FirstGroup has been ranked in the top 6% of more than 300 companies included in the 'Transportation and Transportation Infrastructure' sector of this year's S&P Sustainability Yearbook, appearing in the rankings for the second year running.
FirstGroup achieved an overall score of 62 out of 100, outperforming the industry average of 32.
S&P considered more than 9,300 companies, across 61 industries in its annual Corporate Sustainability Assessment. To be listed within the Yearbook, companies must score within the top 15% of their industry group and must achieve an S&P Global Sustainability Score within 30% of their industry's top-performing company. FirstGroup was one of only 733 companies who made it into the 2024 Yearbook and is the only
FirstGroup scored strongly across each of S&P's Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) criteria, most notably in Emissions and Climate Strategy.
FirstGroup scored highly in the Emissions category, thanks to the strong progress made against its targets to reduce Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions, in both its bus and rail businesses. This includes the ongoing decarbonisation of its bus fleet and infrastructure as part of its ambitious 2035 decarbonisation target, as well as a
In terms of Climate Strategy, climate change is reported as one of
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