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wienerberger earns top sustainability scores from global ESG agencies

EQS-News: Wienerberger AG / Key word(s): ESG wienerberger earns top sustainability scores from global ESG agencies 12.03.2024 / 09:00 CET/CEST The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. wienerberger earns top sustainability scores from global ESG agencies

• Rating agencies have confirmed wienerberger’s achievements in environmental and social areas
• CDP places wienerberger among second-highest tier of all rated companies

Vienna, March 12, 2024 – The achievements of wienerberger’s continuous sustainability efforts in 2023 have been acknowledged by global leading ESG rating agencies. For its further progress in environmental as well as social areas, wienerberger once again received top scores.

The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) confirmed that wienerberger is taking coordinated action on climate issues, awarding it a “B” rating and placing it in the second-highest tier of all rated companies.

Other scores regarding wienerberger’s sustainability efforts in 2023 include the “AAA” from MSCI, the agency’s highest ESG-rating, which wienerberger received for the eighth year in a row. With the "Prime" ESG rating from Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS ESG), wienerberger is in the top decile of rated companies in the building materials industry, a status that the company had received from ISS ESG for the first time in 2013.

In addition, the sustainability rating agency EcoVadis ranked wienerberger in the top 1% of all rated companies in the industry sector, awarding it a Platinum medal. The firm Sustainalytics, specialized in assessing companies’ exposure to the risk of material financial impacts from ESG factors, rated wienerberger as “Low Risk”.

“Sustainability has always been a central and very important part of the wienerberger strategy, which is reflected in our external recognitions and ratings. These scores confirm that transparency, consistency, and ambition can lead to real transformation and to positive impacts for our planet and that we have taken the right steps. Through more innovative and ecological solutions for new build, renovation and infrastructure in water and energy management as well as our work in social issues, we continue our efforts to improve people’s quality of life and to ensure that future generations have the same opportunities as we have today”, says Heimo Scheuch, CEO of Wienerberger AG.