Worldline keeps top five position in Vigeo Eiris ESG rating

By Sunniva Kolostyak

Worldline, the payments and transactional services provider, has been rated one of the five best companies in the software and IT sector for environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations in an assessment by Vigeo Eiris.

The rating agency found that Worldline has maintained its position in the top 5 of the most sustainable companies of the IT & Software services sector for the third time, achieving a 12-point improvement compared to its first assessment of corporate social responsibility.

Its global score of 59/100 is based on ESG criteria related to the environment, human resources, human rights, community involvement, business behaviour and corporate governance.

In relation to the environment, Worldline obtained a score of 82/100, 25 points above the average performance of its sector, as its strategy demonstrated its efforts to strengthen its action to fight against climate change and to accelerate its transformation to become a low-carbon company.

As part of its environmental strategy, Worldline has made a special commitment to reduce its carbon intensity by 2 per cent per year, double the quota of renewable energies in its energy consumption, extend the ISO 14001 certification to all of its data centres and sites with more than 500 employees and to reach carbon neutrality for all of its activities by 2020.

It scored 80/100 for human resources, career management and promotion of employability. Worldline noted in its statement that this achievement comes from its conviction that its human capital is ‘its best asset to reach its current and future business goals’.

Consequently, the company has implemented a wide range of learning and development, internal mobility and career opportunities and programs to ensure its employees’ development, skills, motivation and employability. Furthermore, the efforts made by Worldline to structure the social dialogue in all the countries in which it operates, with the creation of its European work council also contribute to reach an overall score of 60/100, 29 points above the average in the sector, regarding all social matters including fundamental human rights and non-discrimination practices.

Sébastien Mandron, Corporate Social Responsibility Officer at Worldline, said: “This new recognition from Vigeo Eiris demonstrates the maturity and on-going success of Worldline’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategy, strongly supported by its TRUST 2020 program and management team, and its exemplary practices to consistently address the most critical sustainably challenges of its industry.”