Corporate Responsibility

At Trespass, we understand that our love for the great outdoors comes with a responsibility to protect and preserve the natural environment. Sustainability is one of our core values and this helps shape every aspect of our organisation and, as such, we acknowledge the impact that our operations have on the environment. As a responsible firm, we are committed to minimizing our footprint and are investing heavily in a variety of actions across the whole of our organisation to ensure a more sustainable future.

As part of our transparent approach to sustainability, Trespass has chosen 2019 as the baseline year for tracking emissions reduction across our operations, at 20.2 tCO2e/£m revenue. As part of our commitment to achieving Net-Zero by 2040, we believe it's essential to share our progress and challenges along the way. By 2021, we had achieved a 23% reduction in our intensity metric and while we have continued to deliver year on year reductions in 2022 and 2023, the pace has slowed as the quick and easy wins are implemented. To maintain the downwards trajectory, our focus is now turning to the development of larger, more CAPEX intensive opportunities that have the potential to deliver step-change reductions in our annual emissions and intensity metrics.

As we progress towards our Net-Zero target, Trespass are proactively working on the implementation of several key initiatives to reduce our energy use and emissions of carbon. Firstly, we are deploying smart metering across our retail portfolio, allowing us to better manage, track and reduce energy use.

Secondly, we are looking to install rooftop solar panels at our Glasgow head office to directly supply clean energy to the site and export excess generation to the grid. Thirdly, we are acting on a suite of energy efficiency measures identified in ESOS Phase 3 audits including energy efficiency training for staff members and numerous energy efficiency measures at our head office and retail sites. Through these steps, and others that are in the development pipeline, we aim not only to meet our Net-Zero 2040 goal but also to position ourselves as an industry leader by fostering a greener, more sustainable future for the outdoor clothing industry.

Trespass has partnered with the #RoamResponsibly campaign in their mission to promote responsible outdoor access. Wild camping and exploring is fun but it can also have a detrimental effect to our environment and nature. By collaborating with social media campaign #RoamResponsibly, we aim to raise awareness of the Countryside Code and the Scottish Outdoor Access Code. Together with this knowledge we can help preserve these stunning and unique landscapes.

The Instagrammer community voiced its concern over the outdoors in Spring 2017. These high profile influencers on the image-sharing platform were concerned about the degradation of the popular nature sites due to littering and over-use by visitors. Together, the Instagrammers signed a charter, which addressed the issues and agreed to promote responsible roaming outdoors.

Established pre-pandemic, RR have been discussing amongst themselves how important it is to get the message out as restrictions ease and they continue to put a plan together on how to get the campaign going again. The last time restrictions were relaxed, the outdoors faced some heavy footfall. Unfortunately this includes rubbish and poor behaviour that goes along with it. A lot of the trash RR are finding is single-use camping equipment.

Let’s get together. Help spread the word.

• Leave your spot better than how you found it. Leave no trace.
• Take rubbish home and dispose of it responsibly. Re-use your camping gear.
• Be respectful to residents and others you meet.
• Guard against Fire. Use a stove to avoid damaging the ground below.
• Do not cause damage or disturbance.
• You can join the campaign by tagging your photos on social media @RoamResponsibly #RoamResponsibly 

Please help us to minimise the effect we have on the environment by recycling your waste electrical goods. For advice on all aspects of recycling, including recycling of waste electronic equipment, please visit www.recycle-more.co.uk where you can find out the locations of collection points near to you.

Helping to recycle your electrical equipment.

Recycling facilities are now available for all customers at which you can deposit your old electrical products. This is a requirement under UK and European legislation (The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment — or WEEE — Directive). The aim of the legislation is to;

• Make good use of the materials that make up old electrical equipment by recycling rather than disposing in landfills.
• Prevent the negative environmental effects of sending often hazardous electrical equipment to landfills.

As a conscientious business, Jacobs & Turner Ltd (Trespass) has chosen to group together with other retailers in joining the Distributor Take Back Scheme. Through this scheme, we have paid toward the provision of improved of recycling facilities for our customers.

Customers will be able to take any old electrical equipment to participating civic amenity sites (often known as household waste-recycling centres) run by their local councils. Please remember that this equipment will be further handled during the recycling process, so please be considerate when depositing your equipment.

Funding collected through the Distributor Take Back Scheme has been distributed between all local authorities in the UK to ensure the provision of improved recycling facilities. Producers of these products will then ensure that deposited items are taken away and recycled.

Wherever practical, old electrical waste should not be disposed of with your household waste.

You can locate your closest participating collection site at www.recycle-more.co.uk (please remember to have your postcode to hand).

UK households dispose of over 1.2 million tonnes of electrical and electronic waste every year. This is the equivalent of 150,000 double-decker buses and would be enough to fill the new Wembley Stadium 6 times over.

Much of the UK’s electronic waste ends up in landfill sites, where toxins put communities at risk. Failure to segregate any type of recyclable material in the home will usually result in items being disposed of in a landfill site (buried in the ground in the UK) or being incinerated.

To remind you to recycle, all new electrical products are marked with a crossed-out wheeled bin symbol.

Organisation name: Jacobs & Turner Ltd

Date of report: 07.06.2022

Relevant period: From 01.04.2021 to 30.04.2022

Differences in hourly pay

Difference between the mean hourly rate of pay between male and female employees as at 05.04.2022: 6.64%

Difference between the median hourly rate of pay between male and female employees as at 05.04.2021: 0%

Differences in bonus pay

Difference between the mean bonus pay paid to male employees and that paid to female employees in the 12 month period ending on 30.04.2022: 84.61%

Difference between the median bonus pay paid to male employees and that paid to female employees in the 12 month period ending on 30.04.2021: -36.62%

Proportions of male and female employees who were paid bonus pay for the 12 month period ending on 30.04.2021.

Quartile bands

Proportions of male and female employees who were in the lower, lower middle, upper middle and upper quartile pay bands as at 05.04.2021

At Trespass we believe achieving gender balance is not only the right thing to do, it also enables people and our business to perform better. This belief is supported by our policies on equal opportunities.

Trespass has a mean gender bonus pay gap of 84.61%. Only 6 employees out of a total of 1561 employees are on bonus schemes. Due to that very small number of employees receiving bonuses we feel that the gap is not statistically significant.

We are happy that the statistics in our report positively demonstrate that our policies on equal opportunities are successfully achieving their goals.

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