FORSTER COMMUNICATIONS – IMPACT REPORT 2021-22 A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE PLANET OURSELVES OUR CLIMATE POSITIVE PLAN COMMITS US TO REDUCE EMISSIONS THROUGHOUT OUR VALUE CHAIN. WE SET A TARGET THAT, BY 2022, 100% OF OUR SUPPLIERS WOULD HAVE NET ZERO PLEDGES. We reduced our total emissions emit – verified by environmental consultancy We reduced our carbon emissions by Green Element. To achieve this, we changed 4.1 tonnes. This is despite an increase how we offset emissions, making sure we in emissions from premises and travel only work with accredited providers who as our people returned to the office remove carbon directly through projects after the pandemic. such as peat bog restoration and kelp forests. Our suppliers committed to net zero We put principles before profit We screened all our suppliers on their net We joined Clean Creatives, pledging that we zero status. We supported them to make would not work for companies in the fossil fuel commitments or switched to alternative industry. As part of our commitment to suppliers if they could not. So far, 99% of building a regenerative economy, we declined our suppliers by value have net zero pledges. work with three potential new clients. We’re on track to achieve 100% by the end We increased recycling of 2022. Our recycling rate increased by 2%. We became carbon neutral We provided education for our team and We achieved carbon neutrality – removing as our cleaners to clarify what items can be much carbon from the atmosphere as we recycled and how to avoid contamination of materials. However, waste from premises increased as our people returned to the office. 8