RWS awarded silver medal by EcoVadis for sustainability achievements

Latest assessment by EcoVadis of corporate sustainability performance places RWS in top 9% of companies in category

Chalfont Saint Peter, UK
12/10/2023 10:00:00 AM
RWS, a content solutions company, powered by technology and human expertise, announces that its sustainability achievements over the past year have been recognized by being 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.
 
Silver medals are awarded by EcoVadis to the top quartile of companies participating in its programme worldwide. RWS achieved an overall score of 66/100 (a three-point increase over last year), placing it in the top 9% of companies in the industry category ‘Other professional, scientific and technical activities.’
 
EcoVadis highlighted 111 strengths in RWS’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) programme over the past year including:
  • Exceptional policy on major environmental issues
  • Endorsement of the United Nations Global Compact and Science Based Targets initiative
  • Labour and human rights policy covering diversity, equity and inclusion, career management and training, social dialogue, working conditions and employee health and safety
  • Comprehensive policies on ethics issues
  • Speak-up reporting procedures
  • Incident response procedure to manage breaches of confidential information
  • Comprehensive sustainable procurement policies on both social and environmental factors
“We’re proud to have earned this recognition from EcoVadis, which validates our strategy and continued focus to drive improvements across our business,” explains Carla Matthews, Head of Sustainability and ESG at RWS. “We take our role as a key component of the global and sustainable supply chain seriously and look forward to sharing our success in this area with our clients worldwide.”
 
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 clients with a single platform, universal scorecard, benchmarks and performance improvement tools to measure the impact of their sustainability programmes.

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RWS is a content solutions company, powered by technology and human expertise. We grow the value of ideas, data and content by making sure organizations are understood. Everywhere.


Our proprietary technology, 45+ AI patents and human experts help organizations bring ideas to market faster, build deeper relationships across borders and cultures, and enter new markets with confidence – growing their business and connecting them to a world of opportunities.


It’s why over 80 of the world’s top 100 brands trust RWS to drive innovation, inform decisions and shape brand experiences.


With 60+ global locations, across five continents, our teams work with businesses across almost all industries. Innovating since 1958, RWS is headquartered in the UK and publicly listed on AIM, the London Stock Exchange regulated market (RWS.L).


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