Annual report 2024

At PPMI | Part of the Verian Group, we take pride in fostering a culture of giving back to the community. Our annual events, such as Christmas and Summer celebrations, serve not just as festive occasions but as opportunities to strengthen connections across our global team, fostering collaboration and inclusivity while celebrating our shared sense of community.

This year, we also embraced initiatives to make a meaningful difference. A particularly heartwarming moment came during a shelter dog-walking activity, where one of our team members adopted a dog in need of a forever home. To round off the year, we hosted a Christmas Charity Fair in collaboration with Vilnius Caritas, showcasing handcrafted items and encouraging colleagues to contribute their own creations. The event was a tremendous success, with all items purchased and significant donations raised for Vilnius Caritas.

We are immensely proud of our team’s dedication and enthusiasm, and we look forward to continuing to build on this positive momentum in the years ahead.

PPMI | Part of the Verian Group cares about and actively promotes a good working environment and the wellbeing of employees, as part of our “Happy Office” values. Building on this successful initiative, PPMI is now taking the next step by creating a sustainability strategy that will bring long-term benefits to the well-being of employees, the PPMI community, and the planet.

The sustainability strategy will focus on adapting and measuring progress towards the two areas where the company is working to become more sustainable: our projects and the internal operations of the organisation.

The sustainability strategy sets out three key priorities:

• Providing policy advice that matters. Not only do our values inspire us every step of the way – our research reflects those values, providing valuable insights into such topics as Nature-based Solutions and green infrastructure, skills for the green transition and Learning for Sustainability, equality and inclusion, participation of marginalised groups, education, and other.
• Facilitating the happiness and engagement of employees, to actively promote a good work environment and each other’s well-being.
• Transitioning to become a climate-neutral company, by encouraging a greener office and less waste, and enabling employees to act sustainably.

A working group for sustainability at PPMI was set up in 2024. The group is responsible for planning resources, initiating actions, communicating and providing necessary training needed to achieve sustainability goals. In 2024, the group collected and updated all the prior work done for preparing a company Sustainability Policy; organised a town-hall to introduce colleagues to the process of moving towards sustainability; and initiated a company-wide survey on employee knowledge, attitudes and engagement with sustainability. Looking ahead at plans for 2025, focus groups with company employees will be organised to further refine and develop priorities, and to deliver the PPMI Sustainability Policy and action plan.