Awards

We believe it is important to measure ourselves against the best of our peers to assess our performance and identify areas for improvement. We are proud of the external recognition and awards we have received

 

 

Dow Jones Sustainability Indices

In 2017, Royal Mail was named as global sustainability leader of the Transportation industry group in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices. The Transportation industry group includes around 135 companies in marine, rail, logistics and aviation businesses. Royal Mail is included in both the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index and Dow Jones Sustainability Europe Index.

We have been named a global leader in the indices every year we have been eligible for inclusion, since our flotation; however as industry group leader in 2017 we achieved our highest ever sustainability ranking.

 

 

 

 

 

FTSE4Good Index

The FTSE4Good Index Series is designed to measure the performance of companies demonstrating strong Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices. Transparent management and clearly-defined ESG criteria make FTSE4Good indexes suitable tools to be used by a wide variety of market participants when creating or assessing sustainable investment products.

We are one of the highest scoring companies in the FTSE4Good Index. We rank in the top eight per cent of companies, on account of our social, environmental and governance performance.

 

 

Carbon Trust Standard

The Carbon Trust Standard is the world’s leading independent certification of an organisation’s impact on the environment by verifying action on the three primary components of environmental sustainability: energy use and associated greenhouse gas (CO2e) emissions, water use and waste output.

In 2018, Royal Mail UKPIL successfully retained triple certification to the Carbon Trust Standard for carbon, water, and waste. We became the first delivery business to be awarded the triple certification in 2014-15.

 

 

 

The Times Top 50 Employer for Women 2018

The Times Top 50 Employers for Women highlights the organisations that are transforming what it means to be a woman in the workplace. For each employer, gender equality is central, and their innovations to achieve it remarkable.

We have been listed as a Times Top 50 Employer for Women for the fifth consecutive year, in recognition of our efforts to improve the gender balance in the organisation.

 

Edie Sustainability Leaders Award - Carbon Management

Royal Mail Group were named Leaders in Carbon Management after exceeding our carbon reduction target of 20% (from a 2004/5 baseline) four years ahead of schedule. Investments in modern LED lighting systems and energy monitoring technology contributed to a 25.7% reduction in carbon emissions by the end of 2016/17 which improved further to 29.1% by the end of 2017/18.

The judges described our initiatives as a “true sustainability success story…at scale across a national network to drive real impact”.

 

Other 2016-17 Awards:

  • Named as one of the top 20 companies for gender equality at senior levels in the Government-backed Hampton-Alexander Review Report.
  • Winner of the 2016 Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion (ENEI) Wellbeing at Work Award.
  • Received the Talent Pipeline Award at Business in the Community’s Gender Equality Awards for our approach to attracting women to frontline roles in April 2016.
  • Won the 2016 CorpComms ‘Best Partnership’ award for our work with the charity Missing People.
  • Won the Post Europe ‘Coup de Coeur’ Society Award for our partnership with the charity Missing People.
  • Received the Company Driver Safety ‘Large Fleets’ award at the Brake Fleet Safety Awards 2016.
  • Received a Green Fleet award in November 2016 for outstanding achievement, recognising our investments in cleaner vehicle and driver technology, and the progress we have made in reducing our fuel consumption and carbon emissions.
  • Received the EDIE (Environment Data Information Exchange) Behaviour Change and Engagement award, recognising the efforts we have made to engage colleagues in reducing waste sent to landfill.

