The Non-Financial Rating Agency Vigeo-Eiris Classifies Korian 1st Company in the Healthcare Sector for its ESG1 Commitments
19 Ottobre 2021 - 05:47PM
Business Wire
- Score of 57/100 qualified as « robust », placing Korian at
the top of the ranking of companies in the Healthcare
sector
- Strong improvement in 2021 ESG performance ESG:
- Environment: Score of 57/100, up
sharply compared to 2020, welcoming the low carbon trajectory
initiated in 2019 - Social: Score of 53/100, reflecting
respect for Human Rights and the quality of social dialogue -
Governance: Score of 62/100, highlighting the best market
practices
Korian (Paris:KORI), the leading European care services company
for elderly and fragile people, welcomes the report published early
October by the non-financial rating agency Vigeo-Eiris (V.E), a
subsidiary of Moody's Corporation, which ranks the Group first
among the 47 companies in the “Healthcare equipment and services”
sector.
The V.E agency uses environmental, societal commitment, business
ethics, Human Rights and governance criteria to define the ESG
performance rating of the companies evaluated.
The overall rating assigned by the V.E agency is 57/100,
qualified as robust, up nearly 20 points compared to 2020 (38/100).
In detail, the Environment rating stood at 57 (vs. 32 in 2020), the
Social rating at 53/100 (vs. 36/100 in 2020) and the Governance
rating at 62 (vs. 42 in 2020), well above the average performance
of the sector.
These results bear witness to both the mission and the values
of the Group for the benefit of its stakeholders, as well as the
very strong support of all employees for the CSR2 strategy actively
deployed since 2019 through 5 pillars and 15 commitments.
"The very significant increase in the rating of Vigeo-Eiris
linked to our ESG performance, reflects the progress made in terms
of quality, ethics, social commitments and environmental impacts.
And this thanks to collective initiatives and monitoring indicators
put in place several years ago”, declares Sophie Boissard, CEO of
Korian group. “It also reflects a solid organization in terms of
governance and recognized transparency in our dialogue with our
various stakeholders”.
Next communication: 28 October 2021 – Q3
Revenue 2021
About Korian
Korian, the leading European care services group for elderly and
fragile people. www.korian.com
Korian has been listed on Euronext Paris
Section A since November 2006 and is included in the following
indices: SBF 120, CAC Health Care, CAC Mid 60, CAC Mid & Small
and MSCI Global Small Cap Euronext ticker: KORI - ISIN:
FR0010386334 – Reuters: KORI.PA – Bloomberg: KORI.FP
1 Environment – Social - Governance 2 Corporate Social
Responsibility
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