Long-Term Commitment
We have a strong culture of health and safety across our businesses, we champion fair labor standards in emerging markets, and we are working on fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce. We contribute to our communities and the world we live in. Through long-term partnerships, we champion education and digital skill building, respond to humanitarian needs, and support refugees. We look for ways to safeguard the environment and to support climate action.
Agility Global Highlights
Materiality by Business
ESG in Material Operating Businesses
Each business is following its own ESG roadmap based on its sector and geographical priorities.
Menzies
Environment
- Net-zero across all 3 scopes by 2045. Menzies’ net-zero targets were approved by the SBTi in June 2024.
- 25% of global motorized GSE to be electric by 2025, with 17% of all GSE electric as of 2023 (on track to meet the 25% goal.)
- Signatory of Clean Skies for Tomorrow to accelerate sustainable aviation fuels
Social
- Zero-tolerance approach to breaches of human rights and all forms of modern slavery and human trafficking
- Evaluates all suppliers for risks relating to human rights, modern slavery, child labor and unsafe working conditions.
- Safety training compliance averages 97.37% with more than 1,917,273 of safety training hours delivered to Menzies staff in 2023.
- Diversity Targets aligned with IATA’s 25by2025 campaign of 25% of senior management roles filled by women by 2025; 40% of middle management by 2033.
- Signatory of the Women’s Empowerment Principles.
- Partnership with Tent to provide reemployment opportunities for refugees.
Governance
- 3-tiers governance (Shareholder, Board of Directors, Management) to ensure checks-and-balances.
- 2 independent directors
- Whistle-blower reporting
- UN Global Compact signatory and supporting 8 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s).
Tristar
Environment
- Committed to 2050 net zero emissions, aligning with the UAE’s 2050 net zero target.
- Net-zero roadmap focuses on fuel switching, electrification, energy efficiency, and the sale of low-carbon fuels.
- 46% reduction in energy consumption and 13% reduction in water use from 2022
- Launched a Clean Energy Division in 2023 as a new initiative to decarbonize its operations and bring sustainable solutions to market to help achieve low-carbon transformation and net-zero targets.
- Founding member of the First Movers Coalition
- Represents the Transport and Mobility sector in the UNGC UAE Climate Action Taskforce
Social
- Zero Fatalities or high-consequence injuries reported in 2023.
- Successfully completed 35 internal and 25 external QHSE audits in 2023.
- Signatory of Neptune Declaration to protect seafarers and seafarer rights
- Signatory of the Women’s Empowerment Principles
- 3,500+ children’s education supported in South Sudan and Kenya
- Strong emphasis on health and safety; 14 times award winner of a RoSPA
Governance
- 3-tiers of governance (Shareholder, Board of Directors, Management) to ensure checks-and-balances
- Board, Operational and Audit Committees in place
- Executive ESG Steering Committee reviews and approves ESG strategy, sets ESG goals and targets, and monitors and reports on ESG performance.
- Anti-corruption training for employees
- Whistle-blower reporting
- UN Global Compact signatory and supporting 10 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s).
- Four-pillar approach to Sustainability with a focus on ethics, safety, people and environment.
Agility Logistics Parks
Environment
- Saudi Arabia and Cote D’Ivoire logistics parks received first EDGE Advanced green building certification for warehousing facilities in MENA and West Africa; demonstrating at least 40% more energy efficiency relative to market.
- In India, installation works have started for a 1 MW solar plant at ALP’s warehouse in Bangalore. This will be Agility’s third warehouse in India with a solar plant.
- Installed a water treatment plant on site in Mozambique where site soil conditions do not allow for traditional sewage systems and the cost of operating septic tanks is high. The plant will clean up to 20,000 liters of sewage per day.
- 20-30% of building materials are sourced regionally for most new projects.
Social
- 0 fatalities or high consequence injuries reported in 2023.
- Trains 100% of employees in fair labor, and each operation conducts an annual assessment of its human rights and fair labor risks.
- Fosters local talent and hiring through training and “local jobs first” initiatives. This includes a program to connect customers to community leaders to encourage local hiring.
- Committed to UN Women’s Empowerment Principles
- Vocational training and digital skills training for young people in Cote D’Ivoire, Ghana, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and other locations.
Governance
- 95+% employees trained on HSE, fair labor, anti-corruption
- Whistleblower reporting
- Sustainable procurement program requiring all suppliers to agree with Agility’s ethics, human rights, and environmental performance requirements.
Alliad
Environment
- Emissions are measured and tracked in real time
- Comprehensive water management program
- Camp sites are powered by solar panels where possible.
- Six GCC warehouses are now powered by solar in the Republic of the Congo.
- The company regularly engages with suppliers, local communities and other stakeholders to implement best practice and protect water resources, and aims to set water consumption targets by early 2024.
Social
- Lost Time Injury rate (LTI) for GCC’s food service projects is 1/15th the US industry average.
- Lost Time Injury rate (LTI) for GCC’s engineering and construction projects is 1/6th the US industry average.
- Rigorous approach to supplier due diligence helps ensure the protection of human rights and fair labor practices across its supply chain.
- Partnership with Evolvin’ Women — a social enterprise supporting women who lack access to employment opportunities due to personal, political, or cultural circumstances.
- Signatory to the UN Women’s Empowerment Principles
Governance
- Sustainability team leads ESG programs, sets goals and reports progress to Executive management.
- Supplier contracts include targets for local employment and procurement, including food for camp catering.
- Suppliers must sign the company’s Fair Labor and Ethics Codes of Conduct.
Shipa Companies
- Shipa Ecommerce has a proprietary application to manage supplier and customer emissions reporting.
- Shipa Ecommerce is partnering with a specialist waste management firm to recycle and refurbish undelivered packages.
- Shipa Freight is partnering with an emissions calculation platform to enable customers to understand and mitigate delivery carbon footprint.
- Shipa Delivery transitioned to biodegradable pouches for document delivery to reduce plastic use, and also developed and implemented a route optimization tool to enhance delivery efficiency, reducing carbon emissions
- Shipa Delivery is partnering with a major customer to introduce hybrid vehicles in Kuwait for last mile deliveries.