Better Health for All

ABB demonstrates a strong commitment to better health through various initiatives and the application of its core technologies. The company's principal goods and services, such as robotics and electrification solutions, contribute significantly to health by improving efficiency and safety in healthcare facilities and accelerating drug development, including for the Paxlovid COVID-19 vaccine.

ABB India's CSR initiatives provide substantial direct health benefits, serving over 187,000 people through mobile healthcare units, 8,855 for cancer diagnosis and treatment, and 4,042 children for pediatric cardiac care in FY 2024-25. These services include free medications and cancer treatments priced at less than half of peer facilities. The pediatric cardiac center reaches 90-95% of children from low-income communities, indicating strong vulnerable reach. ABB implements comprehensive health equity programs, including mobile healthcare units and support for cancer and pediatric cardiac care, with documented high social return on investment. The company maintains extensive preventative health measures for employees and communities, such as health screenings, awareness campaigns, and resilience training for over 55,000 employees in 84 countries. During the COVID-19 pandemic, ABB implemented a comprehensive internal response and contributed to vaccine development. It also runs extensive mental health programs, with 2,300 employees completing mental health training, and provides broad health education initiatives. ABB maintains strong risk transparency with systems for reporting, investigating, and resolving hazards, including 493 identified hazards at one factory with 99.5% resolved. The company also has a global privacy team and an in-house privacy management system for healthcare data.

Fair Money & Economic Opportunity

ABB Ltd is a technology company operating in electrification, robotics, automation, and motion, not a financial institution that lends, insures, moves, or stores money.

Therefore, the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) under the 'Fair Money & Economic Opportunity' value, which are designed to assess financial services, are not applicable to the company's core business. The company does not offer consumer lending or deposit services, nor does it generate revenue from high-cost financial products. Consequently, there are no APRs, fee structures, loan portfolios, or customer financial data to evaluate against the rubric's thresholds for financial institutions. While ABB engages in various Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives that support underserved communities through scholarships, skill development, healthcare, and rehabilitation services , these activities do not constitute financial inclusion programs or financial service access points as defined by the KPIs. As such, all relevant KPIs are scored as 0, reflecting that they are not applicable to the company's operational scope within the financial services sector.

Fair Pay & Worker Respect

In 2024, women at ABB Australia earned 65.3% of men's median total remuneration.

For ABB Limited in the UK, women earned 72% of men's median hourly pay in 2023. The company has zero substantiated labor-law or human-rights violations, including discrimination findings, in the past three years.

Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing

ABB reported zero substantiated cases of forced or child labor relating to its supply chain providers in the last three years (2022-2024).

In 2024, four concerns were identified, with two under review and two not substantiated. In 2022, three cases were reported, but none were substantiated. The company employs a risk-based approach for monitoring supplier sustainability performance, including self-assessments and onsite sustainability assessments. Suppliers are required to conduct human rights due diligence to identify and mitigate risks related to forced and child labor. The Sustainable Supply Base Management (SSBM) program covered 68 percent of spending on high-risk suppliers in focus countries by the end of 2024, up from 42 percent in 2023 and 22 percent in 2022.

Honest & Fair Business

ABB has incurred significant ethics-related regulatory fines, including $390 million in 2022 for Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations.

This marks the company's third FCPA settlement, indicating a failure to implement effective measures to prevent misconduct despite previous penalties. While ABB states a "zero tolerance" policy towards bribery and corruption and has an anti-bribery and anti-corruption (ABAC) control framework, its repeated violations suggest a lack of effective enforcement. Regarding whistleblowing, ABB has a formal protection policy that safeguards reporters of misconduct from retaliation and offers multiple reporting channels, including anonymous options via global Business Ethics Helplines managed by an outsourced service provider. All reports are subject to investigation and systematic tracking, but there is no explicit evidence of independent investigation processes.

No War, No Weapons

ABB prohibits transactions involving sanctioned countries or restricted parties, requiring adherence to its Global Trade Compliance Procedure.

Its channel partner agreements explicitly forbid dealings with entities in embargoed regions such as Belarus, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Syria, and specific regions of Ukraine, and mandate compliance with export controls. The company supports the principles of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and references them in its policy. , , Human rights practices of business partners are monitored on a regular basis.

Planet-Friendly Business

The company's science-based targets for emissions reduction have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) and are aligned with a 1.5°C pathway.

It achieved a 78% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions since 2019, and Scope 3 emissions decreased by 8% compared to 2022. In 2022, 86% of waste was recycled, with 6.7% sent to landfill, resulting in a 93.3% waste diversion rate. During the same year, 159 sites achieved zero waste to landfill, including the Santa Palomba and Dalmine factories which saved 1,190 metric tons of waste annually combined. No environmental compliance violations were reported. The company was recognized on CDP's 2023 'A List' for climate change performance and ranked 14th in TIME Magazine's 'World's Most Sustainable Companies 2025'.

Safe & Smart Tech

ABB faces significant challenges in vulnerability management, with 214 systems remaining unpatched since 2022, despite patches being available.

This indicates critical vulnerabilities have been left unaddressed for over two years. Authentication security is also compromised, as research shows that authentication, though claimed to be required for certain systems, is not always enforced. The company experienced two confirmed incidents of unauthorized data access and exfiltration in May 2023 and May 2024, impacting hundreds of devices. In terms of privacy, ABB is certified to the EU-US, UK Extension, and Swiss-US Data Privacy Frameworks, demonstrating compliance with these international data transfer regulations. Following the breaches, ABB notified law enforcement and data protection authorities. The company's privacy policy also states that data subjects have choices regarding data disclosure and use, including consent mechanisms.

Zero Waste & Sustainable Products

In 2023, ABB achieved a waste diversion rate of 93.7%, with 86% of waste recycled

and 6.3% sent to landfill . Globally, 50% of ABB's 338 sites send zero waste to landfill , including specific certifications for Bangalore in 2023 and Gold certifications for Xiamen and Xinhui in 2022 . The company aims to send zero waste from its own operations to landfill and reduce waste generation by 2030 . In 2023, ABB implemented 37 recycling and waste reduction projects, reducing waste generation by an estimated 600 tons annually . By the end of 2024, 41% of ABB’s products and solutions portfolio had been assessed for its Circularity Approach , supported by an updated Product Development Gate Model launched in September 2023 for every new product . For hazardous waste, ABB relies on a List of Prohibited and Restricted Substances to reduce and eliminate their use , and has established pathways for waste recycling and reuse . The company has remanufactured over 12,000 robots globally , with refurbished units receiving at least a 12-month warranty and undergoing a minimum 16-hour functional test .