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EcoVadis Grows Sector Initiatives by 100% in 12 Months, Accelerating Sustainable Supply Chain Transparency & Performance at Scale

Stuart Mitchell

EcoVadis, the leading provider of business sustainability ratings, today announces the sustainable procurement impact achieved over a decade of continuous momentum by its Sector Initiative members. A Sector Initiative is a purpose-based group of companies in the same industry, facing similar ESG challenges and values, ready to commit to an ambitious agenda of sustainability value chain transformation. EcoVadis’ Sector Initiative (SI) solution provides additional capabilities to empower industry peers and their suppliers to share scorecards more easily, as well as dashboards, industry benchmarking and analytics to accelerate their programs. This…

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EcoVadis Announces 2024 Sustainability Achievement Awards

Stuart Mitchell

EcoVadis, the leading provider of business sustainability ratings, today announced the winners of its eighth annual Sustainability Achievement Awards (formerly Sustainable Procurement Awards). Winners were announced at the EcoVadis Sustain 2024 conference.  The EcoVadis Sustainability Achievement Awards recognize companies who are leading the charge in engaging and integrating sustainability into their relationships with trading partners around the globe and creating an impact through their sustainability business practices. “This year’s winners exemplify excellence and that sustainable business practices are an essential part of their business success,” said Nicole Sherwin, SVP, Executive…

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Leading Commercial Airlines and EcoVadis Launch The Sustainable Airlines Initiative

Stuart Mitchell

Air France-KLM, Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic recently announced the launch of the Sustainable Airlines Initiative (SAI) in partnership with EcoVadis. Driven by members’ commitment to improve sustainability performance, the SAI will work to accelerate sustainable practices through close collaboration with trading partners to build transparency and scale positive impact across their value chains. “Commercial aviation is critical for our economies and a conduit for connecting billions of people. The environmental and social crisis the planet is facing has elevated the need for innovation not only in more sustainable fuel but…

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Berry Global Again Receives Silver ESG Rating and Improves Overall Score from EcoVadis

Stuart Mitchell

Berry Global proudly retained its silver rating from EcoVadis, a global sustainability rating platform, for the second year in a row. Berry improved its overall score from 61 to 67, moving the global packaging leader from the 82nd to the 89th percentile with score increases in three out of four categories: Environment, Labor & Human Rights, and Sustainable Procurement.  One main driver for improvement is Berry’s continued focus on enhancing Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) and Human Resource (HR) practices at the company’s individual sites. Berry improved its score by…

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Sustainable Procurement is the Cornerstone for Business Resilience and Growth

Stuart Mitchell

EcoVadis, the leading provider of business sustainability ratings, recently released its 2024 Sustainable Procurement Barometer report. Co-developed with Accenture, the Barometer reveals procurement’s untapped potential to drive business value through sustainable supply chain programs, and transform into a key agent of an organization’s resilience and growth in a rapidly changing world. In the aftermath of the pandemic, combined with business and industry risks (e.g., accelerating climate crisis, cost volatility and more), and increasing regulations, sustainability has emerged as a key force for procurement’s transformation into a central driver of an…

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