Employee, Social & Environmental Responsibility
Environmental, Social, Governance
Pioneering Innovation. Empowering People. Protecting the Planet. – Certified B Corporation™
Over 30 years ago, ABER Instruments pioneered biomass monitoring through ground-breaking technology developed with the Centre for Alternative Technology. Today, we are a global leader supplying advanced certified systems to the world’s top brewing and biotech companies. We have always believed in challenging convention to drive positive change, a principle that evolved in 2023 with the formation of Aber Group. As an employee-owned business, we invest in our people, culture, and community -empowering entrepreneurs and growing resilient, values-driven businesses from the ground up.
Our commitment to doing business responsibly is built into our core identity. ABER Instruments proudly meets B Lab’s integrated social, environmental, and governance standards, embedding purpose and accountability into our corporate DNA. By holding ourselves to these high standards, we ensure that as our technology advances, every decision we make prioritizes a lasting positive impact on both people and the planet.
GBC
Stewardship of the Environment is one of our 9 core Guiding Principles, in which we promise, “to promote good environmental practice and minimise the negative effects our business may have on the environment”. As employee owners, each one of us has an ingrained commitment to long-term sustainability, minimising our environmental impact, and working responsibly to meet the needs of our diverse stakeholders.
As an acknowledgement of our business practises, and as a commitment to formalising our commitments as we grow, we have achieved accreditation with the Good Business Charter.
Overview Environmental, Social and Governance report of the GBC 2023
The ABER Group Environmental, Social and Governance report is structured around the ten key criteria identified in the Good Business Charter. It details the Aber Group strategy and performance against these criteria, highlighting progress against each
We are committed to taking meaningful action towards reducing our carbon footprint. To this end we have produced our Carbon Reduction Plan, and pledged to meet the UN Climate change race to zero, by signing up to the SME Climate commitment. Through this we have committed to:
- Halve our greenhouse gas emissions before 2030
- Achieve Net Zero by 2040
- Disclose our progress on a yearly basis
Our commitment to longer-term investment in sustainability is extending throughout our business from complex projects including the sustainable redevelopment of our production facilities through to the provision of electric car charging points on site for employee owners and guests. These efforts will be further increased as we move to meet the commitments in this plan.
Underpinning our efforts, we have put a combined Quality and Environmental Management System in place, and are certified to ISO 9001 and ISO 14001.
Employee owned
Our commitment to people and society
As an employee owned company, we have a deep-rooted belief that if everybody has a stake, then everybody cares.
Find out more about Employee Ownership and what it really means to the individuals who make us who we are.