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Flex Releases its 2023 Sustainability Report
September 6, 2023 | FlexEstimated reading time: 1 minute
Flex published its 2023 sustainability report, highlighting the company's global sustainability activities, performance, and results from calendar year 2022. The report reveals Flex's progress toward its 2030 sustainability goals to reduce its environmental impact, invest in local communities, advance a safe, inclusive, and respectful workplace, drive responsible, ethical business practices and accelerate a more sustainable value chain in partnership with customers and suppliers.
"The strides we've made toward our long-term commitments is a testament to our 170,000 employees' ongoing dedication and contributions, and collaboration with our suppliers and customers," said Kyra Whitten, Senior Vice President, Corporate Marketing, Communications, and Sustainability at Flex. "Sustainability is an ongoing journey, and we will continue to further embrace sustainable, responsible manufacturing practices as we build great products for our customers, deliver stakeholder value, and do our part to help address broader environmental and social call-to-actions for current and future generations."
2022 sustainability accomplishments
- 27 percent decrease in absolute scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions from 2019 baseline year1
- 100 percent of major sites2 partnered with a local non-governmental organization
- 17 percent reduction in safety incident rate year over year
- 100 percent of employees had access to emotional / mental health programs
- 35 percent of preferred suppliers and 64 percent of specified customers3 had greenhouse gas emissions reduction and science-based targets, respectively
- Released first Task force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) report to share the company's approach to TCFD's key areas of governance, strategy, risk management, metrics and targets
In 2022, Flex received accolades and awards for its sustainability and ESG leadership and performance, including receiving a Manufacturing Leadership Award for its 2030 sustainability strategy and commitments, Business Intelligence Group's Initiative of the Year for its Supplier Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Program and Cisco's Excellence in Sustainability Award, among others. Additionally, the company was named to CDP's supplier engagement leaderboard and A-List for water security for the second and third consecutive year, respectively, and included in the S&P Global's Sustainability Yearbook for the fourth year in a row.
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