09.08.2024

Gold medal for SARIA

SARIA Group’s global sustainability practices were recently assessed by EcoVadis and awarded a Gold Medal.

In this year’s assessment SARIA was able to improve the performance from 69 to 76 points. This score reflects the continuous professionalization of the sustainability practices across the entire organization and places the Group in the top 3 % of all companies evaluated worldwide.

EcoVadis is the global standard for business sustainability ratings and already assessed more than 130,000 companies worldwide. Based on international sustainability standards, it evaluates companies’ sustainability performance including 21 criteria across the four themes Environment, Labor & Human Rights, Ethics, and Sustainable Procurement. SARIA has completed this comprehensive assessment every year since 2016 and was able to steadily improve its Group-wide rating.

In the video: Simone Thiemann (Head of Group Sustainability) and Tim Schwencke (SARIA Executive Board member) on the gold award for the SARIA Group.

Tim Schwencke highlights: „Being awarded the EcoVadis gold medal is a great achievement for everyone involved in implementing our sustainability agenda and an important recognition of SARIA’s commitment to a sustainable world and healthier living. The successive increase in our score over the last 8 years and this year’s leap to gold reflects the continuous development of our Group-wide sustainability management and is a valuable credential for our various business partners.”