Responsibility

At Auto Trader, we are committed to being a responsible business. Our purpose sits beneath an overarching goal of Driving change together. Responsibly. Environmental, Social and Governance (‘ESG') at Auto Trader is driven by our values and culture. We aim to make a difference to our people, our communities, our industries as well as the wider environment, whilst ensuring we act at all times as a responsible business.

Our ESG activity encompasses employee volunteering, fundraising and charitable giving, environmental impact, sustainability and helping our customers win in today’s automotive marketplace.

With the changing environment over the past year, we have reviewed our purpose, our strategy and our focus areas. As part of this review we have looked to ensure our new make a difference strategy is aligned and embedded within our overall Group strategy. During the year we have sought input from stakeholders and this new make a difference strategy has been reviewed and approved by the Board.

Our make a difference strategy falls within three distinct pillars, all of which sit under our purpose of 'Driving change together. Responsibly.'

To ensure we continue to evolve our make a difference strategy and make progress towards our goals, this year we established a new Corporate Responsibility Committee. The Committee gives Board level oversight working in alignment with our guilds and networks to oversee our progress in fulfilling our goals to make a difference.

We are pleased to have been recognised as a FTSE4Good company. Created by the global index provider FTSE Russell, the FTSE4Good Index Series is designed to measure the performance of companies demonstrating strong environmental, social and governance (‘ESG’) practices.

In this section

Our people

Our business is built around our people, and we believe happy employees do the best work. We invest in our people and work hard to ensure our diverse teams are supported, included and inspired

Learn how we invest in our people

Our industries

Our people, culture and environment strategy extends to ensuring we support the wider technology, automotive, advertising and creative industries

Discover how we support our industries

Our communities

We have a dedicated team of colleagues committed to Making a Difference, by maximising the support and impact we provide to our communities

Read about our commitment here

Our environment

We need to give back more to the planet than we take out and protect our business from the impact of climate change

See how we invest here

Acting ethically

We are committed to acting ethically and with integrity in all our business dealings and relationships

Discover how we act ethically

Safety and security

Trust and transparency is integral to our marketplace - our dedicated security teams helps ensure our customers and consumers know how to buy and sell online with confidence

Gender and ethnicity pay gap

At Auto Trader our diversity and inclusion vision is to nurture our inclusive culture and enrich our workforce with diverse individuals

Group tax strategy

Trust and transparency is key in today’s automotive marketplace