Articulate Annual Report 2025
Prosperity
‘We are determined to ensure that all human beings can enjoy prosperous and fulfilling lives and that economic, social and technological progress occurs in harmony with nature.’
United Nations, 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
SDGs we focus on:
- Decent work and economic growth (8)
People
‘We are determined to end poverty and hunger, in all their forms and dimensions, and to ensure that all human beings can fulfil their potential in dignity and equality and in a healthy environment.’
United Nations, 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
SDGs we focus on:
- No poverty (1)
- Good health and wellbeing (3)
- Quality education (4)
Planet
‘We are determined to protect the planet from degradation, including through sustainable consumption and production, sustainably managing its natural resources and taking urgent action on climate change, so that it can support the needs of the present and future generations.’
United Nations, 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
SDGs we focus on:
- Climate action (13)
Prosperity
Our own prosperity helps us do more good—the things you’ll see under our People and Planet sections. But our purpose also means that when we do great work for our clients, that ‘good’ goes further. We work with B2B tech companies that help people live healthy, sustainable, flourishing lives, so when our work helps them succeed, our positive impact increases.
6 roundtables per year ✅
SDG 8: Decent work and economic growth
No knights here, but still noble intent. The roundtables were structured, focused meetings for key projects. They invited our leadership and wider team to reflect on and share what went well and what could have gone better.
We identified multiple areas for improvement, particularly across project and account management, then agreed accountability and responsibility for the next steps.
4 allyships on employability-related areas ✅
SDG 8: Decent work and economic growth
We completed four, employee-led allyships on LGBTQIA+ people, sustainable eating, women in STEM and remote working. We hosted external guests for ‘lunch and learns’. They spoke to us about their passions and expertise in those areas.
Those leading the allyships also ran their own lunch and learns and regularly started discussions on Slack with insights and advice to keep discourse going.
People
With continuing economic challenges in the UK, it’s essential that we do more to take care of our people. That starts with paying the real Living Wage and extends to our culture and working environment. We provide the time and encouragement to ensure they feel they can prioritise their health and personal development, as well as physical space for team bonding.
2 physical and 2 mental health champions ✅
SDG 3: Good health and wellbeing
We achieved our goal, with four volunteers signing up to share weekly motivation, tips and education that would support our teams’ physical and mental health. Our two mental health champions have now become three, all of whom have taken a 14-hour course to become Mental Health First Aiders (MHFAs).
75 percent of learning days used 📈
SDG 4: Quality education
While we didn’t hit our 75 per cent target, we still used nearly half of our learning days as a company.
When we learn, we grow, both as individuals and in terms of our business expertise and capabilities. So we’ve kept our 75 per cent target for this year and will be finding regular opportunities to encourage uptake of more learning days, such as highlighting the opportunity during weekly team and monthly company meetings.
Fair pay charter with 20 sign-ups ♻️
SDG 1: No poverty
We made good headway creating the charter last year. What we didn’t anticipate was quite how turbulent the economic environment would become for our business and so many others. So we refocused on setting a good example by ensuring our own people’s prosperity, and we’ll reassess the fair pay charter initiative this year.
Planet
With no energy-guzzling office space or fuel-burning commutes, we’re default do-gooders for the environment. We’re also acutely aware that passivity is no longer enough to save our planet from the climate crisis. So, we continue to invest in carbon avoidance and encourage carbon reduction through employee education and encouragement to use public transport when we do get together.
Reduce our Scope 3 emissions by 5 percent ✅
SDG 13: Climate action
Quick refresher: as a fully remote-working company, we only produce Scope 3 emissions at Articulate (i.e. the byproduct of working with our suppliers and our employees’ working needs.)
We use our former client and all-round good eggs Ecologi to calculate and report our carbon footprint data. They recently changed how they calculate, so our benchmark from last year looks different (see screenshot below.) Even with the switch-up, we still finished FY’24 with 5 per cent lower carbon emissions than the year before (52 tCO2), reaching our goal.