1. People Fulfilment
Our goal:
Create a workforce that is empowered and enabled.
Our plan:
Build programmes, practices and policies that provide global guidance and enable regional flexibility to support the growth and development of our Monks.
Environmental, Social & Governance
We firmly believe that technology and creativity can be used as forces for good and are powerful tools in transitioning towards a more sustainable society. This belief is the core of our sustainability vision, strategy and commitments.
00:00
/
00:00
Our ESG pillars
We see Environmental, Social and Governance as three core, interconnected components of sustainable development and growth. Based on our own potential impact, stakeholders’ opinions and alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), three strategic pillars are in place to boost our sustainability efforts.
-
![People]()
-
2. Our Responsibility to the World
![World]()
Our goal:
Use our work as a catalyst for good in an environmentally-conscious household and transparent operations.
Our plan:
Execute the SBTi transition plan after science-based targets are formally approved by SBTi. -
3. One Brand
![One]()
Our goal:
Establish visible signs of a common culture for a unified brand and company that our people and clients are proud to be a part of.Our plan:
Build our identity through communication that integrates and creates rituals into one culture.
Our impact model
-
Direction
-
Our vision
Creativity and technology as a force for good
-
Our ESG mission
A catalyst for our clients’ sustainable impact
-
Our strategy
People Fulfilment;
Our Responsibility to the World;
One Brand
-
-
Input
-
Our People
7,707 Monks
48% women
50% men
2% undeclared -
Our resources
61 offices
32 countries
4,477 MWh electricity used -
-
Our relationships
Clients
Business partners
Charities
-
-
Output
-
Offered 94 intern and associate positions
Rolled out the Diverse Slate approach to hiring
Launched th Monks Coaching Certification Program
Accelerate.Monks fosters leadership growth and career advancement through interactive classes -
20% emission reduction YoY
3.3 tCO2e per FTE
45% of electricity is renewable -
£1.0 billion revenue
£64,870 (0.01% of revenue) and 1,449 voluntary hours donated to charities -
8,414 projects
502 projects For Good
101 Purpose-driven clients
-
-
Long-term value
-
We empower our people to be a catalyst for change, in an inclusive, diverse and creative workplace
-
We create a climate-neutral and environmentally- conscious business operation
-
We remain economically viable and invest in our innovations to enable us to contribute to sustainability challenges in the long run
-
We improve the sustainable impact of our clients – to bring about the shift in attitudes and behaviour needed to reach the SDGs
-
Alignment with UN Sustainable Development Goals
-
People Fulfilment
-
![5. Gender equality]()
5. Gender equality -
![9. Industry, innovation & infrastructure]()
9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure -
![10. Reduced inequalities]()
10. Reduced inequalities
-
-
Our Responsibility to the World
-
![12. Responsible consumption & production]()
12. Responsible consumption and production -
![13. Climate action]()
13. Climate action
-
Our ESG news
-
How Live Remote Production Keeps Sustainability Goals Grounded
As the effects of the climate crisis become more apparent and time is running out to act, sustainability has become a key focus for brands and consumers alike![Remote production-sustainable blog]()
Sustainability -
Generate Content at a Fast Clip with Fan-Focused AI Highlights
Fan-Focused AI Highlights is the latest solution within our software-defined production offering, which effectively eliminates the need for a large physical plant—like large control rooms or OB trucks that cost tens of thousands to rent per day or the dozens of crew members to maintain them—in favor of versatile, nimble broadcast workstreams.![Generate Content at a Fast Clip with Fan-Focused AI Highlights]()
Artificial Intelligence -
Expand your broadcast potential with software-defined production
Virtualizing production to accelerate and innovate workflows, drastically reduce costs and decrease your global carbon footprint.![version-5.jpg]()
Technology -
Respecting the planet by making our work more sustainable
Monks Executive Producer Bernd Out, on ways production teams can take better care of the planet![Glass encased office overlooking mountains]()
ThinkingSustainable Work -
NAB Show presents first Excellence In Sustainability awards
Monks selected in the Sustainability in Leadership, Large Organization category for building a sustainable broadcast infrastructure![people on a stage holding trophies]()
Sustainability -
How Adland is tackling the environmental impact of its media buy
Monks experts weigh in on the challenges of and solutions for reducing the carbon usage of the media buy![collage of digital media]()
Sustainable WorkThinking -
Amplifying sustainability: a pledge for the planet
Labs.Monks share their ideas, processes and guidelines for greener digital production![Robot hand and green hand shaking]()
ThinkingSustainability -
Sowing the seeds of office innovation at the Monks Farm
Al fresco: we created a fully-automated vegetable garden in São Paulo![S4Capital Monks’ Farm]()
Zero Impact Workspaces -
Inclusive marketing is all of our responsibility
Why we must respect the depth and nuances of the audiences we speak to on our clients’ behalf![S4Capital inclusive marketing]()
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Our ESG work
-
Girls Not Brides: Juanita & Roberto’s Wedding
Despite laws that prohibit it, more than 300,000 girls in Mexico have been sold into marriage with older adults. As part of a campaign to expose this injustice and call for enforcement of the law, we invited all of Mexico to the wedding of Don Roberto and Juanita, a minor-aged girl, in a video that went viral.![Girls not Brides Juanita Roberto Wedding]()
Case study -
GVB: The Travel Poet [De Reis Dichter]
After the disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the world's first travel poet, Roziena Salihu, crafted and delivered spoken words while travelling on Amsterdam’s public transport, adding an emotional layer to the routine of commuting that helped build a connection between the people of Amsterdam and their city.![GVB Reisdichter]()
Social -
Coach: The Pleasure Pursuit
In partnership with Coach, we created a WebGL platform that tells the story of artist Tom Wesselmann and explores the themes of life's three pleasure principles: love, wonder, and play.![Pleasure Pursuit]()
Platforms -
Gorilla Rx Wellness: Black Women Get Us Higher
As part of our Decoded.Monks’ long-running Small Business Accelerator program that supports BIPOC-owned small businesses with agency time and funding towards media, production and other resources, we worked alongside activist and entrepreneur Kika Keith to champion and empower Black women and address the historical injustices within the cannabis industry.![Black Women Get Us Higher]()
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion -
LAMDA Development: The Ellinikon Centre
Spotlighting the wonders of The Ellinikon – Europe’s largest urban regeneration project – we worked with LAMDA Development to transform an iconic, 1,800+ m2 airport hangar in Greece into an interactive museum.![Ellinikon Centre]()
Innovation -
Red Wing: Builders Exchange Program
To get makers in virtual worlds excited about becoming tradespeople, we invited gamers to design tiny homes inside Roblox, and then Red Wing built several of them for real in Denver, Colorado for those experiencing homelessness.![Red Wing]()
Virtual Events
A responsible business from the start
As the first in our industry to sign The Climate Pledge, we’ve committed to reaching Net Zero by 2040—10 years earlier than the Paris Agreement's Net Zero by 2050—to do our part in holding global warming below 1.5 degrees.
We are growing S4Capital in a responsible and sustainable way, for the long-term benefit of all, aiming to make a meaningful difference and leave a light footprint. To that end, we’ve reaffirmed our commitment to SBTi’s Corporate Net-Zero Standard while advancing the quality of our data via a new software system for GHG emissions calculation.
Our work embodies our ESG strategy and we identify the daily impact of - and in - our work to better ourselves, our methods and our outcomes. With AI now impacting almost every face of our business and our industry, our focus is to ensure that the technology can be used as a force for good and a tool for creating more sustainable processes and workflows.