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This ESG assessment for Smiths News PLC represents its transparency towards the UN SDGs. This ESG score includes seventeen United Nations Sustainable Development Goals including: 'Affordable & Clean Energy', 'Sustainable Cities & Communities' and 'Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions'. If you work at Smiths News PLC and you wish to use your Sustainability rating, please contact us.

Smiths News PLC in the Publishing industry gained a UN SDG ESG Transparency Score of 8.0; made up of an environmental score of 8.0, social score of 8.0 and governance score of 8.0.

SDG Transparency Score for Smiths News PLC 
Low
0 - 3
Medium
4 - 6

8.0

High Impact
7 - 10
Last Score Update: 2023-07-01
What drives the score for Smiths News PLC 
8.0

Environmental

8.0

Social

8.0

Governance

Detailed ESG Breakdown
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8.1
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6Smiths News PLC
8.0
High
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8.0
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Smiths News plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the wholesaling of newspapers and magazines in the United Kingdom and internationally. It also supplies inflight entertainment to airlines and travel points; and offers field-based merchandising and marketing, supply chain auditing, and compliance solutions to retailers and suppliers. The company was formerly known as Connect Group PLC and changed its name to Smiths News plc in November 2020. Smiths News plc was incorporated in 2004 and is based in Swindon, the United Kingdom.

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