Sustainability Summary Data Table

We closely monitor and measure our progress and performance on sustainability across many areas.

Below is a summary of key performance indicators in our four focus areas - Content and Customers, Communities, Colleagues and the Environment - over a five year period. The data can also be downloaded in Excel using the links below. Informa's position in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index is an additional Group KPI for the Company.

For full background, see our Sustainability Reports.

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Sustainability Summary Data Table (2017-2024)

Content & Customers	Units	Link to FasterForward	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017
Revenues	£m		£3,553 m	£3,190 m	£2,389.3m	£1,798.7 m	£ 1,661 m	£2,890 m	£2,369m	£1,758 m
Profit before tax (adjusted for continuing operations)	£m		£995 m	£ 854 m	£ 451 m	£245 m	£267 m	£933 m	£ 732 m	£546 m
Countries sold into	Number of countries		170+	170+	170+	170+	170+	170+	170+	165
New books published	Number of books		8,400	8,050	8,100	7,500	6,929	7,300	7,100	7,100
Ebooks downloaded	Number of ebooks		200,357	188,000	150,500	146,800	151,070	127,000	120,000	NA
Books available in digital format	% of all book titles		96%	94%	93%	86%	85%	78%	77%	74%
Open access journals	Number of journals	Impact Multiplier	379	340	336	289	282	276	268	173
Open access articles	Number of OA articles published	Impact Multiplier	54,500	34,500	29,000	23,700	18,400	16,700	13,500	11,073
Number of journals downloaded through INASP	Number of journal downloads	Impact Multiplier	826,000	1,173,000	2,251,000	1,706,000	1,017,000	1,286,139	1494,238	1,323,208
Number of Journal article downloads	Number of articles downloaded		428 m	401 m	370 m	347 m	273 m	200 m	150 m	NA
Accepted articles from developing countries	% of all accepted articles		18%	18%	17%	16%	15%	13%	NA	NA
Content in T&F Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Online library	Number of book chapters and journal articles	Sustainability Inside	28,095	25,470	23,899	20,040	14,600	12,000	NA	NA
Events participating in 'The Fundamentals' that support the sustainable development of the industry	Average score received on the Fundamentals	Sustainability Inside	87%	85%	86%	75%	75%	NA	NA	NA
% of top 100 brands meeting the Sustainability Inside criteria	%	Sustainability Inside	63%	31%	Not measured	Not measured	Not measured	NA	NA	NA

Notes:
(a) Indicates that the emissions of these categories were primarily calculated as part of our 2017 analysis of Scope 3 by EcoAct using CEDA emission factors. This exercise was repeated in 2019 and 2022.
The 2023 and 2024 data, as well as the 2020 and 2021 data, were estimated based on the 2022 and 2019 calculations, respectively, while the 2018 data was estimated using the 2017 calculations.
(b) Business travel emissions from 2019 to 2024 include flights as well as hotel stays and ground transportation (rail, taxis, hire cars and personal cars). Prior years' data only include air travel emissions.
(c) The Colleagues data excludes businesses acquired by Informa during 2023.
(d) The colleague figures utilised in the calculation of the environmental related intensity metric include headcounts from businesses acquired by Informa during 2023.
(e) The data was estimated for 2020 and 2021
(f) In 2024, we transitioned to a new online data platform - Sphera for collecting environmental data and calculating carbon emissions.
As part of this transition, we updated our methodology for calculating Scope 2 (location-based) emissions, now using USEPA emission factors for U.S. sites instead of IEA factors. As a result, Scope 2 (location-based) emissions for 2019–2023 have been restated.
(g) In 2024, our data presentation has been updated to reflect changes in calculation methodologies on Sphera. Transmission and distribution losses, along with well-to-tank (indirect) emissions for electricity, are now presented as a combined value. Conversely, fuels energy maintains a separate well-to-tank figure.
(h) In 2024, we have updated our methodology and adopted the DIMPACT tool to estimate emissions from customer use of digital products and services, applying it to our T&F business from 2019.
As a result, historical emissions for 2019–2023 in this category have been restated. The 2017 data was based on an average emission factor per hour of online reading, developed during EcoAct's 2017 analysis.
(i) To align with our CarbonNeutral Publications methodology, we updated Scope 3 reporting by incorporating actual supplier data and reclassifying emissions categories.
Key changes include: logistics for books and journals distribution moved from Category 4 to Category 9; pulping of unsold stock moved from Category 12 to Category 5; packaging disposal newly reported under Category 12; and emissions from paper and print production newly included under Category 1. Historical data (2017–2023) have been restated accordingly.
(j) Offsets reflect emissions data at the time of compensation. Subsequent updates to historical data may cause differences with current Scope 1 & 2 market-based totals.

