Better Health for All
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RELX's Scientific, Technical & Medical segment and parts of its Risk Solutions segment contribute to improving health outcomes and advancing science.
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However, a specific percentage of the entire product portfolio with direct health benefits is not provided to align with positive tiers, leading to a neutral score for core health impact. The company has an outstanding safety record with 5 lost time incidents in 2024, resulting in a lost time incident rate of 0.15 cases per 1,000 employees and a severity rate of 0.25 lost days per 200,000 hours worked.
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RELX demonstrates exceptional data practices, with dedicated privacy teams, enhanced processes for privacy impact assessments in 2024, and over 99% of employees included in monthly phishing simulations.
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The company provides access to 5,500 journals and 35,500 e-books in Research4Life, benefiting institutions in 125 low- and middle-income countries, with over 1.3 million downloads in 2024.
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However, the percentage of vulnerable populations reached is not specified. RELX has a Code of Ethics and Business Conduct, an Integrity Line for reporting concerns, and prohibits retaliation, indicating excellent risk transparency.
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The company offers mental wellbeing programs, including an expanded Employee Assistance Programme available 24/7/365, free access to Headspace, and a Wellness Hub for employees.
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RELX made a $30,000 donation to Save the Children for flood relief in Brazil, which is a limited contribution relative to its £9,434m revenue in 2024.
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The company's health equity, workforce support, preventative health, and education initiatives are primarily through employee volunteering and book donations, with no specific funding percentages or broad impact metrics provided.
Fair Money & Economic Opportunity
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RELX PLC's core business is providing information and analytics, not direct financial services to consumers such as lending, insuring, moving, or storing money. Therefore, KPIs related to consumer financial products, pricing, fees, debt burden, and direct wealth-building outcomes are not applicable. The company does not offer lending or deposit services to consumers, nor does it generate revenue from high-cost financial products or penalty fees. While RELX's LexisNexis Risk Solutions provides alternative data to help other lenders assess risk for marginalized groups and conducts financial inclusion pilots in low-income countries, these activities involve providing information to third-party lenders, not directly offering financial products to underserved clients.
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Similarly, initiatives like Research4Life provide free or low-cost access to research and legal information, but this does not constitute customer financial data portability or open-banking APIs.
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RELX's profit reinvestment priorities are organic development, acquisitions, dividends, and share buybacks, with capital expenditure around 5% of revenues, not community finance or profit-sharing with underserved communities.
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The company does not offer financial literacy programs to consumers, nor does it operate financial service access points.
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Fair Pay & Worker Respect
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The company reported a safety incident rate (TRIR) of 0.02 lost time incidents per 200,000 hours worked in 2024.
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The employee engagement score was 69% in 2024.
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Voluntary employee turnover was 7.7% in 2024.
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Temporary workers constitute 3% of the workforce.
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In 2024, 372 reports related to potential breaches of ethics were investigated, with 48% substantiated.
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The percentage of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements was 12% in 2024.
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However, in October 2024, the NUJ condemned RELX for derecognizing the union at LexisNexis and LexisNexis Risk Solutions.
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The CEO pay ratio to median employee pay for the UK workforce was 129:1 in 2022.
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Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing
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The company reported no substantiated forced- or child-labour findings in 2023 or 2024, and received zero reports or questions from employees related to modern slavery in 2024.
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For traceability, 100% of production paper was graded as known and responsible sources or certified to FSC or PEFC in 2023 and 2024, with less than 0.1% not yet graded or certified in 2024.
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However, this applies only to production paper and not to the broader tier 1-3 suppliers. Remediation timelines for non-compliance findings are set at 1 month for Zero Tolerance/Business Critical findings, 3 months for Major findings, and 6 months for Moderate/Minor findings.
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Regarding ethical clauses, 87% of suppliers on the Socially Responsible Supplier (SRS) tracking list signed the Supplier Code or had equivalent standards in 2023, and 82% of suppliers on the SRS tracking list had signed or had equivalent codes in 2024.
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In terms of supplier diversity, 3% of total US spend was directed to diverse suppliers (Veteran, Minority, Woman-owned businesses) in 2024, and 3.3% in 2023.
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Honest & Fair Business
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RELX has a comprehensive 'Reporting Concerns Policy' with an Integrity Line hosted by an independent third-party, available 24/7/365, and explicitly prohibits retaliation against whistleblowers.
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An anonymous reporting option is available where legally permissible.
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In 2025, 472 reports were received, with 431 leading to investigations, and approximately 46% of completed investigations were substantiated.
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In 2024, 404 reports were received, with approximately 46% substantiated.
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The company's audit coverage includes more than 50% of product revenue from its three largest business areas covered by third-party audits, and 84% of Risk's product revenue is covered by a third-party audit.
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The Board comprises ten members, with 80% considered independent.
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The company maintains a robust anti-bribery compliance program, including policies, due diligence, gift limits, and a register, with anti-bribery training delivered to all employees every other year.
