EcoVadis

Sustainable Supply Chain

Sustainability sits at the heart of Hitachi Rail’s supply chain strategy to address the climate crisis and transition to a regenerative economic model. Most of the business social and environmental impact occurs in the supply chain. Through its Sustainable Supply Chain Strategy, Hitachi Rail drives positive intentions, delivers sustainable change, and ultimately empowers the achievement of its Sustainable Development Goals promises.

EcoVadis is a third-party provider of business sustainability ratings that organisations can use to understand more about its sustainability performance and the sustainability performance of its suppliers.

Since its founding in 2007, EcoVadis has rated globally over 130,000 companies on its platform in areas covering Environment, Labour & Human Rights, Ethics, and Sustainable Procurement.

EcoVadis Sustainability Rating

Hitachi Rail Limited has earned a Platinum Medal, a recognition awarded to the Top 1% of companies assessed by EcoVadis in the 12 months prior to the medal issue date. It reflects the quality of the company's sustainability management system and demonstrates a commitment to promoting transparency throughout the value chain.

This rating, covering the global rail business unit, displays our commitment to drive a sustainable business strategy that cares about the wellbeing of its people, the environment around us and the prominent role we hold in the decarbonization of the transport sector.

Sustainability is not an ambition alongside business – it is increasingly integrated into how business creates value. Achieving EcoVadis Platinum reflects the progress we are making in embedding sustainability into the way we operate, make decisions, and manage risk. It also reflects the commitment of colleagues across our business who are strengthening performance, building resilience, and creating value every day

Dr. Maiya Shibasaki

Chief Sustainability Officer

Measuring Shared Successes

Hitachi Rail supplier mapping through EcoVadis is composed of the following main steps:

Screening of Hitachi Rail’s risk distribution per theme - EcoVadis IQ:

Screening of suppliers using the EcoVadis IQ platform which profiles and maps the supply base for environmental, social and ethical risk using inherent industry & country sustainability risk profiles.

Assessment of the sustainability performance of suppliers – EcoVadis Rating:

Actual assessment of suppliers based on risk and supplier materiality through registration in the EcoVadis ratings platform.

Assessment of the carbon performance of suppliers - Carbon Scorecard:

Monitoring of the carbon performance of rated suppliers eligible for the Carbon Scorecard.