Sustainability

Sustainability is embedded in everything we do

Sustainable technologies

85% of sales

contributing to our priority UN SDGs

2030 target

40%

female representation across all management levels

CDP Climate Change rating

A-

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Our sustainability strategy

As a world leader in platinum group metals, we use our deep expertise to apply, refine and recycle metals that matter for a healthier and more resilient world. 

We have firmly embedded our sustainability priorities of climate, nature and circularity, safety and diversity throughout our business and value chain.

Embedding sustainability into everything we do

Our skills and technologies are important today as businesses and communities adapt to the challenges of climate change. Our products and services are aligned with four of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) where we believe we can make the biggest positive contributions.

Goal 3: Good health and wellbeing

  • Emission control technologies that reduce harmful oxides of nitrogen and particulate from vehicle tailpipes and stationary engines
  • Catalysts used to make pharmaceutical ingredients

 

 

 

Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy

  • Renewable (green) hydrogen technologies that will support the drive to zero carbon hydrogen production using renewable energy and electrolysis

 

 

 

 

Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production

  • PGM recycling to recover and reuse scarce materials
  • Chloride guards to prevent corrosion

 

 

 

Goal 13: Climate action

  • ​​​​​​Fuel cell components for low carbon transportation and distributed power units

 

 

 

 



Total sales from products contributing to priority UN SDGs = 85%
Total R&D spend from products contributing to priority UN SDGs = 85%

 

Our sustainability targets for 2030

Our sustainability targets for 2030 are ambitious, but they build off the incredible impact our products and services already have. Our greenhouse gas reduction targets for 2030 have been approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) thereby putting us on the SBTi’s 1.5°C trajectory and placing us among the leading group of global businesses aiming for a rise of no more than 1.5°C.

We report our yearly progress against these targets in our Annual Report.

 

 Goal

 Key performance indicator

 2030 target

 Protecting the climate

 Achieve net zero by 2040

 Reduction in Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions

 65%1

 Reduction in Scope 3 GHG emissions from purchased good and services

 42%1

 Protecting nature and advancing the circular economy

 Conserve scarce resources

 Recycled PGM content in JM's manufactured products

 75%

 Minimise our environmental
 footprint

 Reduction in net freshwater consumption

 25%

 Promoting a safe, diverse and equitable society

 Keep people safe

 Total recordable injury and illness rate for employees and contractors

 0.25

 ICCA process safety event severity rate

 0.40

 Create a diverse, inclusive and
 engaged company

 Employee engagement score

 8.0

 Female representation across all management levels2

 40%

 

1. Against 2019/20 baseline. For further information please refer to our Annual Report.

2. All employees whether they are a people manager or not, at a minimum compensation grade. 

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