Data marked with a (*) has been independently assured by Bureau Veritas. Their assurance statements are available here: https://www.informa.com/sustainability/sustainability-reports/
Our reporting methodology is available at: https://www.informa.com/sustainability-methodology
Where accuracy improvements have been made, some earlier data has been restated.
2018 totals include UBM data from date of acquisition with the exception of the intensity metric and science-based targets data.
The totals for 2023 environmental data include Tarsus and Winsight from the date of acquisition.
The totals for 2024 environmental data include Ascential and Informa TechTarget from the date of acquisition.

Sustainability Summary Data Table (2017-2024)

Communities	Units	Link to FasterForward	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017
Volunteering	% of colleagues volunteering	Impact Multiplier	11%	10%	10%	8%	7%	13%	15%	9%
	Number of colleagues	Impact Multiplier	1,408	1,190	1,145	812	784	1,446	1,729	689
	Number of hours	Impact Multiplier	20,292	16,536	12,196	6,466	8,151	9,363	10,247	5,474
Total value contributed to community groups	£	Impact Multiplier	£12,461,555	£ 11,977,584	£ 10,723,761	£ 1,000,285	£ 694,500	£ 1,737,000 *	£ 1,599,000	£ 767,000
Company donations (cash)	£	Impact Multiplier	£1,691,867	£ 1,442,743	£ 1,273,111	£ 344,997	£ 194,500	£ 446,000 *	£ 354,000	£ 411,000
Volunteer programme costs	£ recorded	Impact Multiplier	£639,169	£ 566,592	£ 451,021	£ 256,599	£ 283,000	£ 424,000 *	£ 376,000	£ 235,000
Donations in kind	£ recorded	Impact Multiplier	£1,513,520	£ 1,502,941	£ 1,171,996	£ 257,097	£174,000	£ 562,000 *	£ 678,000	£ 39,000
Colleague fundraising	£	Impact Multiplier	£346,656	£ 239,386	£ 238,412	£ 141,593	£ 43,000	£ 305,000 *	£ 191,000	£ 82,000
Free or heavily discounted T&F products or services	£	Impact Multiplier	£3,117,106	£ 3,025,922	£ 3,095,512	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Induced events fundraising	£	Impact Multiplier	£5,153,238	£ 5,200,000	£ 4,493,710	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Adjusted effective tax rate	%	Impact Multiplier	20%	19%	18%	15%	15%	19%	18%	21%
Events to support authors	Number of events	Impact Multiplier	115	124	167	135	131	107	120	124
Number of disconnected people who received access to networks and knowledge (e)	Number of people	Impact Multiplier	141,495	43,556	115,337	71,513	40,293	NA	NA	NA

Sustainability Summary Data Table (2017-2024)

Colleagues	Units	Link to FasterForward	2024	2023 (c)	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017
Headcount	Number of colleagues		12,746	11,613	11,105	10,045	10,945	11,296*	11,197	7,525
Headcount	% full time colleagues		97%	97%	97%	96%	95.6%	95.3%	94.9%	NA
Headcount	Number of external contractors		2,121	1890	1823	1,578	1,221	2,026	NA	NA
Spend on formal training	£m		£2.21m	£ 1.94m*	£ 2.76 m*	£ 2.1m*	£ 2.1m*	£ 2.7m*	£ 2.9m	£ 2.5m
Training spend per colleague	£/colleague		173	£ 167	£ 249	£ 210	£188	£ 239	£ 259	£ 332
Training hours per colleague	Number of hours per colleague		10.62	8.07	7.67	10.2	8.27	8.22	7.32	3.07
Colleague engagement score	Average favourable response to engagement questions		79%	80%	79%	80%	86%	80%*	77%	74%
Open positions filled by internal candidates	% of internal hires		30%	24%	18%s	18%	13%	10%	10%	NA
New hires	Number of new hires		2,123	2,150	3,522	1,967	1,134	2,797	1,733	1,560
Colleague turnover - Voluntary	% turnover		7%	10%	15%	14%	11%	10%*	16%	16%
Colleague turnover - Total	% turnover		13%	23%	19%	19%	21%	26%*	26%	24%

