At Houseful, we place our responsibilities to people, the planet and our investors at the heart of what we do. Our mission is to balance progress with care, empathy and ethical values.
ESG refers to the “Environmental, Social and Governance” factors that companies measure to ensure their operations are ethical, responsible and sustainable. Research conducted by the UN & IFC in 2008 determined that by investing in ESG factors companies can increase their opportunities for long-term growth and create more sustainable markets. In 2021 we conducted analysis to identify the ESG factors most critical to Houseful and launched our ESG strategy shortly afterwards. Our ESG committee tracks the progress of our ESG related KPIs throughout the year as we work to embed ESG considerations into all business decision making.
Growing our business sustainably is incredibly important to us. Having recently completed our first full carbon footprint analysis, we intend to launch a Net Zero strategy in 2023. Now that we have a clear understanding of our emissions, we will invest in expert advice and publish our Net Zero strategy at the end of the year.
The UK has some of the oldest housing stock in Europe, at least 60% of which are not energy efficient. Houseful is committed to supporting the decarbonisation of our homes.
Almost every UK home is heated by a gas boiler. This means we’re heating our buildings with fossil fuels and not retaining the heat we create. These homes will need to be decarbonised by 2050 in order to support a Net Zero future and avoid the heaviest impacts of global warming. At Houseful we connect with households daily so we’re in a unique position to support homeowners’ understanding of how to decarbonise their home and enable that journey.
The UK has some of the oldest houses in Europe, 60% of which are not energy efficient.
We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, and are always striving to do and be better. Our DE&I mission is to be more welcoming, fair and representative, every day. Head to our culture section to learn more about how we invest in our people, support growth and foster inclusion.
We report on our gender pay gap regularly so we can get an accurate sense of gender equality at Houseful and work to close the gap.
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At Houseful, we believe everyone should have a safe, comfortable place to call home. Yet almost 160,000 households are currently experiencing homelessness in Britain. In 2021, we launched a long-term partnership with Crisis, the national charity for people experiencing homelessness. Together, we are working to end homelessness today, tomorrow, and for good. Read more about our partnership with Crisis and how we’re measuring our impact in our ESG report.
At Houseful we have an ESG Committee, a group of senior leaders from across the business. The committee works together to ensure clear, transparent reporting systems and to communicate with the broader business regularly on ESG matters and developments.
The committee meets quarterly to define long and short term plans and ambitions.
At the beginning of each year, our ESG committee works together to produce the annual ESG report covering the previous year. This uses data and storytelling to bring our ESG journey to life so we can communicate our progress to our employees and external parties.