Sustainability
Our sustainability strategy
Launched in 2024, our strategy supports Bodycote’s mission to provide world-class metallurgy and specialist technologies that enable our customers to produce stronger, longer lasting, and more sustainable products and components. It is firmly grounded in our business model, values and is central to the delivery of the Group’s strategic levers: Optimise, Perform and Grow.
Shaped by our double materiality assessment, we have identified four drivers under each pillar designed to create shared value and enhance our impact. Click through to explore our priorities below or read more about Sustainable Impact and Responsible Business.
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Low to no emissions
Our low-carbon processes help customers accelerate progress towards their environmental ambitions with greater efficiency and impact.
OUR 2030 GOAL
We will help our customers avoid at least 125,000 tonnes of CO2 e by 2030 to meet their climate and net zero targets.
OUR PRIORITIES
- Lower carbon processing
- Customer saved emissions (Scope 1 and Scope 2)
- Avoided emissions (Scope 4)
- Carbon calculation
Low to no emissions
Our low-carbon processes help customers accelerate progress towards their environmental ambitions with greater efficiency and impact.
OUR 2030 GOAL
We will help our customers avoid at least 125,000 tonnes of CO2 e by 2030 to meet their climate and net zero targets.
OUR PRIORITIES
- Lower carbon processing
- Customer saved emissions (Scope 1 and Scope 2)
- Avoided emissions (Scope 4)
- Carbon calculation
Sustainable end-markets
Our performance metallurgy services support growing low-carbon industries, including clean tech, electric vehicles and low-carbon energy generation.
OUR 2030 GOAL
We will increase the proportion of revenue supporting sustainable end-use markets and applications to at least 20% by 2035..
OUR PRIORITIES
- Supporting low-carbon industries
- Enabling the growth of renewable energy and electrified low-carbon technologies
- Accelerating the implementation of low-carbon solutions
Safe & compliant
Our solutions improve product safety and assist with adherence to important compliance requirements.
OUR 2030 GOAL
We will work as the industry standardsetter for material science that prioritises safety, health, and the preservation of the planet.
OUR PRIORITIES
- Certified solutions (eg. REACH compliant)
- Improving sustainability performance (eg. via surface technology)
- Safer coatings (eg. HVOF coating)
Resource efficient
We enable customers to achieve more with less by increasing durability, resilience, and sustainability performance.
OUR 2030 GOAL
We will provide specialist technologies and support research and development that empowers customers to realise their growth and sustainability ambitions.
OUR PRIORITIES
- Specialist technologies that support customer sustainability
- Solutions that enable materials, energy, waste and water savings for customers (e.g. powder metallurgy)
- Involvement in customer R&D to advance more sustainable solutions
Zero harm
Safety First is our core value, underpinning a positive safety culture so all our people return home safely every day.
OUR 2030 GOAL
We will deliver sustained year-on-year improvement in safety performance, with the clear ambition of preventing all work-related injuries.
OUR PRIORITIES
- Safety Critical Rules and high-risk operations management
- Group-wide EHS management system
- Governance, training, and accountability
- Global hazard and opportunity reporting
Environmental leadership
We are taking direct action to manage our use of natural resources and to improve the energy efficiency of our processes.
OUR 2030 GOAL
We will reduce our Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by 46%. In 2026, we will reduce our energy consumption by 2%.
OUR PRIORITIES
- Scope 1 and 2 emissions reduction
- Energy use and decarbonisation initiatives (including renewables)
- Supply chain emissions reduction
- Net-zero roadmap development
Engaged team
We empower our expert teams by creating a high performance work environment that gives them the culture, opportunities, resources and recognition to succeed.
OUR 2030 GOAL
We aim to be one of the best companies to work for in our sector, supported by an employee engagement score of 85% by 2030.
OUR PRIORITIES
- Values, culture, and purpose
- Engagement and communication
- Career opportunities and development
- Talent attraction, recognition and retention
Diverse workplace
We are committed to creating a diverse and equitable workplace, built on inclusion and a strong sense of belonging, where everybody can thrive.
OUR 2030 GOAL
We will strengthen inclusion and collaboration across our organisation, improving gender balance at all levels, particularly in middle management, technical and operational roles.
OUR PRIORITIES
- Inclusive and equitable workplace practices
- Fair recruitment and career progression
- Gender and ethnicity representation