Absenteeism	Sick days/year per colleague		2.6*	3.0*	2.1*	2.1*	2.3*	3.3*	3.0	2.2
Absenteeism	% of total days scheduled		0.90%	0.84%	0.61%	0.61%	0.69%	1.02%	0.92%	0.66%
Absenteeism	Data coverage (% of colleagues)		78%	87%	87%	92%	97%	84%	65%	74%

All Colleague gender split	% female		61%*	60%*	59%*	59%*	59%*	59%*	59%	56%
Junior management gender split	% female		59%	58%	58%	57%	57%	57%	57%	55%
All management gender split	% female		56%*	56%*	55%*	52%*	54%*	53%*	54%	51%
Leadership group gender split	% female		41%*	39%*	35%*	29%*	29%*	30%*	32%	27%
Top management gender split (EMT and direct reports)	% female		38%	36%	38%	31%	28%	27%	25%	25%
Director gender split	% female		45%*	36%*	45%*	42%*	30%*	30%*	30%*	22%
Promotions gender split	% female		61%*	66%*	62%*	62%*	58%*	62%*	60%	60%
Gender split of managers in revenue-generating functions	% female		56%	53%	57%	54%	54%	54%	53%	51%
Gender split in STEM-related positions	% female		46%	47%	45%	47%	46%	NA	NA	NA
Gender pay gap (UK)	% difference		25.7%*	24%*	25.2%*	24.4%*	21.3%*	22.3%*	22.7%	23.3%

Colleagues by age (20s or under)	% of colleagues aged 29 or less		21%	21%	22%	20%	22%	25%	25%	25%
Colleagues by age (30s)	% of colleagues aged 30-39		36%	35%	35%	35%	36%	34%	34%	31%
Colleagues by age (40s)	% of colleagues aged 40-49		24%	24%	23%	24%	23%	22%	22%	23%
Colleagues by age (50s)	% of colleagues aged 50-59		14%	14%	14%	15%	14%	13%	14%	14%
Colleagues by age (60s or above)	% of colleagues aged 60 or above		6%	6%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	6%

Diversity data based on a voluntary and confidential survey of UK and US colleagues, representing 66% of our US and UK population and around 40% of the company
Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual colleagues	% lesbian, gay and bisexual colleagues		NA	NA	NA	6%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lived gender	% colleagues whose lived gender is the same as assigned at birth		NA	NA	NA	99%	NA	NA	NA	NA
UK colleagues by race and ethnicity	% White or White British		NA	NA	NA	85%	NA	NA	NA	NA
UK colleagues by race and ethnicity	% Asian or Asian British		NA	NA	NA	7%	NA	NA	NA	NA
UK colleagues by race and ethnicity	Mixed ethnicity		NA	NA	NA	4%	NA	NA	NA	NA
UK colleagues by race and ethnicity	Black or Black British		NA	NA	NA	3%	NA	NA	NA	NA
US colleagues by race and ethnicity	White/ Caucasian		NA	NA	NA	77%	NA	NA	NA	NA
US colleagues by race and ethnicity	Hispanic or Latino		NA	NA	NA	8%	NA	NA	NA	NA
US colleagues by race and ethnicity	Asian		NA	NA	NA	6%	NA	NA	NA	NA
US colleagues by race and ethnicity	Black or African American		NA	NA	NA	3%	NA	NA	NA	NA
US colleagues by race and ethnicity	Two or more races		NA	NA	NA	3%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Colleagues with disability or long-standing condition that creates limitations	% of colleagues with disability or condition		NA	NA	NA	15%	NA	NA	NA	NA

Walk The World	Number of walkers		6,985	6,391	5,817	4,463	1,460	7,000	4,000	3,500
Walk The World	% of colleagues taking part		57%	60%	52%	44%	13%	60%	55%	46%
Walk The World	Distance walked (km)		56,000	52,400	43,000	40,000	14,600	60,000	43,000	28,800
Walk The World	Charitable donations	Impact Multiplier	£276,000	£ 239,000	£ 220,900	£ 167,000	£ 39,000	£ 380,000	£ 181,000	£ 155,000

Sustainability Summary Data Table (2017-2024)