 

  •  Previous Awards

    2015-16 Awards

    • Gained inclusion in the prestigious FTSE4Good Index for the first time. We scored 4.1 out of 5, ranking us in the 96th percentile
    • Women in Logistics Diversity Champion of the Year (Marie Forrester)
    • Highly commended at the Better Society Awards for our national partnership with the charity Missing People
    • Recognised as a Times Top 50 Employer for Women in 2015, for the third consecutive year
    • Won Silver for Internal Communications at the International Content Marketing Awards 2015 for our anti-bullying and harassment campaign, ‘We can sort it out’
    • Won the Community category at the Charity Times Awards 2015 for our partnership with the charity Missing People
    • Won the Community Impact (National) category at the Business Charity Awards 2015 for our partnership with the charity Missing People
    • Awarded the Platinum Payroll Giving Quality Mark Award for 2015
    • National Payroll Giving Excellence Awards - Most successful Sustained Scheme (Large Employer)
    • Community Award for our partnership with charity Missing People at the Charity Times Awards
    • Named Industry Leader 2015 of the global Transportation and Transportation Infrastructure sector. Achieved a Gold Class distinction for sustainability performance and are listed in both the Dow Jones Europe and World Sustainability Indices

     

    2014-15 Awards

    • International CSR Excellence Awards
      • Gold Winner - CSR Reports
    • Dow Jones Sustainability INdex - Ranked 1st of all Transport and Transport Infrastructure businesses in the Dow Jones Sustainability World and Europe Indices
    • Business in the Community Corporate Responsibility Index
      • 4 star ranking and achieved a place in the top 10
    • RobecoSAM Corporate Sustainability Assessment Silver Award
    • Times Top 50 Employer for Women
    • Payroll Giving Quality Mark Excellence Awards Platinum ranking.
    • PostEurop 2014 Coup de Coeur Award for our apprenticeship programmes
    • Best Corporate National Partnership Champion at the Charity Times Awards

     

    2013-14 Awards

    • CorpComms Awards: Highly Commended for best in-house team (privatisation)
    • Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS): Platinum Certification (the first ever company to achieve this)
    • National Payroll Giving Excellence Awards: Most Successful Sustained Scheme and Best Overall Campaign
    • Working Mums Top Employer Awards: Career Progression Award
    • Women in Logistics Award: Company of the Year
    • Payroll Giving Quality Mark Excellence Awards: Platinum ranking
    • Business in the Community Corporate Responsibility Index: Platinum ranking
    • Business in the Community: Top 10 Private Sector Organisations for Gender, Gold standard
    • CorpComms Awards: Highly Commended for Best In-house team - Privatisation
    • CorpComms Awards: Highly Commended for Best internal communications - Employee Share Offer
    • ifs ProShare Awards: Commended for Best employee share plan outcome following a major corporate change

     

    2012-13 Awards

    • Grand Prix for Gold Medal Stamps and Gold Post Boxes
    • The British Excellence in Sales & Marketing Awards: Sales Support Team of the Year
    • Business in the Community Corporate Responsibility Index: Platinum ranking
    • Business in the Community Top 10 Private Sector Organisations for Gender: Gold standard
    • Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR): Best Consumer Relations Campaign for Gold Postboxes + Best Internal Publication for Courier
    • PR Week Awards: Best Integrated Campaign for Gold Post Boxes
    • European Excellence Awards: Best Campaign for Gold Medal Stamps
    • CorpComms Awards: Communications Professional of the Year (Shane O'Riordain), Best Communications Campaign

     

    2011-12 Awards

    • International Customer Management Institute: First place for email responses. Top 50 Call Centres for Customer Service for our Door-to-Door service
    • Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS): Gold Certification, a status shared with only 15 other organisations worldwide
    • Payroll Giving Quality Mark Excellence Awards: Platinum standard
    • Guinness World Record: Most amount of money raised at a company quiz
    • Guinness World Record: Most charities supported through a payroll giving scheme
    • Business Charity Awards Challenge: Highly commended, Event category
    • Personnel Today Awards: 'Health at Work’
    • The CIPD People Management Awards: Winner of Best employee relations initiative for Agenda for Growth
    • The PMA National Mediation Awards: President's Award for innovative resolution work in a challenging industrial and employee relations environment
    • Charity Times Awards: Corporate National Partnership Champion - Prostate Cancer UK
    • PostEurop CSR "Coups de coeur": Winner of Society category - for apprenticeship schemes and working with Cebr
    • The CIPD People Management Awards: Best employee relations initiative

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