Sustainability - RUBIX: Europe’s industrial supply & distribution network

Our approach to sustainability

We exist to keep the wheels of industry turning – right across Europe. That is our purpose. We are committed to delivering sustainable long-term value for our customers, employees, investors and other stakeholders.

As Europe’s leading distributor of industrial products and services, we have both the opportunity and the responsibility to reduce the environmental impact of European manufacturing.

As we strive to limit the impact we have on the environment, we have taken a number of steps to address our own carbon footprint, reducing energy consumption and waste:

Our automated packaging machines reduce unnecessary cardboard consumption while increasing the capacity of the vehicles carrying the goods.

We have also optimised our transport routes and consolidated orders, cutting kilometres travelled by more than 20 per cent.

To further reduce our environmental impact, we have implemented video conferencing across to all major sites, reducing flights by more than 30 per cent.

Helping our customers on their sustainability journeys

Our products and services include different ways that we can help our customers on their sustainability journeys, reducing cost and wastage and maximising energy efficiency.

These include a wide range of condition monitoring and maintenance services that support our customers in their efforts, reducing the energy consumption of their manufacturing and processing plants.

For example, air pressure leakage is causing 14% energy consumption waste across the manufacturing sector. We can help our customers to solve this problem.

Our Code of Conduct

We do our best to protect the environment and to limit the impact we have on it. This includes reducing our carbon footprint by reducing energy consumption and waste.

We are committed to meeting our responsibility for respecting and promoting human rights and to protecting our employees from all forms of discrimination. We do not tolerate any form of corruption and take a hard line to prevent abuse.

EcoVadis Silver

From 2019, the Rubix Group has been certified as “EcoVadis Silver 2019”, placing us in the Top 30% in Corporate Social Responsibility in our industry.

Internationally, Rubix operational sites achieve official accreditations in domains such as environmental management (ISO 14001), quality management (ISO 9001), occupational safety (OHSAS 18001) and energy management (ISO 50001).

To read the full report on our business by EcoVadis, please download it here.

We support UN Global Compact

We aim to create a culture of integrity across the Rubix organisation in operating responsibly, in alignment with universal sustainability principles and take actions that benefit the society around us. In addition, we commit to pushing sustainability as part of our culture, with a view to reporting annually on our ongoing efforts.

Supplier Code of Conduct

We provide technical advice and specialist knowledge to our customers, applying solutions that advance their businesses in a sustainable and efficient way.

We pride ourselves on operating with high standards of integrity and business ethics.

Our suppliers are an essential part of this approach and we ask them to share our commitment to regulatory compliance, human rights, business ethics and environmental responsibility.

The purpose of our Supplier Code of Conduct is to ensure their engagement on these fundamental principles, and to ensure the commitment of their own supply chain.

We value our relationship with our suppliers and we are confident that the Code will make that relationship even stronger for the benefit of our customers.

To read the full Supplier Code of Conduct, please download it here.