Ranks second in Global mining sector in the ISS-oekom Corporate Responsibility Review 2018
Anglo American Platinum is proud to have achieved the second-highest sustainability practices score within the metals and mining sector category of ISS-oekom’s global Corporate Responsibility Review 2018. ISS-oekom is one of the world’s leading Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) research and rating agencies. Lists of the top three companies per sector highlight companies that have been active in the area of sustainability for many years and have successfully and systematically integrated important sustainability topics into their activities. This year, ISS-oekom’s review included an enlarged reference universe so as to reflect the leading companies worldwide in each sector.
Chris Griffith, CEO of Anglo American Platinum said:
“We are proud that Anglo American Platinum has been recognised as a global leader in the effective management of material sustainability aspects relevant to the mining and metals sector. Our sustainability strategy, driven in collaboration with Anglo American, has been a core focus for the Company over many years and this ranking is recognition of our progress made to date on our sustainability journey.”
The report can be found online at this address:
http://www.oekom-research.com/homepage/english/2018-04%20oekom%20CR%20Review-EN.pdf
About the oekom Corporate Responsibility Review
As an annual report on global corporate responsibility, the oekom Corporate Responsibility Review has been documenting the key developments in integrating sustainability criteria into corporate management since 2009. The analyses of the overall ESG performance and evaluation of controversies are based on approximately 1,600 major international companies based in the industrialized countries and around 800 companies in the emerging markets. Also, the assessment within the oekom Sustainability Solutions Assessment refers to a group of more than 2,300 companies. Wherever possible, individual evaluations refer to the entire oekom universe.
About ISS-oekom
Since March 2018, ISS-oekom has been a member of the ISS family, providing high quality solutions for sustainable and responsible investment and corporate governance. Originally founded in 1993 and formerly known as oekom research, the company is one of the world’s leading ESG research and rating agencies for sustainable investments with an unsurpassed rating methodology and quality recognition. ISS-oekom analyses companies and countries with respect to their environmental social and governance performance. As an experienced partner of institutional investors and financial service providers, we identify those equity and bond issuers whose businesses exercise a high level of responsibility towards society and the environment. Under the new ownership, ISS-oekom completes the ESG research and RI services offerings of ISS, making it a worldwide pure-player in the area of RI Research & Solutions. ISS-oekom is headed by Robert Haßler, former CEO and co-founder of oekom research.