Leonardo Joins CSR Europe to Enhance its Sustainability Transformation and Take the Lead in the Aerospace and Defence Sector
The global company leader in Aerospace, Defence and Security furthers its commitment to innovate approaches to sustainable supply chains, circular economy and transparent and responsible business conduct, increasing competitiveness, and resilience.
Leonardo, the Italian global company operating in the aerospace, defence, and security industry (AD&S), has joined CSR Europe to lead on sustainability and contribute to the development of a more sustainable business approach of its sector. Leonardo is CSR Europe’s first corporate member active in AD&S to engage, at a time when Europe is reaffirming its commitment to its own defence industry.
Renata Mele, Senior Vice President Sustainability at Leonardo, said:
“Becoming part of a community as CSR Europe means accelerating our path in sustainability. Founding our action in important international recognitions - as the confirmation, for the second year in a row, as UN Global Compact LEAD, and for the third year as sector leader of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices – we are willing to enable a digital, green and just transition by contributing through our competencies, technologies and solutions, to build a comprehensive and systemic approach to sustainability.”
In 2020, Leonardo adopted “Be Tomorrow – Leonardo 2030” a new strategic approach for the next decade and the 2030 Sustainability Masterplan aimed at integrating sustainability into the company’s value chain for the development of new solutions and business models. This new long-term vision is centred on technological innovation and digitalisation capabilities to address global challenges in line with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and the European Green Deal.
As CSR Europe’s corporate member, Leonardo brings more than a decade of experience in developing ecosystems involving suppliers in initiatives focused on digital transformation, cyber security, and social and environmental responsibility. With the programme LEAP2020 (Leonardo Empowering Advanced Partnerships), the company is working to create more solid and sustainable relationships between the Group and its supply chain, and to foster growth in terms of scale and quality, both in the short and long term, using a new industrial and supply chain approach.
Within CSR Europe, Leonardo will take part in several workstreams, with a special focus on sustainable finance, the European taxonomy, as well as topics related to responsible business conduct and circular economy.
“We welcome Leonardo to CSR Europe and look forward to collaborating with the company and other corporate members not only on circular economy and sustainable supply chain agenda but also on the new topic of responsible business conduct ”, said CSR Europe Executive Director, Stefan Crets. “The systemic nature of the sustainability challenges that we face means that multistakeholder action is the only viable route to delivering more sustainable outcomes for more stakeholders. By working together with other business leaders and multinational organisations, Leonardo will contribute to lead the sustainable transformation of an industry that was not always at the centre of our attention”.
“Together with CSR Europe and the other members, we can scale up actions in sustainability issues where shared initiative is needed” commented Mrs Mele. “That is the case of topics central for EU vision as circular economy and human capital competencies, fields that are a fundamental value for Leonardo and its ecosystem. It is also a great opportunity to engage on how we enact sustainability within the AD&S complexity.”
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