ECO is committed to Sustainability

ECO is committed to embedding sustainability into the high standards set for its business dealings. We recognise the value of incorporating the principles of Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) into everything we do.

Focusing to succeed

ECO intends to continue our focus on the Environment and DEI

  • We aim to be carbon neutral by at least 2045. This will be achieved by implementing a variety of initiatives in the UK and the wider global business.
  • We aim to achieve excellence in diversity, focusing on gender parity and ethnic diversity that reflects the regions in which we work.
Find out more in NEW Sustainability Report
UN Sustainable development goals

Committed to UN SDGs

ECO is committed to all of the UN SDGS and aspires to contribute to six which are aligned with our current and future business and intentions.

No Poverty

ECO focuses on economically important diseases of pigs and poultry; by treating and controlling these diseases, animals are healthier and grow more profitably, enhancing the incomes of their keepers.

Zero Hunger

ECO improves the health of pigs and poultry, providing healthy and nutritious meat and eggs to populations around the world.

Good Health and Wellbeing

ECO provides a challenging and safe workplace to global staff, business growth to distributors, funds to enable chosen charities to help those they support and profitable pig and poultry production to producers, increasing their livelihoods and nutrition.

Gender Equality

ECO is committed to gender parity for its workforce and our chosen international charity promotes gender equality as part of its work.

Decent work and economic growth

ECO staff experience work and development opportunities, customers are supported with training and knowledge to better their businesses and we develop upstream and downstream partnerships and employment to suppliers and distributors.

Responsible Production and Consumption

Changes and improvements made by our key supplier and in the UK Southgate office have increased our sustainability.

Ethnicity information was collected across the business

and is presented below for Managers and Non-Managers.

Managers and non-managers ethnicity

 

 

 

 

Gender diversity

Gender diversity is reflected in our business

ECO recognises the value of gender diversity in business and commits to improving gender diversity through a combination of recruitment, retention and training programmes.

ECO has committed to supporting an Employee Engagement Group for Women and to improve gender diversity across all regions, levels and functions of the Company through a combination of recruitment, retention and training programmes.

Sustainability Sources

Sustainability Report 2023-2024

In-Depth Sustainability Report 2022-2023

Sustainability Report 2022-2023

Sustainability Report 2021-2022

Sustainability Report 2020-2021

ESG ratings agency

Rated ‘A’

ECO achieved an A-rating (‘Very Good’) for its ESG activities from Integrum ESG, who provide independent ESG ratings to a large number of companies. An ‘A’ rating is the highest score possible and higher than approximately 300 other companies ranked in the same sub-sector.

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