RS GROUP EARNS ECOVADIS PLATINUM MEDAL SUSTAINABILITY RATING FOR THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR

RS-Group awarded a platinum sustainability rating from Ecovadis for second time

LONDON, UK, 22 January 2025 – RS Group plc (LSE: RS1), a global digitally enabled distributor of product and service solutions for industrial customers, today announced that it has received a Platinum rating from EcoVadis, for the third consecutive year. EcoVadis is the premier global ESG rating used by customers, suppliers, and more than 150,000 companies worldwide.

RS Integrated Supply, part of RS Group, contributed to the platinum recognition, the highest level awarded by EcoVadis. It places RS Group in the top 1% of the rated companies.

EcoVadis changed its scoring methodology this year with medals and rankings placed against all companies, not just peers or sector, making it more challenging to retain Platinum level recognition.

However, RS Group managed to increase its overall score while earning advanced ratings under the key themes of Environment, Labor & Human Rights, and Sustainable Procurement.

The platinum medal achieved by RS provides stakeholders with confidence in the company’s ESG approach. Many RS customers use EcoVadis to screen and select strategic procurement partners, and RS in turn requests its strategic supplier partners to undertake an EcoVadis assessment as part of its ESG action plan.

RS Integrated Supply

RS Integrated Supply, part of RS Group, is a global MRO supply chain services provider, offering outsourced Procurement & Storeroom Solutions™ to manufacturing, assembly, and process industry clients. RS Integrated Supply was introduced by RS Group in 2022 after combining Synovos and IESA, two procurement and supply chain management companies. Together, the two form the world’s first MRO supply chain services company with true global reach. www.rs-integratedsupply.com

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RS Group plc provides product and service solutions that help our customers design, build, maintain, repair, and operate industrial equipment and operations, safely and sustainably. We stock more than 750,000 industrial and electronic products, sourced from over 2,500 leading suppliers, and provide a wide range of product and service solutions to 1.1 million customers.

We support customers across the product lifecycle, whether via innovation and technical support at the design phase, improving time to market and productivity at the build phase, or reducing purchasing costs and optimizing inventory in the maintenance, repair, and operation phase. We offer our customers tailored product and service propositions that are essential for the successful operation of their businesses and help them save time and money.

RS Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange with stock ticker RS1 and in the year ended 31 March 2023 reported revenue of £2,982 million.

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