Certifications firm SGS launches Impact Now to track sustainability

With a focus on sustainability needs and climate action, Swiss multinational, SGS has launched a service concept, Impact Now, designed to provide businesses with tailored solutions to help them meet evolving market demands and regulatory requirements while contributing positively to the planet’s future.

Acknowledging the growing demand for sustainability, Swiss testing and certifications company SGS has introduced its new sustainability service concept, Impact Now. Designed to respond to dynamic market demands and the planet’s pressing challenges, this initiative aims to provide timely, effective solutions, the company states in a recent press release.

The concept provides tailored solutions to assist clients in achieving their specific sustainability goals.

“Impact Now for sustainability is more than just a concept. We are addressing the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste. Embedding sustainability into every action we take and every service we provide contributes positively to society and achieving a nature positive and pollution free world,” says Géraldine Picaud, CEO, SGS.

The company says that ‘Impact Now’ brings together SGS’s sustainability services under four key areas, namely climate, circularity, nature and ESG assurance. These pillars provide businesses with reliable compliance solutions that help tackle the major environmental and social challenges facing the planet.

• Climate – greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions and the energy transition towards net-zero
• Circularity – reducing plastic pollution and enabling circularity through sustainable design, material optimization, recyclability and effective waste management
• Nature – environmental risk management, including contamination (PFAS, microplastics, etc.), to curb biodiversity loss and ecosystem damage
• ESG assurance – aligning skills and strategy with regulatory and corporate objectives requirements to ensure accountability, accuracy and consistency in ESG disclosures

The statement adds that as new regulations require ESG disclosures and there is an increasing focus on sustainable processes and products, Impact Now for sustainability offers a complete platform that provides businesses with customised solutions to improve sustainability and ensure compliance.