Petards, the AIM quoted developer of advanced security, communication and surveillance systems, is pleased to announce that Petards Rail recently received an award at the Alstom UK & Ireland Corporate Social Responsibility Awards.

Petards Rail was announced as the winner of Alstom’s Fighting Climate Change SME Award, one of the nine awards made to companies who are delivering products and services to Alstom while also improving health and wellbeing, tackling social inequality, helping fight climate change and driving equal opportunity, in alignment with the UK Government’s Social Value Model.

This follows an engagement exercise run by Alstom, in partnership with the Supply Chain Sustainability School, accessible to all Alstom UK and Ireland’s suppliers, 125 of which took part.

In making the award to Petards, the jury noted that “Petards Rail Technology’ has a strong policy and CSR commitment. Their KPIs were well reported and validated externally through EcoVadis, a globally recognised assessment platform that rates businesses’ sustainability.”

Amongst the other award winners were Telent, OCS, Rullion and Huber+Suhner and the full text of Alstom’s announcement can be found at the link below:

https://www.alstom.com/press-releases-news/2025/5/social-and-environmental-impact-railsupply- chain-recognised-alstoms-supplier-csr-awards-uk-and-ireland

Raschid Abdullah, Chairman of Petards Group plc said:

“We are proud and delighted that Petards Rail has been recognised in this way by Alstom, one its key customers and one the world’s largest rail manufacturers. It demonstrates Petards Rail is considered a leading supplier to the UK rail market operating to the high standards demanded by global OEMs.”