Sustainability
Sustainability at Headland
This has always been a naturally purposeful business – we put our people and the people we work with first.
Part of pursuing our purpose means responding to the social and environmental issues that present the biggest opportunities, and risks to the success of the company, our colleagues, clients and wider community. For us, this is about becoming a better business and we know that it’s increasingly important to our clients that we are taking action on issues from climate change to DEI.
That’s why we have developed a Sustainability Strategy and published an impact report setting out the commitments it contains and the progress we have made in the last year. It focuses on three pillars: people, society, and planet and you can read more here.
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.
Net zero commitment
With the help of Seismic, we reviewed our Scope 1-3 Carbon Footprint in detail to understand how we can reduce our emissions. This has given us a clear pathway and action plan to achieve our climate goals of reducing absolute Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions by 42% by 2030 from a 2021 base year, and to measure and reduce Scope 3. 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.