Our Approach

Our strategy is designed to tackle the most material ESG risks and opportunities. The focus on climate action, eradicating digital poverty and circularity are important to our business, our customers and wider society.

The strategy is driven and delivered by our colleagues – subject matter experts that are fully integrated across our business. Their work is coordinated by the Director of Group Sustainability and overseen by the Board ESG Committee.

Read more about how we identified our material issues in our 2023/24 Annual Report.

The Environment, Social and Governance (‘ESG’) Committee of the Board approves the Group’s ESG strategy and oversees the delivery of it and the management of ESG risks and opportunities. The ESG Committee is comprised of three non-executive directors of the Board.

Read the Terms of Reference for the ESG Committee.

Read the report from the ESG Committee in our Annual Report and Accounts 23/24 on page 107.

Read more about Governance at Currys.

The business has a systematic approach to ESG risk management. Our approach has been benchmarked against other leading organisations. Details on our principal risk on sustainability is available on page 59 of the Annual Report. Climate change is included within the Group Emerging Risk Radar. These are monitored by the ESG Committee and the Executive Committee, with the aim of better managing the broad spectrum of ESG risks.

The ESG Committee regularly assess and quantify ESG risks (including identifying any new and emerging risks) and recommend to the Board and Audit Committee any changes required to those risks already identified. We look to ensure our ESG risk assessment and classification remains appropriate and suitable for our business.

Further assurance is provided through the use of international standards and external data verification services. Read more in our Policies and Disclosures.

Our people are at the centre of who we are because it makes us what we are.

Our colleagues are our greatest advantage and are critical and central to the success of our business strategy and the realisation of our Vision. We are committed to developing our colleagues and helping them build skills for life.

Through their own individual development plan, colleagues are encouraged to think about their career and how they want to develop. Our blended approach to learning and development includes on-the-job training, online learning platforms, virtual programmes, and Lunch and Learns. And this includes content on a range of environmental and social topics.

Read more about our colleagues in People & Careers.