Asics earns top sustainability kudos
The brand is being recognized for its climate leadership for the second year in a row
Asics has again secured CDP’s top “A” rating for climate change, with the international non-profit—formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project—recognizing the brand’s ongoing sustainability work.
Top score for climate action
The rating recognizes Asics’s ongoing push to treat climate change as a core management issue rather than simply a side project. Climate-related risks and opportunities are built into the company’s business strategy, in line with its management philosophy.
Working with suppliers and other partners, Asics is aiming to cut greenhouse gas emissions across its entire value chain, not only within its own facilities. Keeping the “A” rating for a second year suggests that this approach is landing with CDP’s scoring system.
What is CDP?
CDP is an international non-profit that runs a global environmental disclosure system. The system is used by investors, companies, states, regions and cities that report on their environmental impacts. It collects data so investors and other stakeholders can measure and manage environmental impacts. In Asics’s case, climate-related information is disclosed to CDP as part of this process.
Next steps for Asics
Asics says it will keep improving the transparency of its climate reporting through CDP and continue to drive sustainability-focused initiatives through every part of the business. The company describes sustainability and climate change measures, in particular, as being at the core of how it is managed. That includes ongoing work with suppliers and other stakeholders in its value chain.
More details on the company’s sustainability activities are available on its corporate website here.
