John Wood : Sustainability review

Designing the future

Sustainability Review 2022

Introduction		People		Planet

Sustainability at Wood

Profit		Appendix

Delivering on sustainable development

Reporting and scope

Produced by John Wood Group PLC (operating as Wood), this review covers all companies and subsidiaries, including joint ventures over which Wood has management control as operator, but not those deemed as independently managed. Written in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, this review provides an accurate summary of our progress in 2022.

Various disclosures have been reviewed by an independent third party as part of disclosure in Wood's Annual Report and Accounts,or as part of functional or operational audits. Annual third party verification of our scope 1, 2 and

3 emissions has been completed on our

2022 carbon data, with a verification statement made available on our sustainability website. We recognise the importance of independent validation and will work towards increasing our efforts on this in future reporting.

Contents

Introduction

Foreword Performance summary Our Aims

People

Aim 1 performance summary Aim 2 performance summary Aim 3 performance summary

Planet

Aim 4 performance summary Aim 5 performance summary Aim 6 performance summary

Profit

Aim 7 performance summary Aim 8 performance summary Aim 9 performance summary

Appendix

How we report ESG datasheet Sustainability goals and KPIs Environment

Social Governance

Visit our sustainability website:

woodplc.com/sustainability

Read more on our data and reporting, including third party verification statements at:woodplc.com/sustainability/data-and-reporting

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IntroductionPeople

Foreword

Planet		Profit		Appendix

Delivering solutions to transorm the world

Delivering solutions to transform the world.

The world around us is changing and in the last year alone, we have witnessed a continual rise in global temperatures which is undoubtedly fueling extreme weather events and deepening the climate crisis. The lasting impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to increasing disparity on the equality agenda, exacerbated by the war in Ukraine and economic uncertainty around the globe. How we respond as a collective society will determine the future of generations to come.

We recognise the opportunity a robust sustainability approach presents, and through the revision of our group strategy in 2022, we have ensured sustainability sits at the heart of our business. Sustainability is now woven throughout our decision making to ensure we deliver sustainable solutions, for people, planet, and shared prosperity.

Our focus throughout 2022 continued to be on delivering value to our clients through our people concurrently ensuring their health and wellbeing which assures sustainable delivery; this has been a significant priority for us as a leadership team. We have also continued our relentless focus on the reduction of carbon emissions across the value chain, aligning our business planning with this in mind.

Following the sale of our E&I business, we took stock of where we were in our sustainability programme using this time to revisit our approach to ensure alignment with our refreshed business strategy which we presented at our capital markets day. Realigning our business means we needed to revisit our risks to ensure they do not hinder our ability to deliver on our opportunities. The ESG lens is an important tool in screening risk across our business landscape which is why we took the step of creating the role of Vice President of ESG Governance. The remit of the role acknowledges the rapidly evolving sustainability related regulation and governance associated with it however, our focus remains the same: to improve lives, preserve the environment and deliver sustainable growth.

Focused on Improving Lives

Our Inspired Culture strategic pillar is about making Wood a great place to work; Prioritising employee wellbeing, doing the right thing, putting sustainability at the heart of our business, and empowering sustainable development.

Embracing the value diversity of thought brings to our organisation, our diversity and inclusion platforms continue to celebrate the diversity we bring together, with our employee networks being a place where employees can connect, learn, share views, tell us what we are doing well and recommend improvements to make Wood an even better place to work. Important to our strategy, we know that more diverse and inclusive workplaces deliver more successful businesses and are vital to social development.

Emerging from the pandemic, the health and in particular mental health of our people is increasingly important delivering a sustainable business. Without global action on mental health, it's recognised we cannot achieve the sustainable development goals, with links between mental health and virtually every key issue in international development. We remain committed to applying the best available mental health approaches to benefit our Wood community, and now have over 300 trained wellbeing champions across our organisation.

