Intertek Sustainability Solutions (ISS), a unit of Intertek Group, plc, and leading provider of Sustainability management solutions serving a wide range of industries, announced today that it has partnered with CRedit360, leading provider of sustainability data management systems, to offer clients easy-to-deploy and efficiency-directed CSR and Carbon Management tools and services in North America.

The partnership leverages CRedit360's respected web-based sustainability data collection and reporting tools with ISS' extensive sustainability advisory and ethical supply chain management capabilities. Together, ISS and credit360 will help CSR and sustainable supply chain managers integrate data from across the organization for more efficient analysis and reporting, improving the alignment of their sustainability programs with business goals for greater Return on Sustainability Investment.

Andre Raghu, President of Intertek Sustainability Solutions, states: "Even in tough economic times, companies of every size are looking to enhance their sustainability performance and profile - and the managers responsible for this performance need the right consultants and systems to help them align sustainability and business imperatives. We are thrilled to be partnering with CRedit360, whose proven CSR data management platform offers clients a high level of synergy with our portfolio of sustainability services."

The Intertek Sustainability Solutions and CRedit360 partnership offers clients:

• Expertise in helping clients determine their environmental and social risks and opportunities; and in bringing greater efficiencies to companies' CSR/sustainability data collection, management, and reporting efforts.


• Broadly recognized, simple and easy-to-use data collection software to gather and manage CSR/sustainability Key Performance Indicators (KPI's).


• An easy and compelling way to communicate sustainability performance internally and externally through GRI-based sustainability reports and scorecards.


• A fully integrated monitoring tool to identify and follow up on sustainability action plans


• Quick and easy integration with any IT architecture

Christina Siun O'Connell, president of Credit360 Americas, noted that: "As sustainability strategies become more deeply embedded in leading corporations, managers require the guidance and support of tested and proven consultancies and tools. Intertek's global track record of providing mission critical evaluation and advisory services combined with our years of experience delivering reliable, robust data management tools to organizations in the forefront of sustainability practices adds up to unmatched support for sustainability managers. Our partnership will deliver the right tools and services to improve strategic alignment of sustainability programs with business goals."

About Credit360
Credit360'’s web-based data system simplifies and enhances the management of social and environmental metrics - seamlessly aggregating data for analysis and providing responsive tools for sustainability reporting and communications. Founded in 2002, credit360's years of experience working with leading global organizations including McDonalds, HSBC, the World Bank, the London Olympics Organizing Committee, Virgin Media, Telefonica, Alliance Boots, and Cairn Energy with the highest quality tools and support designed to meet evolving CSR best practices. Credit360 Americas supports clients in North and South America through an office in Chicago and a satellite office in Sao Paulo.

About Intertek Sustainability Solutions (ISS)
Intertek Sustainability Solutions (ISS), a unit of Intertek Group, works with businesses to seamlessly integrate CSR and Sustainability with their brand and operations. As part of the Intertek Group, it has the advantage of more than a century of experience serving multi-national companies. ISS delivers solutions focused on environmental and social concerns, and has developed a portfolio of tools and services (such as stakeholder engagement programmes and ethical supply chain management tools) that align social and environmental performance with business imperatives for maximum Return on Sustainability Investment (RSI).

About Intertek
ISS is unit of Intertek (ITRK.L) is a leading provider of quality and safety solutions serving a wide range of industries around the world. From auditing and inspection, to testing, quality assurance and certification, Intertek personnel are dedicated to adding value to clients' products and processes, for success in the global marketplace. Intertek has the expertise, resources and global reach to support its clients through its network of more than 1,000 laboratories and offices and over 23,000 people in 110 countries around the world.

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Intertek is the leading quality solutions provider to industries worldwide. From auditing and inspection, to testing, training, advisory, quality assurance and certification, Intertek adds value to customers’ products, processes and assets. With a network of more than 1,000 laboratories and offices and over 36,000 people in more than 100 countries, Intertek supports companies’ success in a global marketplace. Intertek helps its customers to meet end users’ expectations for safety, sustainability, performance, integrity and desirability in virtually any market worldwide. visit www.intertek.com.

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