Imerys : coordinated action on climate issues are recognized by the Carbon Disclosure Project
January 28, 2020 at 08:48 am EST
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Imerys has received its 2019 score from the environmental impact non-profit organization, Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP).
Imerys received a B, which places the Group in the second highest band, corresponding to management of climate issues in a concrete and systematic way. This assessment score places Imerys higher than the Europe regional average and mineral mining sector, both of which have an average score of C.
Imerys has committed to reduce scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 36% relative to revenue (tCO2/MEUR) by 2030 from a 2018 base year, in alignment with a 2-degreeC trajectory. These targets were approved in July 2019 by the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi) and mark a significant milestone in the Group's strategy to reduce the impacts of climate change.
CDP is a global environmental impact non-profit organization, providing a platform for all companies and cities to report information on their climate impacts. CDP assesses companies on the comprehensiveness of their disclosure, their awareness and management of environmental risks and their demonstration of best practices associated with environmental leadership, such as setting ambitious and meaningful targets.
These CDP results are the recognition of Imerys continuous efforts in Corporate Social Responsibility. This recognition is the second one for 2019, as Imerys already received last April from EcoVadis, an internationally recognized corporate social responsibility assessor, the highest medal for the quality of its CSR management systems. Imerys has been EcoVadis-accredited since 2014, and in 2019 its rating progressed from silver to gold level. Imerys' score of 64 puts it in the top 6% of assessed organizations.
About Imerys
The world leader in mineral-based specialty solutions for industry, with EUR4.6 billion revenue and 18,000 employees, Imerys delivers high value-added, functional solutions to diversified set of industrial sectors, from processing industries to consumer goods. The Group draws on its knowledge of applications, technological expertise and its material science know-how to deliver solutions based on beneficiation of its mineral resources, synthetic minerals and formulations. These contribute essential properties to customers' products and performance, including refractoriness, hardness, conductivity, opacity, durability, purity, lightness, filtration, absorption and repellency. Imerys is determined to develop responsibly, in particular by fostering the emergence of environmentally-friendly products and processes.
As a world leader in mineral specialties for the industry, Imerys offers high-added-value business solutions for a wide range of sectors, from process industries to consumer goods or construction products. The group actively mobilizes its knowledge of applications, technological expertise and materials science know how to provide high-end solutions that value its mineral resources, develop formulations or produce synthetic minerals. All these actions bring about essential properties to its customers' products and their performance such as refractoriness, toughness, conductivity, opacity, durability, purity, lightness, filtration, absorption, or hydrophobicity. Imerys is strongly committed to responsible developmentin particular, to contribute to the development of environmentally friendly products and processes. The activity is organized around 2 areas:
- Performance Minerals: the segment brings together three geographical business areas - Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), America and Asia/Pacific (APAC). This segment encompasses functional additives that give unique properties to the products they compose. It serves the plastics, rubber, paint and coatings, filtration, ceramic materials, renewable energy, paper and cardboard, food, health and cosmetic industries;
- Materials and High Temperature Solutions: the segment, managed globally, brings together two business areas - High Temperature Solutions and Refractories, Abrasives & Construction. This segment facilitates production processes involving high temperatures. It serves the refractory, foundry, metals, abrasives and building chemicals markets.