve, and sorted by short/medium/long- term timescales, which can be used to form the basis of the sustainability roadmap. To support this, case studies from leaders on the sustainability agenda were also included.
Finally, Comply Direct delivered a presentation to the senior leadership team at Janus summarising the findings of the report and answered any questions they had regarding recommendations, positioning them in the best place to carry these forward and make positive organisational change.
Following the benefits gained from the ESG project, we chose to work with Comply Direct’s sustainable packaging team to plan for further packaging obligations, in the form of a plastic packaging tax and Extended Producer Responsibility impact assessment. Janus has responsibilities under both areas of upcoming legislation and understand how vital it is to prepare. Comply Direct’s impact assessment service encompasses provision of recommendations to close data gaps, capture data and setup data recording and reporting templates, as well as identification of training needs towards mitigating the impacts of the Plastic Packaging Tax and EPR; focusing on component construction and materials, and recycled content.
“I would like to thank Comply Direct for an exceptional ESG report providing plenty of scope for improvement within our business and much food for thought for myself as I formulate our sustainability roadmap process. We will digest the content of the report and recommended actions ready to implement them into 2022.”
Paul Field, Environmental & Compliance Manager, Janus International Europe Ltd
