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Inghams
- Sector: Travel and Tourism
- Headquarters: United Kingdom
Review summary
Inghams submitted its Nature & Climate Action Plan 2030 to It’s Now for Nature and met all the review criteria to take part in the campaign.
- Inghams’ materiality assessment addresses nature-related dependencies, impacts, risks and opportunities across the value chain.
- Material impacts: land-use change, climate change, pollution, direct exploitation, invasive species, water use.
- Material dependencies: biodiversity, picturesque landscapes, local community support, ecosystem services.
- Inghams has SMART targets for material nature issues with varied deadlines, particularly to 2030 and 2050
For example:
- Scope 1 & 2 emissions: 90% reduction by 2030 (2022 baseline)
- Scope 3 emissions intensity: 50% reduction by 2030 and net zero by 2050 or sooner
- 100% of guests in hotels completing Accommodation Impact Assessment
- Over 30% of Ski and Walking resorts reachable by train
- 65% vegetarian meal uptake.
- Ingham’s concrete action plan outlines operational, supplier, customer and community measures through 2030
For example:
- Expansion of rail-accessible resorts
- Avoidance of higher-carbon indirect flights
- Sustainable Aviation Fuel investment
- Water monitoring and low-flow fixtures
- Reduction of food waste and single-use plastics
- Ethical procurement decision tree
- Animal protection policy and audits
- Biodiversity partnerships (e.g., Zillertal Nature Park, Rewilding Britain, WWF Finland)
- All uniforms to be used as long as possible, then donated or repurposed at end of life.
- The strategy is overseen by the General Management Team.
- The Head of Sustainability, supported by the Senior Management Team and Director of Strategic Projects, leads implementation, while cross-functional Impact Project Teams and Sustainability Champions help deliver actions and embed sustainability across the business.