R&M, the globally active developer and provider of cabling systems for high-quality network infrastructures, based in Wetzikon, Switzerland, has been awarded Silver for sustainable, ethical, and responsible action in this year’s Sustainability Assessment by the rating organization EcoVadis.

«In the overall assessment of the sustainability rating, R&M has improved by 30 percent within a year and is well above the industry average. This is an important achievement for the entire Group. The EcoVadis Silver Award underlines the lasting impact of our measures and processes. This applies equally to climate and environment protection, to procurement and business ethics, and labor and human rights,» says CEO Michel Riva.

Sustainability is part of the network specialist’s tradition and strategic goals. It is an integral part of the culture of the independent family-owned company. R&M is guided by the UN’s 17-point program and the ten principles of the UN Global Compact. The Sustainability Report, published annually in spring, documents progress in detail and makes it transparent to the market.

The family-owned company refined its sustainability strategy in early 2021 and defined further measurable targets. Eleven of the 14 R&M plants worldwide use an environmental management system that is certified in accordance with ISO 14001. R&M wants to halve the CO2 emissions of its plants by 2030 and achieve climate-neutral production worldwide by 2050. A science-based CO2 balancing exercise was launched for monitoring purposes. R&M places great importance on ethical sound behavior, education, equality, labor, human rights, and sustainability in the supply chain. According to the EcoVadis rating, R&M has made strong improvements in all these areas of activity.

R&M is convinced that good connectivity infrastructures serve society. They promote networking and increased efficiency, and can help to reduce time-consuming business trips and climate-damaging car traffic.

R&M now also shows the Sustainability goals 2030, their operational realization, the contribution to the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals, and the implementation of the ten principles of sustainable companies in accordance with the UN Global Compact in a detailed sustainability roadmap.

Working on the sustainable infrastructure of tomorrow and continuously improving connectivity worldwide motivates us every day.

Michel Riva, CEO of R&M