EcoVadis Customer Success Stories

European IP firm Mewburn Ellis has been awarded a silver medal by EcoVadis, the universal sustainability ratings provider. They are the first IP firm with a presence in the UK to be awarded a silver medal, placing them at the forefront of sustainability in the IP sector. The firm was in the top 25% of all rated companies worldwide and top 19% of the legal and accountancy profession worldwide.

Richard Clegg, Managing Partner at Mewburn Ellis, said:

“This is the culmination of several years’ work and is a significant achievement. As the forward-looking IP firm, environmental, social and governance concerns have been high on our agenda for some time now and to have this recognition from EcoVadis is hugely rewarding. We will continue to work together as a firm to deliver on the commitment set out in our Sustainability Report: to do everything we can to be a business with sustainable communities at our heart.”

Eleanor Maciver, Partner and Sustainability Champion at Mewburn Ellis said:

“This EcoVadis rating is important both in that it attests to our work to date, and helps guide the next steps of our sustainability journey. I am excited to take on the role of Sustainability Champion at the firm and to move our sustainability agenda forward. One of my first tasks will be to form a sustainability collaboration group and start to gather ideas and input from across the firm. We will also look at how we raise awareness around sustainability issues and build on the feedback from EcoVadis with a view to achieving a gold rating in 2023.”

In the 2022 sustainability rating by the independent rating agency EcoVadis, Leadec has been confirmed to have a high standard in this area. The ranking provides customers and partners with transparency on how the company exercises its responsibility regarding the economy, social issues, and the environment.

“Sustainability is a global task for us. We are not only working to reduce our own ecological footprint, but also support our customers with sustainable services on their way to having a carbon-neutral factory and achieving their sustainability goals. The EcoVadis certification is an important step in providing transparency to our customers, partners and stakeholders and in identifying optimization potential,” says Markus Glaser-Gallion, CEO of the Leadec Group.

With an overall score of 60 points and a percentile of 80, Leadec falls into the “Outstanding” category of the EcoVadis sustainability rating. The high standard at Leadec is reflected, among other things, in a structured and proactive approach to sustainability, comprehensive policies, innovative solutions, and transparent reporting.

New Vision Packaging has been recognized for its commitment to the environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards with a bronze sustainability rating from EcoVadis.

France-based EcoVadis has provided ratings on more than 90,000 companies since it was established in 2007. During the assessment process, EcoVardis considers four key themes, including carbon emissions, human rights and labor practices, ethical business conduct, and approach to sustainable procurement.  

Stephen Shortland, managing director at New Vision Packaging, said: ‘The environment and sustainability continue to play an integral role for New Vision Packaging. We have made a conscious effort to incorporate environmental, social, and governance best practices into the fabric of our organization. Our commitment to sustainability is not only demonstrated through our products but also modelled in our day-to-day operations and processes. To be recognized by the world’s most trusted evaluator of sustainable business is testament to our continued efforts and is another example of our small team consistently punching above its weight in several areas.’ 

Ardagh Group S.A., including Ardagh Metal Packaging S.A. and Ardagh Glass Packaging, has been awarded the prestigious platinum rating – the highest sustainability ranking awarded by EcoVadis. The Platinum rating recognises Ardagh’s responsible and sustainable business practices and underlines the scope and ambition of its sustainability efforts. Ardagh is now part of the top 1% of companies recognised with a platinum EcoVadis rating.

“The EcoVadis rating is an important sustainability rating for our customers to whom we supply infinitely recyclable metal and glass packaging,” said John Sadlier, Chief Sustainability Officer, Ardagh Group. “Together with our recent SBTi approvals, EcoVadis platinum rating demonstrates how we have integrated sustainability into every aspect of our operations. We really are delivering strong sustainability performance across our business.”

Milliken & Company, a manufacturer committed to sustainability, has achieved a gold rating at its 2022 EcoVadis assessment. Milliken’s score places it in the top seven percent of more than 90,000 organizations rated by EcoVadis.

'Milliken relies on our core values, including sustainability and integrity, to drive our purpose and growth,' said Halsey Cook, president and CEO of Milliken & Company. 'The EcoVadis assessment benchmarks our work and guides our improvements to help us build a healthy future.'

EcoVadis reviews sustainability policies, actions, and results in four main themes — environment, labor and human rights, ethics, and sustainable procurement — using methodology built on international sustainability standards, including the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the United Nations Global Compact and the ISO 26000. Milliken’s performance is measured at the enterprise level, meaning the score and subsequent gold rating reflects the company’s efforts across its complete textile, chemical, floor covering, and healthcare businesses.

