Alrosa has confirmed its commitment to sustainability by improving its score in the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment 2021, one of the most renowned ratings for corporate sustainability worldwide. Alrosa improved its company score from 34 in 2020 to 44 in 2021, raising its percentile ranking from 43% in 2020 to 68% in 2021 (Score date: 12 November, 2021).
The company achieved high percentile rankings across all three overall categories in 2021, including a 67-percentile ranking for governance and economic dimension, a 69-percentile ranking for environmental dimension and a 67-percentile ranking for social dimension.
Alexey Philippovskiy, Alrosa’s CFO, said: “Sustainability is a vital part of how Alrosa conducts its business, as our recently published 2021-25 Sustainability Programme outlines commitments ranging from implementing a set of initiatives aimed at protection of the atmosphere and climate change risks mitigation to protecting local communities and ensuring safe working conditions to all our team members and contractors. The improvement of Alrosa’s Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment from S&P is imperative to the Alrosa Group in conveying how our continued commitment to ESG is globally recognised.”
This S&P rating consolidates Alrosa’s sustainability goals, integrated throughout the business. Alrosa’s goals include minimising its environmental footprint, complying with international environmental protection standards, environmental conservation and taking responsibility for social issues.