The Zumtobel Group has been awarded an EcoVadis Platinum medal for the first time, achieving the highest distinction from the independent sustainability rating platform.
The company has consistently been evaluated by the organisation across the entire group since 2016 and has progressed from Silver to Gold over the last ten years.
By achieving Platinum, the Zumtobel Group now ranks among the top 1 per cent of all companies assessed by EcoVadis. The continuous improvement in the overall score confirms the lighting group’s sustainable development.
Zumtobel says its first EcoVadis Platinum rating confirms its consistently pursued path. ‘For us, sustainability is not a single project, but an integral part of our business,’ CEO Alfred Felder told the Circular Lighting Report.
‘This success is only possible thanks to the joint commitment of our teams and the continuous implementation of our sustainability strategy.
‘At the same time, we see this award as an incentive to continue pushing our ambitions – in the interests of our customers and partners, our employees and the environment.’
Throughout the value chain, the company says it is implementing concrete measures with quantitative targets as part of its sustainability strategy, consisting of the Net-Zero, Circular Economy and Partner of Choice goals. Regulatory frameworks, such as the European Sustainability Reporting Standard, according to which the Zumtobel Group reports on its progress in sustainability, are a significant catalyst for creating transparency.
Founded in 2007, the independent sustainability rating platform EcoVadis has since been assessing companies’ performance in the areas of the environment, labour and human rights, sustainable procurement and ethics. It has proved popular in the lighting industry with many top brands making it their environmental metric of choice.
The ratings are based on international sustainability standards such as the Global Reporting Initiative, the United Nations Global Compact and ISO 26000. More than 175,000 companies from over 180 countries have already been assessed by EcoVadis.
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