'Comprehensive third-party reviews like the EcoVadis assessment help us understand how we are doing, what refinements we can make, and ultimately inspire us to achieve new heights in our sustainability journey,' said Kasel Knight, general counsel and head of sustainability at Milliken.

'Milliken customers want sustainable suppliers, and it is a key consideration for them as they review their own environmental, social and governance (ESG) profiles,' said Cindy Boiter, EVP and president of Milliken’s Chemical Business. 'A gold EcoVadis rating helps Milliken showcase the value it can bring to the table, not only as an innovation partner but as an ESG and sustainability partner as well.'

New Vision Packaging gains bronze award from EcoVardis
New Vision Packaging has achieved a Bronze Sustainability Rating from EcoVadis.

New Vision Packaging managing director Stephen Shortland
EcoVardis consider four key themes, including carbon emissions, human rights and labour practices, ethical business conduct, and approach to sustainable procurement.

Stephen Shortland, managing director at New Vision Packaging said: “The environment and sustainability continue to play an integral role for New Vision Packaging. We have made a conscious effort to incorporate environmental, social, and governance best practices into the fabric of our organisation. Our commitment to sustainability is not only demonstrated through our products but also modelled in our day-to-day operations and processes.

“To be recognised by the world’s most trusted evaluator of sustainable business is testament to our continued efforts and is another example of our small team consistently punching above its weight in several areas.”

Coatings manufacturer Stahl, an active proponent of responsible chemistry, has been awarded the highest EcoVadis Platinum rating, placing it within the top 1 percent of companies assessed by EcoVadis.

“Achieving an EcoVadis Platinum rating is further evidence of Stahl’s strengthened ESG focus and our commitment to working with our suppliers and other industry partners to reduce our environmental impact and build a more responsible value chain,” Ingrid Weijer, ESG performance manager at Stahl, said. “By working side by side, we can achieve our common objective of helping limit the global temperature increase to 1.5°Celcius above pre-industrial levels by 2050, as agreed at the 2015 Paris Climate Accords.”

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PPG (NYSE:PPG) today announced that it has maintained a Gold Rating in corporate social responsibility from EcoVadis, which is a trusted business sustainability ratings platform. PPG ranked higher than 92% of evaluated companies.

“At PPG, we take great pride in the sustainability of our operations as well as the sustainability of our strategic supplier base”

“At PPG, we take great pride in the sustainability of our operations as well as the sustainability of our strategic supplier base,” said Diane Kappas, PPG vice president, Global Sustainability. “We are honored that EcoVadis recognizes our efforts, and we look forward to sharing continued progress against our near-term and longer-term sustainability goals.”

Saipem obtained the highest level in the assessment performed by Ecovadis among the more than 90,000 companies evaluated. It thus falls in the top 1% of companies with the best score worldwide.

Saipem obtained a total score of 80/100 which places the company well above the reference sector average and allows it to move up to the Platinum level, which is the highest recognition.

Based on the performance and results achieved, Saipem was recognized by Ecovadis, in particular, as a leader for the integration of sustainability issues in its sector.

This important milestone recognizes the continuous commitment of the group to sustainability issues by combining business and financial objectives with a set of ESG factors, to create value for all its stakeholders in the short and long term. Therefore, sustainability for Saipem is increasingly a strategic priority, also evidenced by the approval in last July by the Board of Directors of the company’s first Sustainability Plan.

AFRY has received the highest Platinum rating in EcoVadis’ global sustainability and social responsibility rating. Total scores of 79/100 places AFRY among the top 1% of all assessed companies in sustainability performance. 

EcoVadis is the world’s largest and most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings. The assessment examines performance across 21 indicators in four themes: Environment, Labour & Human Rights, Ethics and Sustainable procurement. The methodology is built on international sustainability standards, including the Global Reporting Initiative, the UN Global Compact, and the ISO 26000, covering 200 spend categories and 160+ countries.

"I’m proud of our continuous work to improve the sustainability and social responsibility of our operations. We provide transparent and regular reports about our sustainability performance to our stakeholders. This excellent result further encourages us in our ambition to accelerate the transition towards a sustainable society", says Henrik Tegnér, EVP Strategy and Sustainability.

