RS Group, listed on the London Stock Exchange and a global supplier of an extensive range of products and solutions for industrial customers, recently announced that it has retained its place on the CDP A List in 2025. Once again it is listed in the top 4% of companies globally for climate leadership.
The group operates in 36 markets, stocks over 800 000 industrial and specialist products and lists an additional five million relevant to its industrial customers, sourced from over 2 500 suppliers. It supports customers across the industrial lifecycle – in designing, building, and maintaining equipment and operations – enabling them to operate efficiently.
CDP is a global non-profit organisation driving environmental transparency to help balance people, planet, and profit, supporting informed decisions for a sustainable world. It runs the world’s only independent environmental disclosure system for companies, capital markets, cities, states and regions to manage their environmental impacts.
A CDP listing is considered one of the most extensive and prestigious benchmarks of climate action and disclosure globally, with two-thirds of global market capitalisation, from 130 countries, disclosing critical environmental data through CDP.
The A List is reserved for those companies showing advanced climate leadership. For the RS Group, its latest CDP recognition reflects the progress the group is making in its 2030 ESG action plan, from cutting carbon and decarbonising logistics, to expanding its Better World product range and working closely with suppliers to build a more sustainable industrial value chain for its customers.
Some highlights from H1 2025/26 illustrate this progress.
Carbon emissions: Down 64% since its 2019/20 baseline, a result of net zero initiatives in its distribution centres and fleet. A number of the group’s key sites are powered by solar panels and almost half of its global fleet is now electric or hybrid. This year, RS UK Safety Solutions switched its HGVs from diesel to biofuels, made from food waste like vegetable oil and changed its RS Locals vans to electric models.
Greener packaging: 89% of packaging now includes over 50% recycled content, and 95% is recyclable. The group also introduced a bio-based polymer into plastic carriers used for small electronic items at its Corby site – helping to cut single-use plastic and support circular solutions.
Logistics decarbonisation: Product transport emissions intensity is down 35% from the 2019/20 baseline, supported by logistics optimisation to reduce distance travelled and the switch to electric last mile – all enabled by a regional distribution model and the group’s logistics carriers prioritising sustainability.
Better World products: The RS Group’s flagship sustainability initiative now includes c.33 000 products from 140+ suppliers, and it plans to expand the range further in 2026 via Better World solutions, which help customers run their businesses more sustainably.
Supplier collaboration: The group works with its suppliers to prioritise carbon reductions, optimise sourcing and distribution routes and improve the sustainability benefits and features of their products. 40% have set science-based targets, 57% have joined EcoVadis, and 78% of RS PRO suppliers are Sedex members.
Andrea Barrett, Chief Sustainability Officer, said: “Being on the CDP A List reflects our action on climate change and the efforts of our teams and partners across the global industrial value chain to reduce environmental impacts while creating long-term value for our stakeholders.
“There’s still more to do, and we’re working closely with suppliers to drive value for the environment and our stakeholders through sustainable products, carbon reductions, and greater transparency.’’
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