Building a single software platform to manage sustainability and environment, health, and safety (EHS) programs across multiple brands and 30 countries is no small feat.
At the recent Wolters Kluwer Enablon Sustainable Performance Forum (SPF) 2025 event in Chicago, Keaton Fox, Global EHS Management Systems Lead at AGCO Corporation, shared why the largest pure-play farm equipment manufacturer in the world selected Enablon software to manage its EHS and sustainability data, and how the company is integrating EHS and sustainability across business functions.
Selecting and implementing the Enablon platform at AGCO
AGCO delivers a full line of equipment and smart farming solutions across four leading brands built on strategic mergers and acquisitions. As AGCO’s EHS and Sustainability programs matured and evolved, it became critical to unite all sites and brands under a single EHS and Sustainability management system.
At the inception of AGCO’s sustainability program in 2020, the team selected Enablon to centralize its ESG data across all locations to support target setting. The initial use cases focused on baselining emissions, water, and waste data collection. Looking ahead, one of the key reasons AGCO selected Enablon was the long-term vision to create an enterprise-wide tool that could also be leveraged by the global EHS team.
Prior to using Enablon, AGCO relied on cumbersome and inefficient Excel files and custom-built dashboards across multiple sites. AGCO manages more than 120 global locations that generate large EHS and sustainability data volumes. To onboard users and develop high quality data, AGCO implemented a global policy, conducted training sessions at every location, and implemented a Metrics validation workflow to drive compliance and common understanding. Leveraging Enablon, AGCO has streamlined data management and significantly improved data quality.
Leveraging Metrics to drive EHS performance in waste and safety
To proactively drive better sustainability performance results, AGCO launched a global survey to understand how individual sites manage waste, which supported efforts in determining how to streamline processes and improve data collection. Using data gathered through the Enablon platform and the global survey, AGCO identified strategic opportunities. For example, the EHS and Sustainability teams partnered to launch a global waste program called RETHINK to drive behavior changes at all sites. AGCO set an ambitious corporate goal to divert and maintain more than 90% of nonhazardous waste from landfill by 2026 and exceeded that goal early in 2025 by diverting 94% of nonhazardous waste.
In 2024, AGCO introduced six key leading indicators within the Enablon Metrics module to enhance proactive safety management. Aligned with global safety campaigns and targeted initiatives, these indicators played a pivotal role in achieving a 52% reduction in the Total Case Incident Rate (TCIR) by year end. The metrics, including Corrective and Preventative Actions (CAPA) Closure Rate, Safety Observations, Leadership Walks and Safety Training Participation, provided greater visibility into proactive safety efforts. This transparency, combined with a strong commitment to safety at every organizational level, has significantly reinforced AGCO’s safety culture and led to the safest year in the history of AGCO.
Communicating the value of ESG and Sustainability
Among AGCO’s objectives is to show internal stakeholders the value of managing EHS and Sustainability risks beyond compliance risks to also reveal financial risks. This involves communication and positioning of ESG as a practice that must be integrated into the business because EHS, ESG, finance, and other business functions must work together to achieve desired results. AGCO’s Sustainability team runs global townhalls to explain actions, describe positive impacts, and share its vision for aligning with business direction.
AGCO uses various strategies to continually communicate the value gained and investments made in ESG. Emphasis is placed on the importance of addressing opportunities at site levels rather than specifically detailing multiple initiatives that may only focus on a specific issue, such as PPE or recycling. This encourages site leadership’s buy-in and feedback. AGCO also engages site leaders in conversations to understand roadblocks and challenges they face and address these accordingly. Site-level EHS managers always have the knowledge and support they need to effectively implement initiatives. Additional partnership across EHS and sustainability is provided by a global sustainability manager who works closely and bi-weekly with each environmental manager to optimize overall impact.
Learn more about what AGCO is doing to drive sustainable impact in the agriculture industry in their latest Sustainability Report.
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