Mercuria CSR Report 2020 - Flipbook - Page 13
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages. Mercuria has continued
to strengthen its own Health and Safety programme, as well as ensuring appropriate
attention to the communities and environments in proximity to its operations.
Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy
for all. Beyond the fundamental core of our business in bring energy commodities to
markets, Mercuria is actively investing in those areas which will further our participation
in the future energy transition.
Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive
employment and decent work for all. Mercuria takes great pride in not only its directly
held employees, but also in the efforts of the even larger group of persons employed
within the various holdings of the Group. Where we have controlling interests, component
to those operations are considerations tied to employment of local persons consistent
with industry pay scales.
Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster
innovation. Mercuria’s efforts to intensify its investments with the aim of supporting the
future energy transition exemplify real and tangible evidence of the organization’s efforts
in this aim.
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts. Mercuria has implemented
steps across all its offices with regard to its concern for the climate. Of even greater
benefit within this SDG is the company’s development effort tied to the targeted shift in
its asset holdings.
Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access
to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.
Mercuria sees its deliberate efforts to support transitional and renewable energies
in its portfolio as an effective and means of advancing not only the Global interests
concerning climate change, but also to help ensure shared and common access to
energy supplies for all communities.
Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for
sustainable development. In order to further our and the industries framework for
reporting, benchmarking and transparency we have recently committed our support to
the World Economic Forum (WEF) stakeholder capitalism reporting framework. This
initiative aims to increase corporate reporting on sustainability, will allow us to be a part
of the progressive work that the WEF is doing in this space.
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