Environmental Governance and Policies
Omnicom, together with our family of agencies, has a strong tradition of applying our creative talents and financial resources to improve the world around us.
At Omnicom, our commitment to sustainability starts at the very top. Our efforts are guided by our Environment Policy, a key part of the overarching Omnicom Global Citizenship and Sustainability Policy. The Omnicom Environment Policy addresses tracking and reporting our environmental impact, reducing emissions and energy use, incorporating sustainable building practices where possible and enhancing our focus on waste management.
Sustainability Procurement
Strategic Alliance Services (SAS) is Omnicom’s strategic sourcing division and coordinates various preferred vendor programs. Preferred vendor partners provide solutions and options to enable our agencies to develop, implement and manage strategic sourcing to meet their sustainability goals.
Collaboration
We have reached out to experts in the field to help us refine and strengthen our environmental efforts. These third-party partners help us arrive at a more complete picture of our total corporate energy consumption levels, and identify reduction strategies. Partnerships include:
- ENth Energy. ENth Energy is informing Omnicom’s global energy audit by providing first-step energy analysis, on a per-building basis. ENth “Analyze-IT” reports provide full energy-use profiles that help us create and prioritize energy-reduction action plans. They also aid our energy procurement process by providing comparable rate structures.
- Seven Utility Management. Seven Utility Management provides Omnicom procurement analysis and advice for the U.S. energy market, to ensure Omnicom obtains the most advantageous utility contracts based on terms and conditions available in the marketplace.
- McKinnon & Clarke. To assist with our energy reduction efforts in the United Kingdom, Omnicom is working with leading global energy consultancy McKinnon & Clarke. The company provides energy procurement analysis and assists us in meeting the objectives of the U.K.’s Carbon Reduction Commitment.
U.K. Efforts
Since October 2009, Omnicom has actively been working with around 40 agencies in our U.K. network – comprising more than 130 office sites – to collect data and prepare reporting information for the United Kingdom's Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) Scheme. Data collected is used to produce league tables that enable companies to compare their energy-saving efforts with those of their peers.