Experian Sustainable Business Report 2020 Highlights Financial Recovery Solutions, Carbon Neutral Commitment
09 Julho 2020 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
- Experian commits to reach 100 million additional consumers by
2025 via social innovation products and services
- Global data company commits to becoming carbon neutral by
2030
Experian has published its annual Sustainable Business Report
2020, outlining the Group’s commitment to social and environmental
issues, as well as details of its corporate responsibility
performance.
The Sustainable Business Report 2020 highlights Experian’s
target to reach an additional 100 million people globally by 2025
with social innovation products and services1.This programme
includes several noteworthy initiatives which are already underway
including:
- The Recovery Portal (Limpa Nome), which has helped more than 14
million consumers in Brazil renegotiate their debts.
- The Prove ID-Link which has helped more than 15 million people
in India to prove their identity, so that they can open a bank
account and access credit for the first time.
The Sustainable Business Report also highlights Experian’s
ambition to become carbon neutral by 2030 - recognising the urgent
need for more businesses to accelerate their response to climate
change. Reducing the footprint of offices and data centres using
renewable energy, the carbon impact of business travel, and
investment in high quality carbon offsetting projects, have been
identified as essential steps to help achieve the ambitious
target.
In the last year, Experian has managed to reduce its absolute
carbon footprint by 8% – from 47.7 to 43.7 thousand tonnes of CO2e
– and cut the carbon intensity of the business by 14% per US$1,000
of revenue compared with the previous year. This was achieved
through improved energy efficiency in its buildings, along with the
consolidation of offices. 29% of Experian’s worldwide energy was
also renewable.
Charles Brown, Company Secretary at Experian, said: “The
COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the fundamental importance of
data as we tackle this unprecedented challenge. We are proud of the
way our people and business have stepped up to provide broader help
in this time of crisis.
We have a role to play in helping societies recover, and we are
leading the way in providing education, advice and free tools to
consumers as well as significant and valuable help to governments
across the world.”
Other key takeaways from this year’s Sustainability
Reports:
- Experian employees volunteered 54,500 hours in and outside of
work time to support their communities. This included over 3,500
hours in March 2020 to support communities as the COVID-19 crisis
took hold.
- In Brazil, Experian has supported the introduction of new
legislation enabling millions of consumers to benefit from the use
of ‘positive’ data about the credit and other bills they pay on
time.
- Experian Boost helped over 1.5 million Americans improve their
credit scores, collectively boosting their FICO® scores by more
than 17 million points.
- This year, our Social Innovation programme reached 14 million
additional people with our products and services.
You can read the full Sustainable Business Report 2020 on the
Experian plc Website.
About Experian
Experian is the world’s leading global information services
company. During life’s big moments – from buying a home or a car,
to sending a child to college, to growing a business by connecting
with new customers – we empower consumers and our clients to manage
their data with confidence. We help individuals to take financial
control and access financial services, businesses to make smarter
decisions and thrive, lenders to lend more responsibly, and
organisations to prevent identity fraud and crime.
We have 17,800 people operating across 45 countries and every
day we’re investing in new technologies, talented people and
innovation to help all our clients maximise every opportunity. We
are listed on the London Stock Exchange (EXPN) and are a
constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
Learn more at www.experianplc.com or visit our global content
hub at our global news blog for the latest news and insights from
the Group.
1 since re-launch of the social innovation programme in
2013.
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Nick Jones Experian Public Relations
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Experian Public Relations
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