Strategy, targets, and progress

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At Arcadis, our purpose is improving quality of life and our commitment to diversity, belonging and human rights is an integral part of how we work to do this. We are evolving in ways that ensure that every Arcadian is empowered to be their full self at work. We know that this will be the best environment for our people to thrive. It will also enhance our company’s performance, by allowing us to recruit and retain top talent, and by positioning us to develop innovative solutions to all our clients’ needs.

Awards and Recogntion

Arcadis now scores in top 1% in overall sustainability performance of EcoVadis-rated companies globally.

Arcadis has scored a ‘platinum medal’ in the most recent review by EcoVadis. This independent platform assesses over 90,000 companies worldwide on the extent to which they have integrated sustainability into their business and management systems, and examines their overall environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance as well as labor, human rights and ethics practices.

The latest Sustainalytics ratings place Arcadis as #1 out of 349 companies in the 'Construction and Engineering' category.

Sustainability rating agency Sustainalytics has assessed Arcadis to have the best ESG risk rating of all of the companies ranked in our category.

Forbes World's Top Female-Friendly Companies 2022

We are proud to feature as one of the Forbes 2022 World’s Top Female-Friendly Companies, based on equity such as competitive pay, opportunities for career advancement, flexible working arrangements, and more.

Financial Times Diversity Leaders 2023

We are ranked in the Financial Times 2023 list of Europe’s Diversity Leaders, based on independent surveys of employees and our commitment to Diversity, Belonging & Human Rights.

100% score on the 2021 Human Rights Corporate Equality Index

The HRC CEI Index score is a United States national benchmarking tool to evaluate industries on benefits, support and social responsibility to their LGBTQIA+ employees and communities.

Investing in Ethnicity Awards – UK (Origins)

Nominated for Outstanding Employer and for Origins Network and placed in top 10 for Outstanding Employer.

Mission and Targets

We embrace our responsibility to respect human rights within our business and in the relationships with clients, communities and within our supply chains. We do this by fostering a human-centred, psychologically healthy and safe environment, underpinned by social justice, diversity, equity, inclusion and a culture of belonging.