Case Studies
SGS is committed to a wide range of local and global sustainability initiatives. We focus our efforts on environmental, social, professional excellence and community projects.
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Professional Excellence
We expanded the rollout of our eLearning course on human rights to cover all employees to help ensure that respect for human rights remains at the core of our business.
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People
SGS Peru helped to promote an inclusive employee culture by creating a mobile phone app for work-related communications and initiating a bespoke program for entrepreneurs in our employees’ families.
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Environment
We are taking part in a program to develop autonomous electric vehicles that will be used by tourists visiting an ecologically sensitive region in Spain.
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Environment
SGS Oil, Gas and Chemicals (OGC) France is identifying innovative ways to reduce the human, environmental and financial impact of fuel sampling management across the value chain.
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Community
We organized two workshops to provide aspiring professionals in Angola with the skills to apply for jobs successfully.
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Community
SGS Oil, Gas and Chemicals (OGC) France is helping a not-for-profit organization to develop a technology that converts plastic waste to fuel.
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People
SGS Ghana employees and subcontractors, and their family members took part in a health walk.
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Community
We organized road safety talks for young people in Spain.
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Community
SGS Benelux employees took part in a cycling event in Rotterdam, raising money to support cancer research.
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Community
We provide training to people in poverty around the world to enhance their employability and support economic development in their communities.
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Community
SGS Australia is engaging with local communities through its Reconciliation Action Plan.
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People
SGS is the exclusive certification partner for a Swiss HR company that has developed a standard to ensure that organizations comply with equal pay requirements.
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People
SGS employees took part in the Virgin Pulse Global Challenge, helping to create a culture of health and wellbeing within our organization.
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Community
SGS Thailand employees worked with the Royal Thai Marine Corps to help repopulate a local coral ecosystem.
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People
New initiatives are helping members of SGS New Zealand’s finance team protect their physical and mental health while juggling the many demands of their roles.
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People
Our innovative development program teaches key skills to individuals with leadership potential.
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Professional Excellence
SGS Singapore uses our supplier self-assessment questionnaire to engage suppliers and ensure they are aligned with our sustainability commitments.
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Environment
Our new laboratory in Germany is one of the most advanced e-mobility test centers in Europe.
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People
SGS Chile has implemented a program to promote inclusiveness within the workplace.
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Environment
We have purchased Certified Emission Reductions from a hydro power plant in China that will provide local people with cleaner air and greater access to electricity.
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Professional Excellence
We are creating a fully digitalized and sustainable network to track processes in our life sciences laboratories.
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Professional Excellence
We are working with Swisscom and Microsoft to develop new Internet of Things (IoT) inspection devices that will allow us to provide our customers with better services.
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Professional Excellence
SGS Australia looks for suppliers that practice strong labor standards, support local communities and provide environmentally friendly products.
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Environment
SGS UK has contracted with Reconomy for centralized waste management services.
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Community
We help organizations in Taiwan, China that support people with disabilities and socially marginalized groups by providing vocational safety training for the bakery industry.
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Environment
We are participating in a carbon offsetting project that provides local populations in the Amazon Rain Forest with new economic opportunities through improved forest management.
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Environment
We use air quality monitoring and waste sampling to minimize the negative environmental aspects of cruises.
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Environment
SGS Turkey has implemented a variety of measures that will help its employees reduce their energy consumption and add value to society.
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Community
SGS Geneva employees support a charity that provides safe homes and educations for neglected and exploited children in Cambodia.
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People
We instituted a worldwide program to protect employees exposed to potential hazards while standardizing and simplifying occupational health performance management.
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Community
SGS USA employee volunteers helped to rebuild the home of a retired hurricane victim.
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Community
We are supporting a charity that works to improve conditions in Municipality schools in India.
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Professional Excellence
We have undertaken an initiative to lower fleet vehicle emissions in North America without compromising the needs of our clients.
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Environment
SGS France’s automotive brands took part in a campaign to raise climate awareness among customers and employees.
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People
SGS North America has designed an ongoing development program for potential future leaders.
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Community
This year, we once again organized an initiative to plant saplings in a watershed reservation that has been endangered by illegal deforestation.
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Environment
We have developed an initiative to encourage employees to think of ways to make their work life more efficient and sustainable, which will lead to actual waste reduction.
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Community
SGS Peru employees took part in a national planting scheme to raise awareness of the actions needed to minimize air pollution.
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Environment
SGS Latin America Region is adopting a regional approach to energy efficiency, so affiliates throughout the region can benefit from shared knowledge on environmental topics.
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Environment
SGS Airsense and SGS Smartsense use the latest technology to provide continuous monitoring of indoor air quality.
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Environment
We participated in a project to repurpose landfill waste by developing high value materials that could potentially be used in construction.
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Environment
We are supporting the market development of two certification programs that will help drive the transition to a sustainable built environment.