Protecting the environment

At Experian we’re committed to helping tackle climate change and reducing our impact on the environment. 

As an information services business, our most material environmental impact is the carbon footprint of our operations and value chain. To reduce this impact, we have science-based targets and, decarbonisation roadmaps across our regions focusing on areas such as renewable energy procurement, energy efficiency, single-use plastics and engaging with our supply chain. 

Head to our ESG reporting hub to find our latest performance data, our TCFD report and CDP climate change disclosure.

How we are driving action on climate change and protecting the environment

^{1. Renewable energy}

We continue to explore opportunities for self-generation and abate emissions through the procurement of renewable engergy.

• In FY24 75% of the total electricity used in our operations was renewable (backed by renewable energy credits)
• Our data centres in North America, the  UK and Ireland, have been running on 100% backed renewable energy since 2022
• In FY22 we installed our first solar PV array in our offices in Sao Carlos (Brazil)

^{2. Supply chain emissions and supplier engagement}

Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions account for the majority (97%) of our total carbon footprint making our supply chain an integral part of our sustainability strategy.  As part of our ambition to reduce emissions across our value chain, we want to work with suppliers that share our commitment to sustainability and will collaborate with us to drive climate action.

We’ve made a commitment that 78% of Experian’s suppliers by spend are to have their own science-based target by 2029.

To achieve this:  

• We'll include a set of binding climate related contract provisions into our supplier agreement.
• We continue to capture supplier emissions data and information through the supplier engagement programme at CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project).
• We already integrate climate considerations into supplier review meetings.  In FY24, we held meetings with our top suppliers to understand where they are in their sustainability journey and discuss shared goals. We will continue this journey as part of our supplier engagement target.  

^{3. Foundation of our Net Zero ambition and Net Zero Transition Plan}

We continue to develop our Net Zero Transition Plan in line with the  UK’s Transition Plan Task Force Disclosure Framework. This year we are pleased to share an overview of our approach - a set of goals, actions and accountability mechanisms to align our activities with the grounding principles of the Framework and shape the high-level structure of our transition plan.

^{4. Carbon offsetting}

Once we have achieved our science-based target and reduced our value chain emissions as far as possible, we will invest in high-quality carbon offsetting projects to offset the remaining Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions.

We offset 80% of our FY24 Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by investing in Verified Carbon Standard Projects in Malaysia and Colombia.

^{5. Single use plastics}

We set out an internal ambition and roadmap for phasing out as much as possible of this avoidable single-use items in the next three years.

In FY24 we started targeting high impact single-use plastic types, for instance plastic stirrers, straws, cutlery bottled drinks and (what constitutes our highest volume) – plastic lined coffee cups.

Campaigns we ran across our regions resulted in a 33% reduction across our footprint since last year.

^{6. Our environmental impacts}

• In addition to our focus on climate, we strive to understand and address other potential environmental risks and impacts from our business, including biodiversity and water use
• We are collecting data on water consumption to monitor trends and identify opportunities to reduce usage
• And we have used the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures’ LEAP approach as a guiding framework, to map our operations against indicators of water stress risk and fragille ecosystems areas
• For more information see our ESG Performance Data