Archroma awarded EcoVadis Gold rating for its CSR performance
27 August 2020: Switzerland based Archroma, a global leader in color and specialty chemicals towards sustainable solutions, has been awarded the EcoVadis “Gold” rating in corporate social responsibility (CSR) 2020. This places our company within the top 5% of the best rated companies in its industry.
Archroma has presence in over 35 countries and with 25 production sites, with three businesses – Brand & Performance Textile Specialties, Packaging & Paper Specialties, and Coatings, Adhesives & Sealants. Archroma has built a strong reputation as a global leader in developing innovations and systems that help minimize resource, increase productivity and create value for its customers. Archroma, who was undergoing the assessment for the third year, had set itself the target to reach the EcoVadis “Gold” rating. Archroma will use the report to further improve its CSR performance and target setting.
“For Archroma, sustainability is a process of bringing continued improvement to our societal, environmental and economic performance, and that of our customers” comments Heike van de Kerkhof, CEO at Archroma. “We are extremely proud of this first Gold rating by EcoVadis, which is a strong encouragement that we are heading to the right direction in the way we run our own operations, because it’s our nature!”
EcoVadis is an organization specialized in assessing the CSR performance of companies on a global basis. The assessment focuses on 21 criteria which are grouped into 4 themes: Environment, Labor & Human Rights, Ethics and Sustainable Procurement.
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