Sustainability report 2025 to 26, Grainwright Furniture
Sustainability report template with targets, progress charts and data
A sustainability report has to show readers which targets a business set, how far it has come against each, where it is behind, and what it will do next, with the data to back it. This nine page report for a furniture maker tracks eight targets, charts progress, covers timber and suppliers, repair and take back, climate, people and community, and ends with owned priorities.
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- Cover and year at a glance
- Masthead cover, the business in brief, six highlight cards and a founders quote.
- 1. Targets and progress
- Eight 2028 targets with baseline, this year and status.
- 2. Progress in charts
- Certified timber over four years and landfill waste against a straight line path.
- 3. Timber and supply chain
- Timber by species and basis, key suppliers by category, finishes and packaging.
- 4. Products made to last
- Warranty, repairs and take back with three cards.
- 5. Climate
- Renewable electricity, an emissions table and a scope 1 and 2 chart.
- 6 and 7. People and community
- Safety, training, pay and diversity with a chart and a table, then community work.
- 8 and 9. Preparation and next year
- Data sources, framework, material topics, and six priorities with owners.
How to adapt this document
First, write your targets table before anything else and keep the baseline column, because a report without a starting point cannot show progress. Second, replace timber with the material that carries your biggest risk, such as cotton for a clothing label or coffee for a roaster, and keep the table showing origin and the basis for any claim. Third, if this is your first report, set the targets in it and report progress next year; it is better to publish one honest baseline than three years of figures you cannot support.
What makes this document work
It reports the misses as plainly as the wins
The targets table marks two of eight as Behind: supplier visits at 5 of 14 and women in workshop roles at 13 percent against 25. The text gives the reason for each and the next year table assigns an owner. A report that only shows green ticks is not believed.
Progress is measured against a path
The landfill chart sets actual waste against a straight line to the 2028 target, 9.2 tonnes against 10.4, so ahead is a fact rather than a claim. The timber chart shows four years, 41 to 84 percent, not just the latest number.
Every share adds up
Timber sources add to 100 percent with 84 percent certified or reclaimed, the supplier table reconciles 14 signed, 5 visited and 9 booked, and the staff table adds to the 46 employees in the headline. Readers who check one number find it holds.
Questions people ask
What is the difference between a sustainability report and an environmental report?
An environmental report covers emissions, water, waste and other effects on the natural environment. A sustainability report is broader: it adds people, such as safety, pay and diversity, supply chains and human rights, communities and how the business governs these issues. Many small businesses start with an environmental report and widen it once they have targets for people too.
Which framework should a small business report against?
The GRI Standards are the most widely used for sustainability reporting and can be applied with reference to them, as this report does, without full compliance. For emissions, the Greenhouse Gas Protocol is the common method. Some countries now require climate disclosures from larger companies, so check whether your customers or lenders expect a particular standard.
How do I choose what to report?
Start with the issues that matter most to your business and the people affected by it, often called material topics. This report lists five, from timber sourcing to fair work, with why each matters and where it is covered. Leave out topics that are not significant rather than padding the report, and say why if a reader might expect them.
Should a sustainability report be independently assured?
It is not required for most small businesses, but assurance makes the figures more credible to customers and lenders. If the report is not assured, say so plainly, as this one does, and describe where the data comes from. Assuring the most important figures first, such as timber and emissions, is a sensible step.
How often should targets be updated?
Keep targets fixed long enough to measure progress, usually three to five years, and review them each year. Change a target only when the business changes or the original baseline proves wrong, and explain the change in the report. Moving targets every year makes progress impossible to judge.
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