Message from the QHSE Director
A safe, healthy and sustainable future
As one of the largest technical service providers in the Netherlands, Unica encourages an active contribution to protecting the environment, limiting climate change and providing a sustainable working and living environment. We undertake these tasks on a daily basis for and with our clients, but also in our own business activities and value chain.
We work intensively towards the further establishment and expansion of our ESG policy and wherever possible strive to report in accordance with international standards. Each year we take the next step in gradually expanding our annual reporting into a form that will eventually comply with the Corporate Sustainable Reporting Directive (CSRD). This reporting encourages the creation of a level playing field in which we remain alert and work hard to exploit our competitive edge in the societal topics in which we make a difference.
We have further structured our ESG efforts and the related reporting activities in 2024. Our objectives were once again carefully assessed and where necessary more precisely formulated. An important step in this process is the calculation of our scope 3 emissions. In the past we completed a baseline measurement in which 2022 is taken as the reference year. This year we will be calculating the results for the years 2023 and 2024, to allow us to include the development of these emissions in the report for financial year 2025.
Also in 2024 we further developed our value creation model, the value chain summary and our stakeholder dialogue. Supported by specialists at KPMG, we also conducted a double materiality assessment (DMA) and the related risk assessment, as well as drawing up a roadmap in the runup to CSRD reporting. In order to arrive at a full report and to evaluate our current activities and identify areas of potential improvement, it is essential that we gain more insight by gathering and analysing data. This process will help us identify where specific measures can deliver the greatest impact, so that we can apply focus and make the most effective possible use of our budget.
In this ESG report, we are reporting the progress of our ESG efforts for the first time according to the material topics that emerged from the DMA assessment. Mapping out our ESG performance and ensuring that all stakeholders are brought on board in our future vision is not always an easy task but we recognise the essential nature of making a sustainable and positive contribution to people, the environment and society. Due to the nature of the services we provide, we find ourselves in an ideal position to join our customers and suppliers in delivering a solid contribution to a safe, healthy and sustainable future. This situation creates for us a clear responsibility that we are happy to accept. For our customers and suppliers a sound ESG policy is becoming increasingly important too; in the awarding of orders and when entering into collaborative ventures, embracing ESG is increasingly often an emphatic requirement. Investing in these topics is gradually becoming a hygiene factor in our sector if we wish to continue with our work.
Looking forward to the new year, we once again plan to take further steps in 2025 to ensure future compliance with the CSRD. In close consultation with customers and suppliers, we will identify those areas in which we can make the greatest impact throughout the chain, and how that impact can be best integrated in our strategy and our business model. Acquiring insight and maintaining focus are crucial to realising our financial and social goals. Our continuing ESG efforts help us to make a positive contribution to society through sustainable value creation.
Arnout Vink
Director QHSE, Security & Risk
Unica Groep
