RS Group, which operates under the Allied Electronics & Automation brand in the Americas, is a global omni-channel provider of product and service solutions headquartered in the United Kingdom. It’s been awarded a platinum medal by EcoVadis, the independent provider of global sustainability ratings used by many large organizations to help support sustainable purchasing decisions.
RS Group is no stranger to the award, having been a previous recipient of EcoVadis medal rankings and improving from silver to gold and now to the highest ranking, platinum, over the past couple of years.
The platinum medal puts RS Group in the top 1% of the 100,000-plus rated companies assessed by EcoVadis with each company rated on the material sustainability risks and issues for their size, location and industry. In addition, RS Group was highlighted in the assessment as a leader in the areas of environment and sustainable procurement. RS Group now also joins RS France, which achieved the platinum medal earlier in the year.
“We are immensely proud to have attained the EcoVadis platinum medal and this demonstrates our strong commitment to environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG),” said Debbie Lentz, president, ESG Solutions, RS Group. “However, this success does not mean we have reached the upper limit of our ambition, and we are already investing in actions to further improve and to help our customers and suppliers to reach their goals. In terms of spend, 47% of our suppliers are EcoVadis-rated companies, and we use these metrics to monitor and target ESG improvements with all our suppliers.”
The EcoVadis methodology is based on international sustainability standards (Global Reporting Initiative, United Nations Global Compact, ISO 26000). Its evidence-based assessment covers policies, actions and results across the key sustainability and ESG dimensions of environment, labor and human rights, business ethics and sustainable procurement.
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RS Group serves more than 1 million customers involved in designing, building and maintaining machinery. With operations in more than 32 countries, RS Group supports the entire industrial lifecycle from the design and build phases to the operations and maintenance phases.
In early September, RS Group united its global maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) supply-chain solutions business into RS Integrated Supply. Previously trading as two separate brands, IESA and Synovos, the transition to RS Integrated Supply marks the first step in the transition to consolidate operating brands under one strong, unified RS identity.
RS Integrated Supply provides outsourced storeroom management and procurement services that drive sustainable productivity and reliability for MRO supply chains. Through its global operation, RS Integrated Supply serves multi-site industrial organizations across North America, the United Kingdom and Europe.
“Our transition to RS Integrated Supply brings the combined value of the IESA and Synovos MRO solutions to organizations around the world,” commented Debbie Bowring, president, RS Integrated Supply. “As one global brand, our digitally enabled procurement and storeroom solutions and engineering skills provide unmatched reliability, consolidation, standardization and total cost efficiencies across the supply chain.”
