Science Based Targets Initiative Validates RWS’s Commitment to Reduce Carbon Emissions
2024年6月18日 - 5:00PM
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Achievement signifies milestone in RWS’s
sustainability journey
RWS, a unique, world-leading provider of technology-enabled
language, content and intellectual property solutions, announces
that its near-term science-based emissions reduction target has
been approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). The
approval is a key milestone in RWS’s sustainability journey.
In 2022 RWS took measures to enhance the accuracy of its carbon
footprint by improving data collection and greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions to include both its operations and supply chain and has
now committed to setting carbon reduction targets which are aligned
with the SBTi.
The SBTi is a corporate climate action organization that enables
companies and financial institutions worldwide to play their part
in combatting the climate crisis. Its standards and tools allow
companies to set targets for the reduction of GHG emissions.
In February 2024 RWS submitted two GHG inventories for review by
the SBTi Target Validation Team. The SBTi Target Validation team
classified RWS’s scope 1 and 2 target ambition and has determined
that it is in line with the 1.5°C trajectory (i.e. it is aligned
with a rate of decarbonization that is consistent with keeping
global temperature increases to 1.5°C compared to pre-industrial
temperatures). SBTi also notes in its report that RWS has chosen to
report on its emissions beyond the minimum disclosure
requirement.
Near-term Targets
- RWS commits to reduce its scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 54.6%
by the end of its financial year ending 30 September 2033 (FY33)
from a FY22 base year.
- RWS also commits to reduce scope 3 GHG emissions from purchased
goods and services and employee commuting by 61.1% per million GBP
value added within the same timeframe.
Ian El-Mokadem, CEO of RWS, said: “The SBTi is the gold standard
for defining the pathway to reduce corporate greenhouse gas
emissions and we’re proud of this recognition of our
commitment.
“Sustainability is core to the way we operate and we will
continue to ensure that we’re doing all that we can to combat the
climate crisis.”
Click here to learn more about RWS’s corporate sustainability
policy and here to access SBTi’s website.
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 45+ 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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