The key to helping a company improve in the area of ESG is to embed good corporate governance principles into management and to operate in an ethical and responsible manner. The Applus+ Group has specific ESG objectives, currently linked to the remuneration of the members of the Board of Directors and which have been put in place throughout the organisation, which proves that the commitment to sustainability emanates from the high up in the company and permeates all of its departments and activities.
The Applus+ ESG Committee, which is headed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, leads the Group's corporate social responsibility and is in charge of ensuring compliance and the operation of policies to improve ESG and ensure the impartiality, integrity and independence of Applus+; fundamental principles in the inspection, testing and certification sector.
This commitment is demonstrated by the multiple initiatives that we have launched and that have received both national and international awards. Through our initiatives to improve governance, the company has successfully adopted 90% of the applicable recommendations of the CNMV - Spain’s National Securities Market Commission - and since 2021, all Applus+ staff have received training in the company's Code of Ethics and have signed on their commitment to this. You can consult our corporate governance initiatives in further depth in the 2021 Integrated Report.
Various external bodies have awarded Applus+ positive and above average scores in this area. With an AA rating, MSCI ESG Ratings has recognised the company as one of the global leaders in sustainability in the inspection, testing and certification sector. The CDP has given us a B rating, which demonstrates that we are above the average in our sector in terms of measuring and managing our environmental impact.
The Group was ranked amongst the top 11% highest-rated companies of all those analysed worldwide by the Sustainalytics index, which highlighted Applus+ ‘solid’ management of ESG risks and our good business ethics, thanks to our robust reporting systems, audits and performance, our adequate management structure and good anti-corruption and anti-bribery policies. Another important industrial index, Gaïa Rating, rated the company's current state of ESG as "mature", and included it within the top 20% of companies evaluated by the agency, exceeding their comparison standards in all categories. In addition, we continue to be part of the FTSE4Good Index IBEX, from 2019 to the present day.
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