Our strategic focus on sustainable growth and progress is fuelled by free, honest, open, and ethical business practices and people-centric policies to foster a great workplace. The organization’s material topics and reported sustainability information is reviewed by sustainability domain experts on the Board to ensure completeness in our disclosures. Behind every major ESG initiative, is a dedicated taskforce that strives to drive it in the right direction. Our ESG Core Group, the backbone of our ESG journey, has played a vital role over the last year in formulating the company’s ESG Goals and Commitments. From developing innovative initiatives for emission reduction and supply chain sustainability to establishing a course of action, the ESG Core Group steers our sustainability efforts to the next level. Our organisational policies, set in place to target and help address the different aspects of ESG, make our ESG governance stronger.
Risk management procedures
Our ability to accomplish sustainable business growth, secure the company’s assets, protect shareholder investments, ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations, and prevent significant surprises of risks is made possible by implementing effective and appropriate risk management systems and structures. To identify, evaluate, monitor, control, manage, minimise, and mitigate these risks, we have an Enterprise Risk Management Policy. Making risk management an integral part of our day-to-day operations equips us to have a deep understanding of our risk landscape as well as mitigate and prevent risks. All team members are responsible for promoting sound risk management methods in their respective fields and are actively engaged in risk management within their own areas of responsibility. We also facilitate risk workshops for our business verticals and key support functions, where risks are identified, assessed, analysed, and accepted or mitigated to the best extent possible.
Cybersecurity and data privacy
We constantly look to provide seamless services to our customers and have integrated a one-stop online platform that enables them to place orders and track the status of their shipments. In doing so, we aggregate large amounts of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) of our customers for shipments and tracking of parcels. Thus, upholding customer privacy and data confidentiality is of utmost importance for us. The strong systems and processes making up our IT infrastructure have been adopted and implemented in line with vulnerability assessments and system evaluations for exposure to cyber threats, data privacy risks, and examination of our in-built level of threat intelligence. Inspired by the NIST framework, our IT systems are managed by focusing on four key areas: information security management, security operations center, security engineering, and business continuity management. They maintain the mechanisms for developing policies and strategies for information systems management. Our cybersecurity systems are rated ‘Advanced’ by Bitsight Security Ratings, and we ensure zero cases of data and cybersecurity breaches, through timely resolution of cyber incidents.
Bitsight scores
Bitsight scores are cybersecurity ratings that assess an organization's security posture based on its network behavior and security practices. These ratings provide an objective measure of security performance, helping organizations understand their risk level and compare it with peers, facilitating improved risk management and decision-making. The industry average Bitsight score in the logistics sector typically ranges between 600 and 650; we have managed to score 740 for ECU Worldwide, 760 for Allcargo Logistics (including Allcargo Supply Chain) and 770 for Allcargo Gati Limited as on 31st March 2024.
Supplier Code of Conduct
We are committed to responsible stewardship of supply chains and have developed and adopted a Supplier Code of Conduct to encourage sustainability across the value chain. For current and potential supply chain partners, the Supplier Code of Conduct specifies our requirements to create a green supply chain by integrating ESG into business. We are dedicated to promoting environmental performance, ethical conduct, sustainability, and safety across our supply chain, and continue to collaborate with our supply chain partners to advance ethical procurement methods. We have also implemented the Sustainable Procurement Policy, that requires suppliers to fulfil certain obligations such as environmental stewardship, efficient use of natural resources, compliance with human rights, local laws and regulations, among others.
Our policies and certificates