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  • Securitas launches sustainability strategy focusing on people, decarbonization, and integrity.
  • Securitas to implement living wage framework boosting retention and service quality.
  • Securitas targets 42% emission reduction by 2030 with SBTi-validated climate goals.

Securitas, the intelligent security solutions partner with world-pioneering technology and expertise, announced an ambitious sustainability strategy aimed at helping clients achieve their goals, while creating measurable value for the business.

The new sustainability strategy is built on three powerful pillars: develop people, decarbonize business, and demonstrate integrity. These commitments will enhance efficiency, retention, and trust, ensuring the quality and reliability clients can depend on for the long term.

Developing people

Securitas will explore how to implement a living wage framework in collaboration with clients

Securitas is dedicated to helping its people succeed by focusing on well-being, creating high-performing teams, and investing in growth and development.

To further strengthen retention and long-term value creation, Securitas will explore how to implement a living wage framework in collaboration with clients.

When people thrive, performance follows,” says Magnus Ahlqvist, President and CEO of Securitas, adding “That is why, in close partnership with our clients, we are taking a measured, step-by-step approach to explore how a living wage framework can turn into practical solutions that boost retention, service quality, and long-term value.”

Decarbonize business

Securitas’ long-standing commitment to reducing environmental impact has provided lasting benefits for their clients, their people, and the planet.

Building on SBTi-validated targets that already cover the entire business, Securitas will now expand product-level carbon data to services. Scheduled for release in 2027 is a new feature that provides clients with information on the carbon emissions associated with their security services, including guarding and remote monitoring.

This initiative builds on progress already underway at Securitas Technology, which now incorporates greenhouse-gas emissions data into all new proposals in the U.S. and Canada. By 2030, the aim is for 70% of all new technology sold to include carbon data.

Activity-based carbon data

Securitas’ climate targets are validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)

Clients are increasingly asking for activity-based carbon data to support their own emission reduction goals,” says Sune Chabert Larsen, Chief Ethics and Sustainability Officer at Securitas.

Sune Chabert Larsen adds, “By extending the same transparency already provided for products to services, Securitas gives clients the insights they need to make climate-conscious and cost-effective decisions.”

Securitas’ climate targets are validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), committing to reducing absolute Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions by 42% by 2030 from a 2022 base year.

Demonstrating integrity

Guided by integrity, vigilance, and helpfulness, Securitas is dedicated to fostering a culture where doing the right thing builds lasting trust and creates long-term value.

This strengthened strategy raises the bar by aiming for more than 95% effectiveness in compliance controls across all markets, evaluated through testing and audits, while ensuring that 100% of business leaders actively promote ethics with tone at the top and maintain a zero-tolerance policy on breaches.

For me, sustainability is about doing the right thing,” said Magnus Ahlqvist, President and CEO of Securitas, adding “Done well, it creates real value for our clients and for Securitas. We put sustainability at the heart of growth, so we can deliver solutions that are responsible, resilient, and built for the long term.”

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