Frauscher Sensor Technology‘s sustainability strategy is again awarded Gold by EcoVadis in 2022

Sustainability is an integral part of Frauscher’s corporate culture, having a particularly high priority in all areas of the company. With a wide range of initiatives, Frauscher is committed to having a positive influence on sustainability at both regional and global level, aiming to set a good example. For this commitment, the company has now received the gold medal from EcoVadis as an award – for the second time in a row after 2021.

Maria Reisinger, Managing Director of Frauscher Austria, explains:

Kimball Electronics (Nasdaq: KE), a leading global electronics manufacturing services provider for the Automotive, Medical, and Industrial markets, is proud to announce that it has been awarded a Silver Medal for corporate social responsibility and business sustainability from EcoVadis, the world’s largest and most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings.

The Silver Medal places Kimball Electronics in the top 25% of the over 90,000 companies that EcoVadis rates.

“This award demonstrates how we live our Guiding Principles through awareness and respect for sustainability, business ethics, the environment, and human rights,” said Doug Hass, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer and Secretary at Kimball Electronics. “The Silver Medal is an important demonstration to our customers, Share Owners, and all our stakeholders of how we have integrated the principles of corporate social responsibility into our business. Our achievement is a credit to all of our worldwide locations and teams.”

Working with EcoVadis is yet another way Kimball Electronics is demonstrating its commitment to continuous improvement when it comes to the company’s Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices.

Alcoa obtains Platinum sustainability rating from EcoVadis
The recognition places Alcoa in the top 1% of the 90,000 companies assessed by EcoVadis.

Alcoa Corporation has earned the highest rating possible in the most recent supplier scorecard released by EcoVadis, the world’s most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings for global supply chains.

The platinum rating puts Alcoa in the top 1 percent of companies across more than 200 industries globally.

“The EcoVadis Platinum rating is the result of concerted action by our teams to improve our performance across our supply chain,” said Mateus Tiraboschi, Vice President of Global Procurement at Alcoa. “This recognition marks an important milestone in Alcoa’s ongoing efforts to reinvent the aluminum industry for a sustainable while delivering strong results across the board.”

Alcoa has been assessed and recognized by EcoVadis as an outstanding supplier since 2018. For four consecutive years, the Company received gold level ratings for its sustainability efforts, placing it in the top 2 percent of companies evaluated worldwide.

“This rating upgrade is testament to our continued efforts to embed sustainability into every aspect of our business and ensure supply chain compliance,” added Rosa García Piñeiro, Alcoa’s Sustainability Vice President. “We are extremely proud of this achievement and thank our employees and partners for their relentless work to make our systems stronger year after year.”

Stahl, an active proponent of responsible chemistry, has been awarded the highest EcoVadis Platinum rating, placing it within the top 1% of companies assessed by EcoVadis. The award underlines Stahl’s commitment to collaborating with its partners to reduce its environmental impact and build a more responsible and transparent supply chain. EcoVadis is a globally recognised evidence-based assessment platform that reviews the performance of more than 90,000 organisations across key sustainability criteria. These include environmental impact, labour and human rights standards, ethics, and sustainable procurement practices. The latest report from EcoVadis highlights Stahl’s positive progress across all these areas and builds on the Gold rating achieved by the company in 2021. Stahl’s 2030 target is to maintain the EcoVadis Platinum rating by working closely with its value-chain partners to help them reduce their environmental impact – including by supporting their transition to renewable feedstocks. In 2021, 80% of Stahl’s total spend on raw materials was supplied by EcoVadis-rated suppliers.

The new EcoVadis rating comes as Stahl accelerates its efforts to ensure a more responsible and transparent supply chain. Recent steps toward this goal have included establishing a dedicated Supply Chain Transparency division within the company’s Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) department. The division will be tasked with co-ordinating a new product development framework that prioritises the responsible sourcing of raw materials. Furthermore, in July 2022, Stahl submitted a new greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction target, including a specific commitment regarding the company’s Scope 3 upstream emissions. Stahl aims to reduce these by at least 25% over the next 10 years, compared with the base year (2021). Stahl expects to achieve this reduction primarily by working with its suppliers to replace fossil-based raw materials with lower-carbon alternatives. Ingrid Weijer, ESG Performance Manager: “Achieving an EcoVadis Platinum rating is further evidence of Stahl’s strengthened ESG focus and our commitment to working with our suppliers and other industry partners to reduce our environmental impact and build a more responsible value chain. By working side by side, we can achieve our common objective of helping limit the global temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels by 2050, as agreed at the 2015 Paris Climate Accords.”

