- Givaudan’s score of 72 puts it in the top 1% of EcoVadis surveyed companies
- Score earns Givaudan a gold rating for the 5th consecutive year
- Givaudan earned particularly strong scores in sustainable procurement
Givaudan announced today that it has ranked in the top 1% of the 55,000 companies participating in the 2019 EcoVadis Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) assessment with a score of 72/100. This result earned Givaudan a gold rating for the fifth year in a row.
“We are delighted with this acknowledgement of our unceasing drive to be a responsible company,” Gilles Andrier, CEO of Givaudan said. “The EcoVadis assessment is a strong recognition that Givaudan’s strategy ‘Responsible growth. Shared success.’ works not only in the interests of customers and shareholders, but also puts great emphasis on the growing need for a sustainable future for both society and the environment.”
The results underline Givaudan’s commitment to sustainability and the Company’s success in implementing the programmes that drive it. Sustainability ratings provider EcoVadis found that Givaudan is particularly strong in sustainable procurement, an area supported by Sourcing for Shared Value, a comprehensive approach that builds upon and further strengthens the Company’s long-term commitment to sustainable procurement practices in the three core areas of Responsible Sourcing, Sourcing at Origin and Communities at Source.
EcoVadis’s assessment serves as an evaluation of how well a company has integrated the principles of CSR into its business and management systems. It looks at criteria in the categories of environment, labour and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement to compare the performance of companies in different sectors.
Willem Mutsaerts: “As Head of Global Procurement and Sustainability, I am particularly proud of the solid recognition for our sustainable sourcing methods. This shows the strength of our commitment and the success of our efforts to source raw materials responsibly by working with suppliers who respect people and the environment.”
