Fair Money & Economic Opportunity

Centaur Media PLC is a business-to-business media company providing information, insight, and marketing services, including Mini MBA courses and digital platforms

. The company does not offer lending, insurance, or deposit services to consumers, nor does it provide consumer credit products . Therefore, KPIs related to underserved client share, pricing fairness, exploitative fee exposure, inclusion initiatives, data accessibility for financial products, fair lending compliance, wealth building outcomes for customers, and debt burden ratio are not applicable . While Centaur Media has internal Diversity, Inclusion, Culture and Engagement (DICE) initiatives and offers business education, these do not align with the specific definitions of financial inclusion or literacy programs for consumers as outlined in the rubric . The company's capital allocation policy focuses on organic investment in its core business and acquisitions, not community finance reinvestment .

Planet-Friendly Business

Centaur Media, a services provider, reported very low total Scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas emissions of 2,398 tCO2e in 2024.

Its office space is sourced by 100% renewable electricity. The company reported zero environmental compliance violations. Centaur conducted a qualitative climate-related scenario analysis in 2024, considering 1.5°C, <2°C, and 3°C pathways across three time horizons. However, Centaur Media has not declared a net-zero target year and does not currently employ SBTi-aligned targets, deferring substantive target setting until 2025. The company partially aligns with TCFD recommendations, excluding specific financial components of strategy, metrics, and targets. Centaur also invests in a carbon capture project in Uganda, estimated to capture up to 2,500 CO2/t per annum over the first ten years.

Respect for Cultures & Communities

The company has no reported cultural appropriation incidents.

Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) processes are not applicable to its operations, as the articles do not discuss projects impacting indigenous peoples. Similarly, the company does not mention indigenous communities or suppliers, indicating that tracking indigenous suppliers is not applicable to its operations. The concept of a social license to operate is also not applicable to its business model.

Safe & Smart Tech

Centaur Media demonstrates a strong security program with no documented data breaches in the provided articles, supported by ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification.

The company's 2023 IT expenditure of £2,336,000 represents 6.26% of its £37.3m revenue, indicating a significant investment in cybersecurity. All staff receive mandatory annual training on security, GDPR, data protection, and phishing, with regular testing. Authentication security is enhanced by the mandatory use of hardware keys and single sign-on for all critical and sensitive systems. The company has a Data Protection Officer and a Data Compliance Committee to monitor ongoing compliance with UK GDPR, DPA, and PECR. For AI, Centaur Media states it will comply with applicable regulations, does not use inputs or results to train underlying AI models, and discloses AI-generated results as artificial, placing responsibility on users for oversight and evaluation of accuracy or bias. Users retain ownership of any inputs submitted to AI services. There is no evidence of unauthorized data use incidents or specific data retention periods beyond general compliance with data protection laws.

Zero Waste & Sustainable Products

Centaur Media's primary office operations benefit from its relocation to a WeWork facility in EMEA, which has eradicated single-use plastic from 100% of its sites

and achieved "Zero Waste to Landfill" for 100% of its EU sites. Centaur actively participates in WeWork's Zero Plastics Plan. The company has implemented numerous waste reduction initiatives, including stopping non-recyclable cups , reducing paper hand towels , active recycling of various materials , using follow-me printing , recycling printer cartridges , increasing the use of aqueous inks , and reducing paper and plastic use by increasing digital capabilities and adopting a hybrid working model. Centaur has not incurred any waste disposal violations in the past three years. For hazardous waste, Centaur increases the use of aqueous inks to limit volatile organic compounds. However, Centaur does not currently have formal waste reduction targets, having deferred substantive target setting until 2024 at the earliest. The company's main paper and print supplier holds ISO 14001, Forest Stewardship Council, and Programme for the Endorsement of Forestry Certification accreditations , and Centaur benefits from WeWork's Vendor Code of Conduct which includes environmental standards for its supply chain partners.