Epiroc says it has acquired a Gold Medal from world sustainability rankings agency EcoVadis, inserting Epiroc within the high 5% of firms assessed on their sustainability work.
Epiroc’s score, an enchancment from final yr’s Silver Medal, displays the corporate’s dedication to and progress on its bold 2030 sustainability targets, it added.
EcoVadis evaluated greater than 150,000 firms throughout 4 key areas: atmosphere, labour and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement.
“This recognition displays the laborious work of our groups worldwide and our dedication to integrating sustainability into the whole lot we do, from product innovation and operations to accountable sourcing,” Helena Hedblom, Epiroc’s President and CEO, stated.
Epiroc’s score highlights a powerful efficiency throughout a number of sustainability areas, it defined. The corporate demonstrates environmental stewardship via steady decarbonisation and resource-efficiency enhancements. Within the realm of labour and human rights, Epiroc is dedicated to sustaining protected, honest and inclusive workplaces. Moral governance is underpinned by strong compliance practices, and the corporate’s method to sustainable procurement emphasises diligent provider engagement and accountable sourcing.
EcoVadis’s rankings system is particularly useful to clients, in line with Epiroc. The standardised, third-party score helps due diligence efforts, and it supplies clear comparability in tenders and provider {qualifications} for every of the 4 key areas.
In 2020, Epiroc launched its bold sustainability targets for 2030, which embody, amongst different issues, to halve CO2e emissions. Epiroc’s local weather targets are validated by the Science Based mostly Targets initiative as being according to holding world warming at a most 1.5° C, according to local weather science and the purpose of the Paris Local weather Settlement.
Earlier this yr, TIME Journal for the second yr in a row listed Epiroc among the many world’s most sustainable firms.