Environment	Units	Link to FasterForward	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017
Energy & greenhouse gas emissions
Total energy consumption	MWh	Faster to Zero	16,021*	23,449*	21,081*	23,980*	24,611*	32,775	35,120	27,424
Natural gas consumption	MWh	Faster to Zero	4,838	5,754	7,661	8,854	10,692	11,677	12,562	6,523
Electricity consumption	MWh	Faster to Zero	7,983	9,765	10,389	12,333	13,232	16,814	16,924	14,932
Other fuels consumption	MWh	Faster to Zero	3,201	7,929	3,031	2,793	687	4,285	5,635	5,968
Total energy use per revenues	MWh/£m	Faster to Zero	4.51	7.35	8.82	13.36	14.82	11.34	14.83	15.60
Total renewable electricity consumption (generated or purchased)	MWh	Faster to Zero	7,642*	9,765*	9,897*	11,894*	12,810	16,261	2,213	648
Proportion of renewable energy	%	Faster to Zero	48%	40%	47%	49%	52%	50%	6%	2%
Total non-renewable energy consumption	MWh	Faster to Zero	8,379	14,136	11,184	12,140	11,801	16,514	32,908	26,776
Number of offices with a green rating (LEED or BREEAM)	Number of office	Faster to Zero	4	4	5	8	8	NA	NA	NA
Colleagues based in an office with a green rating	% of office-based colleagues	Faster to Zero	18%	25%	28%	21%	23%	NA	NA	NA

Scope 1 emissions - Total	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	2,166*	3,286*	2,319*	2,480*	2,826*	4,115*	4,776	3,205
Emissions from natural gas	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	892	1,061	1,364	1,405	1,967	2,145	2,504	1,197
Emissions from refrigerants	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	479	280	235	415	692	912	843	567
Emissions from company vehicles & generator fuel	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	795	1,946	720	661	167	1,058	1,429	1,441
Scope 2 emissions (location-based) (f)	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	3,204*	3,969*	4,122*	4,965*	5,523*	7,058*	7,010	6,477
Total scope 1 & 2 location-based emissions	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	5,370*	7,256*	6,441*	7,445*	8,349*	11,173*	11,786	9,682
Intensity ratio total location-based scope 1&2 emissions per colleague (d)	tonnes CO2e/Colleague	Faster to Zero	0.42*	0.62*	0.58*	0.74*	0.76*	0.99*	1.18	1.29
Intensity ratio total location-based scope 1&2 emissions per revenues	tonnes CO2e/£m	Faster to Zero	1.51	2.27	2.70	4.14	5.03	3.87	4.98	5.51
Scope 2 emissions (market-based)	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	159*	220*	244*	231*	233*	397*	6,385	6,477
Total Scope 1& 2 market-based emissions	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	2,325*	3,507*	2,563*	2,711*	3,059*	4,512*	11,161	9,682
Carbon offsets used to compensate for remaining emissions (j)	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	2,325	3,696	2,592	2,923	3,055	4,532	NA	NA
Residual scope 1&2 emissions post green energy and offsets	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	0	0	0	0	0	0	11,161	9,682

Scope 3 emissions included in our CarbonNeutral® company Certification	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	40,583	35,661*	28,690*	12,065*	26,073*	35,702*	NA	NA
Emissions from Electricity Well-To-Tank and Transmission & Distribution losses (g)	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	3,204*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Emissions from Transmission & Distribution losses (g)	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	-	292*	259*	309*	320*	501*	NA	NA
Emissions from office waste	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	156*	94*	142*	140*	378*	722*	NA	NA
Emissions from Home working	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	7,701*	6,007*	6,985*	7,810*	6,736	NA	NA	NA
Emissions from air travel	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	27,288	27,201	20,742	3,162	18,045	31,881	NA	NA
Emissions from all business travel	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	29,522*	29,268*	21,304*	3,805*	18,638*	34,479*	NA	NA
Carbon offsets used to compensate for scope 3 emissions	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	40,583	35,661	28,690	12,065	19,337	35,702	NA	NA
Residual emissions	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	0	0	0	0	0	0	NA	NA

