RWS is awarded a silver medal by EcoVadis in recognition of sustainability achievements

RWS’s second-ever submission results in being listed among top 25% of participating companies

Chalfont Saint Peter, UK
10/25/2022 9:00:00 AM
RWS, a unique, world-leading provider of technology-enabled language, content and intellectual property services, is proud to announce that it has been awarded a silver medal by EcoVadis, the world’s most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings with a network of over 100,000 rated companies. 
 
EcoVadis awards silver medals to the top 25 quartile of companies participating in its programme worldwide. RWS was also placed in the top 10% of companies in the industry category ‘Other professional, scientific and technical activities,’ with EcoVadis listing 100 strengths from RWS’s submission. Highlights include RWS’s:
 
  • Exceptional policy on major environmental issues
  • Endorsement of the Science Based Targets initiative and of the United Nations Global Compact 
  • Communication on progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals
  • Regular supplier assessment on environmental or social practices
  • Multiple policies and actions with regards to labour and human rights
  • ISO 14001 certification of multiple sites
  • Incident response procedure to manage breaches of confidential information
“We’re honoured to have been awarded a silver medal in recognition of our achievements,” said Carla Matthews, Head of Sustainability and ESG at RWS. “Earning this status in our second-ever submission is testament to the hard work of our teams to embed corporate sustainability into our strategy, culture and day-to-day operations to drive business improvement and reduce risk, as well as having a positive impact on our planet and society.”
 
Since its founding in 2007, EcoVadis has grown to become the world’s largest and most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings. EcoVadis provides its 100,000 clients with a single platform, universal scorecard, benchmarks and performance improvement tools to measure the impact of their sustainability programmes.
 
About EcoVadis
EcoVadis is the world’s most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings, intelligence and collaborative performance improvement tools for global supply chains. Backed by a powerful technology platform and a global team of domain experts, EcoVadis’ easy-to-use and actionable sustainability scorecards provide detailed insight into environmental, social and ethical risks across 200 purchasing categories and 160 countries.

About RWS

RWS Holdings plc is a unique, world-leading provider of technology-enabled language, content and intellectual property services. Through content transformation and multilingual data analysis, our combination of AI-enabled technology and human expertise helps our clients to grow by ensuring they are understood anywhere, in any language.


Our purpose is unlocking global understanding. By combining cultural understanding, client understanding and technical understanding, our services and technology assist our clients to acquire and retain customers, deliver engaging user experiences, maintain compliance and gain actionable insights into their data and content.


Over the past 20 years we’ve been evolving our own AI solutions as well as helping clients to explore, build and use multilingual AI applications. With 40+ AI-related patents and more than 100 peer-reviewed papers, we have the experience and expertise to support clients on their AI journey.


We work with over 80% of the world’s top 100 brands, more than three-quarters of Fortune’s 20 ‘Most Admired Companies’ and almost all of the top pharmaceutical companies, investment banks, law firms and patent filers. Our client base spans Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and North and South America. Our 65+ global locations across five continents service clients in the automotive, chemical, financial, legal, medical, pharmaceutical, technology and telecommunications sectors.


Founded in 1958, RWS is headquartered in the UK and publicly listed on AIM, the London Stock Exchange regulated market (RWS.L). 


For further information, please visit: www.rws.com.


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