EMCOR Group

No leading practices were identified for the company in the governance and strategy area.

No leading practices were identified for the company in the ecosystems and biodiversity area.

No leading practices were identified for the company in the social inclusion and community impact area.

Sustainability strategy and accountability
EMCOR Group discloses no sustainability strategy with nature-related targets and does not report on sustainability accountability within its governance structure.

Stakeholder engagement
EMCOR Group does not disclose how it engages with stakeholders, nor the issues it raises during such activities.

Lobbying
EMCOR Group discloses a list of trade associations of which it is a member wherever it operates. However, the company does not disclose a clear and detailed framework for assessing alignment of its trade associations with nature-positive policies. The company does not report (potential) misalignment between the lobbying activities of its trade associations and nature-positive policies.

Impact and dependencies assessment
EMCOR Group has not holistically assessed its impacts or how it depends on nature, including biodiversity. It has an opportunity to start such an assessment across its value chains, focused on quantification of its impacts or dependencies.

Key areas and species
EMCOR Group does not disclose key species or areas important for biodiversity affected by its operations or suppliers. It has an opportunity to increase its transparency.

Ecosystem conversion and restoration
No evidence was found regarding EMCOR Group’s efforts to avoid ecosystem conversion, including deforestation, or promote restoration. The company has an opportunity to develop a strategy and publicly report on specific, time-bound targets.

Resource exploitation and circularity
No evidence was found regarding EMCOR Group’s efforts to work towards a circular economy or which organisms it exploits. The company has an opportunity to develop a strategy and publicly report on specific, time-bound targets. The company does not disclose efforts to improve soil health.

Water
No evidence that EMCOR Group reduces water withdrawal across the company’s own operations was found. The company does not disclose a time-bound target to reduce water withdrawal across its own operations. The company does not report how much water is withdrawn for its own operations in water-stressed areas. The company does not engage with suppliers to reduce water withdrawal.
EMCOR Group reports a decrease in water pollution. The company does not disclose its processes for managing and monitoring discharge water quality. The company does not regularly report on water pollution. The company does not disclose targets to reduce water pollution. The company does not disclose a commitment to respect the right to water. The company does not disclose its processes for implementing preventive and corrective action plans for identified specific risks to the right to water and sanitation in its own operations.

Solid and air pollution
EMCOR Group does not disclose relevant information related to pollution in its operations or supply chains. Although the company discloses its management of hazardous waste, no evidence that the company reduces production of hazardous waste.

GHG emissions
While EMCOR Group discloses its amount of scope 1 and 2 emissions in 2020, it is unclear whether there is an absolute reduction. While the company plans to set a target to reduce scope 1 and 2 emissions, the emission intensity target does not translate to an absolute reduction of emissions. No evidence that the company reports progress against these targets and that the target is aligned with 1.5°C trajectory.
EMCOR Group does not disclose any information on scope 3 emissions, nor has it set a time-bound reduction target. The company must immediately set a reduction target aligned with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5-degree trajectory.

Invasive species
EMCOR Group has not identified any activities that could lead to the introduction of invasive alien species in its own operations.

Safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment
EMCOR Group does not disclose a commitment to respecting local communities’ right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment or to zero tolerance for acts of violence, threats, intimidation or judicial harassment committed against land and environmental rights defenders.

Indigenous peoples’ and land rights
EMCOR Group does not disclose a commitment to respecting Indigenous Peoples’ rights or land rights of local communities.

EMCOR Group has an opportunity to describe a comprehensive process for identifying its human rights risks and impacts across all its activities, especially through its business relationships.  The company has an opportunity to describe a process for assessing the human rights risks it has identified and to disclose what it considers to be its salient human rights issues. A description of this process would include how relevant factors are considered, such as geographical, economic and social factors. No evidence was found that the company has a global system to act on its salient human rights issues. The company has an opportunity to disclose the stakeholders it engages with on human rights risks.

EMCOR Group has a publicly available policy statement which shows it is committed to respecting the health and safety of workers and that it expects its suppliers to commit so as well. The company discloses a time-bound target for paying all workers a living wage/ that it has achieved paying all workers a living wage. No evidence that the company describes how it determines a living wage for the regions where it operates was found. The company describes how it works to support the payment of a living wage by its suppliers.
EMCOR Group discloses the proportion of its total direct operations workforce covered by collective bargaining agreements. While the company states that it encourages its suppliers to respect employees’ right to freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining, it has an opportunity to describe how it works to support the practices of its suppliers in relation to those.

EMCOR Group discloses a tax strategy, but it is not applicable to all its operations.  No evidence that the company describes the process for identifying its bribery and corruption risks and impacts in specific locations or activities covering its own operations was found. The company includes anti-bribery and anti-corruption clauses in its contracts with direct business relationships. No evidence that the company has a publicly available policy statement or policy setting out its lobbying and political engagement approach was found. The company states that it does not make political contributions but does not formalise this commitment in a public policy document.