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How can Valve Hospital help you achieve your sustainability objectives

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How can Valve Hospital help you achieve your sustainability objectives

Global sustainability challenges such as flood risk, rising sea levels, privacy and data security, demographic shifts and regulatory pressures are introducing risk factors for investors that may not have been seen before.

Companies are re-evaluating traditional investment approaches to address the changing environment within which they now facing.

The question becomes how can I create a resilient organisation with positive growth over the long term?

Positive shareholder returns are diminishing in companies that have not adopted a strategic approach to responsibly address sustainable manufacturing processes. Forces driving change are broadly categorised into Environmental, Social and Corporate governance (ESG) metrics used to evaluate the extent to which companies work on behalf of social goals that go beyond the goal to maximise profits. It is often used interchangeably with sustainable investing and socially responsible investing. Simply put; what environmental efforts is your company driving? Does your company hold its suppliers to its own ESG standards and what accounting methods are used to ensure integrity and leadership is applied to the monitoring and management process? Many companies have invested in a partnership with Valve Hospital in driving key ESG metrics to improve shareholder returns. Refurbishing programs facilitate top-line growth by attracting talent, reducing costs and serving customer your needs for brands who stand up and invest in the environment. Refurbishment goes beyond creating greater operational efficiencies, more efficient use of current assets, supply chain optimisation and lower costs and taxes.

It reduces the negative impact incurred on the environment through the manufacturing process and final disposal. Brands that connect with their customers’ needs for sustainable manufacturing processes helps to foster customer loyalty and lowers the customers sensitivity to pricing. Sustainable manufacturing processes creates new opportunities to expand market share and potentially enter new markets. It is vital to a business continuing operation and is linked to its resilience and performance over the long term Business valuations improve with lower market, balance sheet and operation risks. The cost of capital is reduced. Businesses will have easier access to capital, financing and insurance. You ask yourself; why does a company’s environmental initiatives matter? Today there are calls for simultaneous pursuit of economic prosperity (profit, environmental quality (planet) and social equity (people). Businesses and Consumers, alike want to do business with a brand that is sustainable or eco-friendly and will support those brands to reduce their own impact on the environment.

Valve Hospital is perfectly positioned to help your business define and deliver on ESG targets in your plant/s. They refurbish and maintain valves from steam traps to high specialised and complex valve such as oxygen valves.

Valve Hospital, +27 (0) 11 421 8170, wayne@valvehospital.co.za, www.valvehospital.co.za