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Independent third-party verification includes limited assurance on the Sustainability Statement for 2024 by Ernst & Young LLP, and annual audits of major Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers.
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Kind to Animals
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The company's Life Science Laboratory conducts preclinical biological risk assessments of e-liquids and aerosols, including acute and subacute toxicity testing in animals, to verify product safety.
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There is no evidence provided that non-animal testing methods are employed for these assessments. The company's identified material matters explicitly exclude animal welfare.
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While RELX PLC supports local wildlife protection initiatives, such as collaborating with the China Green Foundation to protect Siberian tiger and leopard habitats, the total investment in philanthropic initiatives (RMB 44.3 million by December 31, 2024) is not provided as a percentage of revenue, making it impossible to assess against the rubric's quantitative thresholds.
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The company planned 125 supplier audits for 2024, covering labor standards, health & safety, business ethics, and the environment, but animal welfare is not mentioned as an audit area.
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The company does not participate in multi-stakeholder initiatives to develop industry-wide animal-free testing and sourcing standards, nor does it have a public position on animal welfare legislation.
No War, No Weapons
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The provided articles do not contain specific, concrete data points or explicit statements relevant to any of the KPIs under the 'No War, No Weapons' ethical value. Therefore, no KPIs can be scored based on the evidence provided.
Planet-Friendly Business
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RELX PLC reported total Scope 1, 2 (location-based), and 3 emissions of 330,186 tCO₂e in 2024, representing a 1% decrease from 2023.
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The company's near-term science-based emissions reduction targets were approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) in 2024, aligned with a 1.5°C pathway.
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RELX purchased 100% renewable electricity in 2024, equivalent to its global electricity consumption.
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The waste diversion rate from landfill was 97% in 2024.
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Water use per revenue was 14.28 m³ per £1 million revenue in 2024, an 8% decrease from 2023.
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The company's capital expenditure aligned with EU Taxonomy was 4% in 2024.
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RELX has a net-zero target year of 2040.
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The company was a TCFD Supporter and has expanded its TCFD disclosure.
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It conducts climate scenario analysis using IPCC and IEA pathways (RCP 4.5, RCP 8.5, IEA 2DS, RCP 2.6, RCP 1.9).
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RELX's production papers are 100% from known and responsible sources or certified to FSC or PEFC.
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The company completed two third-party-validated carbon footprint assessments for e-vapor products in 2024.
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RELX aims for 60% of suppliers by spend to have science-based targets by 2027.
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The RELX Environmental Challenge awards projects providing sustainable access to water and sanitation, with prizes of $50,000 and $25,000.
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Respect for Cultures & Communities
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As of February 2022, 85% of people-managers across 19 countries completed unconscious bias training.
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Safe & Smart Tech
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RELX experienced a data breach at LexisNexis affecting 364,333 individuals, with names, addresses, dates of birth, SSN, and driver's license numbers compromised.
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The breach occurred on December 25, 2024, and was discovered on April 1, 2025.
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Law enforcement was notified, and identity protection services were provided for two years.
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In 2024, RELX invested $5 million in cybersecurity, which represents approximately 0.04% of its £9,434 million revenue for that year.
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The company has Responsible Artificial Intelligence Principles, updated in 2024,
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which include preventing unfair bias, explaining how solutions work, and ensuring human oversight, supported by procedures and automated bias detection tools.
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RELX's UK Risk products are ISO27001 certified, and US companies renewed self-certification in the Data Privacy Framework program.
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Over 99% of employees completed security training courses within 90 days, and more than 99% participated in monthly phishing simulations.
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Encryption technology is used to secure sensitive data in Lexis+ AI.
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Over 50% of product revenue from the three largest business areas is covered by a third-party audit.
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RELX's Responsible AI Principles commit to explaining how solutions work and taking action to prevent unfair bias.
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The company proactively considers privacy concerns in developing solutions and has dedicated privacy teams to ensure compliance with global data protection regulations.
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RELX advocates for privacy laws in the US that protect consumers and allow data-driven activities.
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Zero Waste & Sustainable Products
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RELX PLC achieved a 97% waste diversion rate from landfill in 2024 from reporting locations, covering 74% of total employees.
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The company has reduced waste sent to landfill by 95% since 2018 and by 96% against 2015 levels, exceeding its 2025 target.
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RELX aims to maintain waste sent to landfill at least 95% below 2018 levels by 2030.
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The quantity of production paper purchased in 2024 decreased by 16% over 2023 and by 71% since 2010, reflecting a circular economy approach.
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RELX disposes of defunct hardware and other electronic waste according to local regulations and recycles it if equipment cannot be reused.
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The company reported zero environmental law violation cases in 2024.
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RELX requires suppliers to ensure the standards of its Supplier Code of Conduct are applied across their supply chain and has a target for 60% of suppliers by spend to have science-based targets by 2027.
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Various initiatives are in place, such as eliminating printed show catalogues, using smaller print runs, and donating excess products to charity.
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RX events educate exhibitors and attendees on sustainability through guides, newsletters, and on-site signage.
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