INNIO* today announced that EcoVadis has awarded the INNIO Group, including its Jenbacher* and Waukesha* product lines, with a platinum medal as part of its sustainability performance rating, placing INNIO in the top 1% of all businesses evaluated by EcoVadis. This platinum award reflects demonstrated improvements and contributions towards sustainable growth in the past year, with notable score improvement in Environment, and Sustainable Procurement and continued strong performance in Labor & Human Rights and Ethics categories.

I am extremely proud that INNIO has been awarded the EcoVadis platinum medal. After having already been ranked number one globally amongst companies with the lowest risk within the machinery industry by Sustainalytics, EcoVadis now places us among the top 1% of all evaluated businesses worldwide. This demonstrates INNIO’s commitment to empowering the net zero transition while ensuring that our employees are fully engaged at the workplace and providing continuous support through our diversity and inclusion efforts.

Olaf Berlien, president and CEO of INNIO

Leonhard Kurz has achieved above-average results in the current EcoVadis Sustainability Assessment Report in all four audited areas – environment, labor and human rights, ethics, and sustainable procurement earning the company the bronze medal.

The environmental experts at EcoVadis, a provider of sustainability ratings, praised the fact that ‘Leonhard Kurz is actively working on further improving its sustainability management system’. 
 
Ralph Hopfensitz, Senior Vice President at Kurz, explained: ‘This award is an important milestone for us. With our vision “Be a green leader”, we strive to put our own products and production on a green foundation. This also signals to our customers that we are the right partner for meeting the increasing demands on sustainable surface finishing.’ 
 
As sustainable business management can be multifaceted, EcoVadis has defined four core issues to examine as part of its extensive company reviews. These are Environment, Labor and Human Rights, Ethics, and Sustainable Procurement. Within these four dimensions, energy requirements and emissions are reviewed, for example, and the materials used and product lifetimes are also analyzed. In addition, the focus is on protecting employees and their working conditions, on complying with anti-corruption regulations, and on other partners along the value chain. 

Polarteknik receives EcoVadis Gold rating for sustainability performance ranking in top 5% among over 90,000 rated companies globally. 

How Polarteknik Compares to Other Companies?

Polarteknik is evaluated on August 30th 2022 to be in the top 8% of all evaluated companies. That in turn means that Polarteknik is higher than or equal to the score of 92 percent of all companies rated by EcoVadis. The percentile rank is calculated at the time of score publication. That awards a rating of GOLD which is second best in the rating system.

SMA Solar Technology AG (SMA, FWB: S92) has been awarded the gold medal for successful sustainability management by rating agency EcoVadis. This puts SMA among the top five percent of companies evaluated by EcoVadis worldwide. The ratings and scorecards from EcoVadis show how well a company has integrated the principles of sustainability into its business and management system. The ratings focus on four categories: environment, labor and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement.

"We want to realize a sustainable, secure and cost-effective energy supply for all people worldwide. This is our Purpose and the most important motivation of all SMA employees. For over 40 years, our products and solutions, but above all our high environmental, social and governance standards, have made a very decisive contribution here. The objective of holistic sustainability is therefore also at the heart of our Strategy 2025," says SMA Chief Executive Officer Jürgen Reinert. The company is committed to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, is a member of the UN Global Compact and was one of the finalists for the German Sustainability Award 2022 - the largest and most prestigious in Europe. "Our commitment and our claim of continuous improvement are recognized accordingly: We consistently receive excellent ESG ratings and are extremely pleased to have been awarded the EcoVadis Gold Medal. I am very proud that, in view of the demanding rating, we have not only consistently maintained a high level, but have also been able to improve once again in the 'labor and human rights' and 'ethics' categories," said Reinert. "We are on a very good path to fully implementing our sustainability strategy by 2025."

BCD Travel has received its third-consecutive Platinum rating from EcoVadis, the world’s largest and most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings. We’re also celebrating having our science-based target validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).

BCD’s commitment to sustainability is Platinum rated
With this third Platinum medal, BCD maintains its position as one of the highest-performing companies in the top 1% of the currently 90,000+ assessed by EcoVadis. The organization conducted a full assessment of BCD’s global sustainability management system across four themes: environment (including the Carbon Action Module, a solution to help procurement, sustainability teams, and trading partners collaborate on and address the need for carbon emissions reductions in the supply chain), labor standards and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement. The assessment includes 21 sustainability criteria across these four themes, using diverse data sources as well as technology and sustainability expert analyses. BCD earned four Gold EcoVadis ratings in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 before achieving Platinum in 2020 and 2021, ahead of this year’s rating.