Company: RKLIF
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001104659-25-027944
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Company: RENTOKIL INITIAL PLC /FI
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 3
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, financial condition or prospects. Hurricanes or other severe weather events impacting the local markets could materially and adversely affect our ability to obtain raw materials at reasonable cost, or at all, and could adversely affect our business. The health and safety of our colleagues in local markets could be harmed by the detrimental effects of natural and man-made disasters, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, reputation, results of operations, financial condition and/or prospects.
ESG matters, including those related to climate change and sustainability, may have an adverse effect on our business, reputation, results of operations, financial condition and/or prospects.
Increased focus and activism related to ESG matters may hinder our access to capital, as investors may reconsider their capital investment as a result of their assessment or perception of our ESG practices. Customers, consumers, investors and other stakeholders are increasingly focusing on ESG issues, including climate change, water use, deforestation, plastic waste, human and animal health and welfare, chemical usage and other concerns. Changing customer preferences are resulting in, and may continue to result in, increased demands regarding reducing use of virgin plastics and packaging materials, including single-use and non-recyclable plastic packaging, and other components of our products and their impact on human and animal health, biodiversity, and environmental sustainability, a growing demand for natural, organic or non-toxic products and ingredients; or increased customer concerns or perceptions (whether accurate or inaccurate) regarding the effects of ingredients or substances present in certain products. Certain animal welfare advocacy groups may raise concerns regarding products such as glue boards, snap traps or other products perceived to have animal cruelty issues, and secondary poisoning of predators. These demands, perceptions and preferences could cause us to incur additional costs or to make changes to our operations to comply with such demands and customer preferences, and a delay in our response (or the failure to respond effectively) may lead to adverse effects to our business, results of operations and financial condition, and recruitment and retention of the labour force that we need.
Concern over climate change may result in new or increased legal and regulatory requirements to reduce or mitigate impacts to the environment. Increased regulatory requirements, including in relation to various aspects of ESG, such as disclosure requirements, may result in higher compliance costs or input costs of energy and raw materials, which may cause disruptions in the manufacture of our products, and these costs could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and cash flows. Any failure to achieve our ESG goals or a perception (whether or not valid) of our failure to act responsibly