Sustainability Ambitions 2020
As part of SGS’s broader strategic focus, we have identified a number of sustainability goals that we are working toward until 2020. These are laid out below.
Professional Excellence
- Link management incentive plan to sustainability
- Deliver measurable sustainable value to society
People
- Maintain natural turnover rate at no more than 15%*
- 30% of leadership positions will be held by women
- Reduce our Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) and Lost Time Injury Rate (LTIR) by 50%**
Environment
- Reduce our annual CO2 emissions (per FTE) by 20%**
- Reduce our annual CO2 emissions (by revenue) by 20%**
Community
- Increase our investment in communities around the world by 30%**, with a focus on volunteering
*Adjusted from 10% to 15% to provide a more realistic target for our industry based on market studies and external ratings benchmarks
**Against a 2014 baseline