Sustainability
Sustainability at Headland
Our Sustainability Strategy focuses on three pillars: a thriving environment, a thriving team and championing collaboration and action to drive positive outcomes.
We publish an annual Sustainability Impact Report setting out our commitments and the progress we make each year. Transparency, accountability, and building sustainability into our governance is key to ensuring that we continually improve.
You can read our 2025 edition here – Shaping a Culture for Sustainable Growth – and our inaugural report in 2024 here.
Good Business Charter
We were awarded Good Business Charter accreditation in May 2025, a UK-based initiative recognising responsible business behaviour. We’ve committed to all 10 GBC components covering employees, clients, suppliers, tax, and the environment. We’re proud to be part of a growing network of FTSE 100 companies, public bodies and charities working to high standards of accountability and conduct.
Net zero commitment
With the help of Seismic, we reviewed our Scope 1-3 Carbon Footprint and created an action plan to achieve our climate goals. We have achieved our near-term Science Based Target to reduce our Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 42% by 2030 from a 2021 baseline, supported by our office move to One New Change, powered entirely by renewable energy. To hold ourselves accountable in this space, we have committed to measure our Scope 3 emissions and continue increasing the percentage of suppliers we work with that have Science Based Targets or high-quality Net Zero Targets.
The Blueprint
Headland’s purpose of championing collaboration and a wide range of perspectives to build reputations for a thriving world demands that we take diversity & inclusivity seriously. The Blueprint diversity mark is awarded to organisations committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of their business. In September 2023 Headland was awarded Ally status by The Blueprint, and we’re now working towards achieving the full Blueprint diversity mark.
The Taylor Bennett Foundation
The Taylor Bennett Foundation exists to encourage people from a Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic background to pursue a career in communications. Since 2022 Headland has been partnering with the charity to deliver our Summer Internship Programme, helping young talent get a flavour of what it is like to work in the industry.
AMOS Bursary
Set up to ensure Britain’s talented young people of African and Caribbean heritage have the opportunity to excel in education and beyond, Headland provides regular mentoring and learning sessions to different groups of AMOS Bursary students and sponsors a dedicated student as part of a long-term development programme.