We are pleased to share our latest Responsible Business Report, which reveals major gains in sustainability, social value and ethical governance over the last 12 months. 

The 2024-2025 report highlights measurable year-on-year carbon reductions, strengthened alignment to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals and Global Compact and improvements across key governance metrics including sustainable procurement, business ethics and social and community value. 

Through employment, training, charitable volunteering activity and community partnerships, we generated £2,660,194 in social value over the reporting period. 

The release of this report follows equity investor Palatine naming FourNet winner of its new award for 'Leadership in Social Value' reflecting our strategic outcomes-driven approach, which aligns directly with the expectations of our customers.

Stephanie Wall, Senior Sustainability Director at Palatine Private Equity, said: "FourNet has gone beyond compliance to create measurable impact, demonstrating that responsible business can be a competitive strength. Their focus on measurable social value, ethical governance and sustainability places them among the top performers in our portfolio and the wider industry.

"Our Leadership in Social Value Award – part of our Pioneers in ESG Awards – reflects both FourNet's progress to date and the ambitious path that it is on as a business."  

FourNet already ranks in the top 7% of companies worldwide for sustainability performance, according to global sustainability benchmarkers, EcoVadis. 

Our rating of 72/100 by EcoVadis means we scored higher than 93% of all companies assessed worldwide in 2024, and places us well above the ICT sector average (49.87). 

Our carbon emissions across operations continue to fall, with reductions recorded in Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions and a long-term target of Net Zero by 2050. 

Richard Pennington, CEO at FourNet, said: "From our investors to our employees, from every supplier choice we make to every project we deliver, we believe in making responsible business decisions. We are committed to minimising not just our own but also our customers' environmental impact, making the right decisions for now and for the future. 

"It's also extremely important to FourNet that our social impact is aligned to our business principles. To take just two initiatives as an example, addressing the digital divide and helping the vulnerable avoid cybercrime - these are simply extensions of our business priorities." 

With customers across UK central and local government, critical national infrastructure and enterprise, responsible business is now "embedded into every project, every partnership and every outcome delivered". 

Today's report was compiled in line with the principles of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and was reviewed by Collins McHugh CSR Ltd, which is an accredited AA1000AS organisation.