Total emissions for our science-based targets calculations (Informa & UBM combined)	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	686,765	575,496	444,813	344,446	280,612	639,565	669,639	673,343
Scope 1&2 emissions (location-based)	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	5,370*	7,256*	6,441*	7,445*	8,349*	11,173*	13,537	15,627
Scope 1&2 emissions (market-based)	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	2,325*	3,507*	2,563*	2,711*	3,059*	4,512*	12,815	14,019
Scope 3 emissions - Other indirect emissions from our value chain	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	684,440	571,989	442,250	341,735	277,553	635,053	656,824	659,324
Scope 3 emissions - Total upstream emissions	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	291,422	256,478	206,285	164,089	175,026	245,857	232,026	234,905
Category 1 - Purchased good & services (a)	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	228,430	196,333	154,404	134,411	127,692	169,127	163,394	163,394
Category 1 - Purchased good & services - Paper, Books & Journals Manufacturing (i)	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	6,244*	4,782*	4,500*	4,950*	4,668	8,180	6,948	8,582
Category 2 - Capital goods (a)	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	22,054	22,621	20,907	16,612	20,177	20,609	7,862	7,862
Category 3 - Electricity (indirect) and Transmission & Distribution losses (g)	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	3,204*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Category 3 - Fuels energy (well-to-tank) (g)	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	345*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Category 3 - Transmission & Distribution losses (g)	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	-	292*	259*	309*	320*	501*	562	943
Category 3 - Energy (well-to-tank) (g)	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	-	1,807	1,427	1,767	1,127	1,418	1,820	1,933
Category 4 - Upstream transportation and distribution	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Category 5 - Office waste	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	156*	119*	142*	140*	378*	722*	760	820
Category 5 - Wastewater	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	7	9	21	14	59	211	256	185
Category 5 - Books & Journals pulping waste (i)	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	2*	7*	9*	11*	6	6	10	13
Category 6 - Business travel (b)	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	29,522*	29,268*	21,304*	3,805*	18,638*	34,479*	39,231	39,231
Category 7 - Employee commuting (a)	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	1,452	1,233	3,302	2,063	1,932	10,502	11,009	11,747
Category 8 - Upstream leased assets	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Water use	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	6	8	12	8	29	103	173	195
Scope 3 emissions - Total downstream emissions	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	393,018	315,511	235,965	177,646	102,527	389,196	424,799	424,419
Category 9 - Downstream transportation and distribution - Books & journals distribution (i)	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	5,321*	6,081*	8,047*	5,514*	5,404	6,705	5,622	7,384
Category 10 - Processing of sold products	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Category 11 - Use of sold products - Customer use of digital products & services (h)	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	1,937	1,947	1,876	1,866	1,606	1,291	13,088	10,796
Category 12 - End of life treatment of sold products - Disposal of books & journals (i)	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	302*	370*	733*	693*	602	739	668	819
Category 13 - Downstream leased assets	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Category 14 - Franchises	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Category 15 - Investments	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Emissions from running exhibitions - see details below	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	385,459	307,113	225,308	169,573	94,915	380,461	405,421	405,421
Category 9 - Downstream transportation & distribution- Logistics of main contractors & exhibitors	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	194,016	143,203	138,622	109,641	59,056	223,505	250,988	250,988
Category 11 - Use of sold products - Events' energy, water & material use	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	64,808	60,101	32,853	28,767	15,698	73,894	90,138	90,138
Category 12 - End of life treatment of sold products - Events waste	tonnes CO2e	Faster to Zero	126,635	103,808	53,833	31,165	20,161	83,063	64,294	64,294
Resources use
Paper consumption	tonnes		5,157	4,604	4,728	5,818	5,482	9,347*	10,240	10,823
Paper use per revenues	tonnes/£m		1.45	1.44	1.98	3.23	3.30	3.23	4.32	6.16
Paper from sustainable sources	% certified paper		95%	98%	94%	92%	96%	94%*	94%	63%
Books & journals sent for pulping	tonnes	Faster to Zero	373*	348*	408*	501*	281*	271*	470	587
Office waste generated	tonnes	Faster to Zero	349*	228*	376*	423*	948*	7,046*	6,309	5,073
Total waste (excluding events waste)	tonnes	Faster to Zero	722*	576*	783*	924*	1,229*	7,317*	6,779	5,660
Estimated total waste diverted from landfill	tonnes	Faster to Zero	446	468	549	693	704	3,414	3,309	2,869
Estimated total waste sent to landfill	tonnes	Faster to Zero	276	109	234	231	525	3,903	3,470	2,790
Percentage of waste diverted from landfill	%	Faster to Zero	62%	81%	70%	75%	57%	47%	49%	51%
Total waste per revenues	tonnes/£m	Faster to Zero	0.20	0.18	0.33	0.51	0.74	2.53	2.86	3.22
Office water consumption	m3		36,877*	43,243*	78,507*	50,106*	83,483*	297,920*	361,908	261,000
Office water consumption per colleague (d)	m3/Colleague		3	4	7	5	8	27	32	35
Office water consumption per revenues	m3/£m		10	14	33	28	50	103	153	148
Offices with high overall water risk according to WRI Aqueduct	% of headcount		16%	19%	17%	19%	21%	NA	NA	NA