NGOs and industry partners
We partner with many NGOs, other businesses and specialist organisations to learn from their insights and address Responsible Business challenges. Organisations we work with include: Aldersgate Group, Bioregional, Business Disability Forum, Fondation Abbé Pierre, FSC, Green Alliance, Rainforest Alliance – Forest Allies, Shelter, Slave Free Alliance, Better Retail Better world and Stonewall.
For more information on how we engage our stakeholders and partners visit our:
We participate in many external benchmarks and indices. In 2023/24, these included:
MSCI-ESG
We rank as a ‘Leader’, having received the highest-possible ‘AAA’ score.
Industry benchmark: The ‘AAA’ score is achieved by only 9% of companies in the Retail – Consumer Discretionary sector.
ISS ESG
We achieved a ‘C+’ rating.
Industry benchmark: The rating is supported by our ‘Prime’ status, which is given to companies that are perceived to be sustainability leaders in their industry.
Sustainalytics
We have a risk rating score of 9.6 (Negligible risk).
Industry benchmark: We rank second out of 44 in home improvement retail subindustry and fourth out of 516 in the wider retailing industry
CDP Climate Change and CDP Forests
Climate change:
We achieved a leadership score of ‘A-’.
Industry benchmark: We scored higher than the average discretionary retail score of ‘B-’.
Kingfisher – CDP 2022 Climate Change
Kingfisher – CDP 2023 Climate Change
Forests:
The focus of our submission to the CDP Forests questionnaire is on timber. We have continued to maintain a score of ‘B’.
Industry benchmark: We scored higher than the average discretionary retail score of ‘C’.
Workforce Disclosure Initiative
We received a disclosure score of 88%.
Industry benchmark: We scored higher than the average consumer discretionary sector of 60% and average disclosure score (all companies) of 62% and average UK company score of 71%.
FTSE4Good Index
We are listed in this index with a rating of 4.3 out of 5.
Industry benchmark: We are rated higher than the home improvement average rating of 2.8 out of 5.