Overall impact
A (80)

Commentary

ABB is a leader for overall positive impact. With an 'A' rating of 80.1 for overall impact (94th percentile compared to all companies), ABB ranks 1st out of 76 industry peers, ahead of Cummins, Ocean Power Technologies, Piedmont Lithium and 72 others. On top material causes for ABB's industry (Manufacturing), ABB performs well in Affordable, Safe Housing (95.4 score), Quality Lifelong Education (95.8), Disaster Readiness and Effective Aid (95.3) and 7 other causes where it received an 'A' score and performs poorly in Accountable Institutions (3.3 score) and Accountable Institutions (12.9).
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Company
Employees
109,900
Sector
Industrials
Industry
Electrical Equipment
Sub-industry
Electrical Components & Equipment
SASB industry
Electrical & Electronic Equipment
Headquarters
Switzerland
Share classes
ABBNY
Description
ABB Ltd provides electrification, motion, and automation solutions and products for customers in utilities, industry and transport, and infrastructure in Switzerland, rest of Europe, the Americas, the United States, rest of Asia, the Middle East, Africa, China, and internationally. The company operates through Electrification, Motion, Process Automation, and Robotics & Discrete Automation segments. Its Electrification segment offers renewable power solutions, modular substation packages, distribution automation products, switchboards and panelboards, switchgears, UPS solutions, circuit breakers, measuring and sensing devices, control products, wiring accessories, enclosures and cabling systems, and intelligent home and building solutions. The company's Motion segment designs, manufactures, and sells drives, motors, generators, and traction converters that are driving the low-carbon future for industries, cities, infrastructure, and transportation. The company's Process Automation segment provides control technologies, industrial software, advanced analytics, sensing and measurement technology, and marine propulsion systems; and repair, remote monitoring, preventive maintenance, asset performance management, emission monitoring, and cybersecurity services. The company's Robotics & Discrete Automation segment offers industrial and collaborative robots, autonomous mobile robotics, mapping and navigation solutions, robotic solutions, field services, spare parts, and digital services. This segment also provides solutions based on its programmable logic controllers, industrial PCs, servo motion, transport systems, and machine vision. It serves oil, gas, renewables, chemicals, mining, metals, cement, pulp and paper, pharmaceuticals, battery manufacturing, food and beverage, space, power generation, water, marine, and ports industries. The company was founded in 1883 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.
Material causes
Ethos considers the following causes material for ABB, based on its industry sub-industry Electrical Components & Equipment. Learn more about material causes in our methodology overview.
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