As a people business, we remain committed to the protection and enhancement of human rights, both in our own business and wider supply chain. Extending the principles of Building Responsibly to our supply chain partners ensures we create ethical partnerships that help to reduce our exposure to potential human rights violations. In 2022 we made significant progress towards our worker welfare goals, increasing engagement with our supply chain partners and further embedding the principles of Building Responsibly in our operations.

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IntroductionPeople

Foreword

Planet		Profit		Appendix

Focused on preserving the environment

Focused on Preserving the Environment.

Fighting climate change by decarbonising our carbon footprint & supporting our clients to do the same remains a top priority as we continue towards a 'net zero' future. With a renewed strategic focus on decarbonisation and sustainable materials, Wood has both the people, and passion to deliver the change needed critical to the tackling the climate change crisis and fair transition to net zero. As a people organisation, we recognise the need and urgency to take everyone on the journey to a healthier planet.

In 2022, we reduced our scope 1&2 emissions by a further 20%, achieving a 65% reduction to date from our 2019 baseline. Delivering to our customers, much of the work we do across our businesses reduces the carbon intensity of our clients' assets, with 20% of Wood's revenue in 2022 classified as delivering sustainable solutions across energy and materials markets.

As important as the solutions we deliver, how we choose to deliver our services to our customers' demands behavioural change across the organisation. Wood's approach to sustainability is focused on creating a more sustainable culture that will embed sustainable practice in delivering value to all our stakeholders.

Our role in solving the climate crisis, works in parallel with tackling the nature crisis. Listening to our stakeholders, in 2022 we continued to prepare our business for a global focus on nature, reflected in our revised materiality assessment and expected publication of the Task Force on Nature Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) on nature and biodiversity issues. Encouraging responsible resource consumption across Wood and education on nature related topics, we will expand our understanding and capacity to support the nature agenda in keeping pace with global efforts to better preserve the planet we share.

Focused on Delivering Sustainable Growth.

Remaining a trusted and respected partner of choice for all our stakeholders is vital to delivering a sustainable business. Ensuring we maintain a responsible approach to business, includes our efforts to deliver sustainable solutions to our clients and remain transparent on the work we do, the opportunities we harness, and our ability to keep pace with the transition to a low carbon economy. Taking everyone on the journey to net zero, we recognise our responsibility to support local economies through community investment, job creation and tax contribution.

We want to be a force for good whilst we travel at pace on our journey to net zero; the brilliance of our people and more focus towards our impact to biodiversity is paramount to navigating the complexity of delivering to our customers and achieving our ambitious goals. Well positioned for sustainable growth, increasing

the percentage of work we deliver from sustainable solutions will remain a strategic imperative for Wood, enabling our net zero ambitions and supporting our client's own sustainability journey.

We have the industry expertise, knowledge, and passionate people it takes to make a difference in the world, today and for sake of tomorrow. Placing sustainability at the heart of our everyday actions, as Team Wood we will continue to seize the opportunity sustainability presents, to improve lives, protect our planet and deliver sustainable growth.

Mike Collins

Executive President of Business Sustainability & Assurance

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Introduction		People		Planet

Performance summary

Profit		Appendix

Advancing our sustainability goals in 2022

Reducing our emissions

65%

Reduction in our scope 1&2 emissions against our 2019 baseline

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Purchasing renewable energy

55%

Of our purchased electricity now comes from certified renewable energy sources

Read more on page 11

Contributing to our global cause

15%

Achieved to date against our goal to raise $10million by 2030

Read more on page 9

ESG rating performance

AA

In MSCI ESG Ratings (on a scale of AAA-CCC)

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Improving gender balance

32%

Female representation in senior leadership achieved towards our goal of 40% by 2030

Read more on page 8

Reducing single use plastics

25%

Of our offices assessed, with 7% single use plastic free to date.

Read more on page 13

Tackling climate issues

B

Score achieved in CDP Climate Change

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Inspiring our colleagues to be inclusive every day

100%

Roll out of conscious inclusion training to 36,000 employees

Read more on page 8

Proud member of the UN Global Compact since 2009

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