Gates Releases 2025 Corporate Sustainability Report

Report highlights progress across governance, technology, environment and stewardship while reinforcing Gates commitment to creating long-term value

DENVER, Aug. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Gates Industrial Corporation Ltd. (NYSE: GTES), a leading global manufacturer of highly engineered power transmission and fluid power solutions, today released its 2025 Sustainability Report, highlighting the company's progress across its four sustainability pillars: Governance, Technology, Environment and Stewardship (GTES).

"Gates incorporates sustainability practices throughout our organization. We have set our next generation of sustainability goals and are intent on achieving meaningful progress," said Ivo Jurek, Chief Executive Officer.

Highlights from the 2025 Sustainability Report include:

• Governance: Gates strengthened the controls behind its sustainability disclosures in 2025, enhancing ESG data governance, review processes and monitoring while building readiness for evolving global reporting requirements. The company maintained strong oversight of cybersecurity and enterprise risk as part of its broader governance framework.
• Technology: Innovation remained a key driver of sustainability performance, with Gates receiving 67 patents in 2025 and advancing solutions that improve efficiency, durability and resource utilization.
• Environment: Gates exceeded its original greenhouse gas emissions reduction goal established in 2020, achieving a 16% reduction in Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions compared with its 2019 baseline. The company also reduced total energy consumption by 4% in 2025 and continued investing in projects that improve efficiency across its global operations.
• Stewardship: Gates improved employee safety performance, reducing its Total Recordable Incident Rate by 25% and severe injuries by 33% compared with 2024. The company also continued investing in employee development and community engagement initiatives that support its global workforce and the communities where employees live and work.

The full 2025 Sustainability Report is available at gates.com/sustainability.

About Gates Industrial Corporation Ltd.
Gates is a global manufacturer of innovative, highly engineered power transmission and fluid power solutions. Gates offers a broad portfolio of products to diverse aftermarket channel customers, and to OEMs as specified components. Gates participates in many sectors of the industrial and consumer markets. Our products play essential roles in a diverse range of applications across a wide variety of end markets ranging from harsh and hazardous industries to everyday consumer applications, including virtually every form of transportation. Our products are sold in more than 130 countries across our three commercial regions: the Americas; Europe, Middle East & Africa; Asia-Pacific. For more information, visit gates.com.

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SOURCE Gates Corporation