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was happy to welcome its seventh member , the Swedish company Svenska Kullagerfabriken ( SKF ).
By the end of 2016 , about 1,200 railway industry suppliers had been invited to take the EcoVadis assessment : around 480 of these companies participated and agreed to share their results with all Railsponsible members . Railsponsible doubled the number of supplier assessments over the course of last year , compared with the figure of 240 supplier assessments at the end of 2015 . This was a key achievement for our new initiative that was made possible thanks to efficiency for both suppliers ( who only need to fill in the questionnaire once and results are made available to all Railsponsible members ) and also Railsponsible members ( all members use a common standard and are in close contact with suppliers ).
Railsponsible also finalised its 2020 Strategy which defines its roadmap for the coming years . For 2017 , Railsponsible ’ s main focus will be the implementation of all the work streams of its 2020 Strategy , namely :
• # 1 Empower staff members and executives : share training tools and resources on sustainability and sustainable procurement , plan common training kits for buyers
• # 2 Build common programmes : work on common activities around GHG emissions , health & safety , and eco-friendly products , develop recommendations for updating member companies ’ Codes of Conduct
• # 3 Railsponsible stakeholder engagement : target prioritised events to promote a responsible railway supply chain , apply for membership to the United Nations Environment Programme ’ s 10YFP Sustainable Procurement programme Connected to the latter , in 2017 Railsponsible will also contribute to impactful discussions at a number of high profile events on sustainability and rail industry gatherings . So far Railsponsible plans to be represented by its members at conferences such as Produrable ( March 2017 , Paris ), EcoVadis Sustain ( April 2017 ,
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