Azelis’ CSR performance recognized with EcoVadis Gold rating for the second time in a row.

EcoVadis’s CSR assessment methodology covers 198 purchasing categories, 155 countries, and 21 CSR indicators. The EcoVadis Gold rating was an important prerequisite for Azelis’ membership to Together for Sustainbiliy (TfS), a global initiative for sustainable supply chains, which the company proudly announced recently.

With a score of 70 points out of 100, Azelis increased its last rating by two points.

Azelis secured its spot in the top one percent of distributors assessed by EcoVadis and the top two percent of the 60,000 suppliers assessed by EcoVadis in all categories.

The EcoVadis score (0-100) reflects the quality of the company’s CSR performance at the time of the assessment. To obtain the Gold rating, a company must score between 66 and 72.

“In 2018, we were awarded the EcoVadis Gold rating for the first time, making us the first specialty chemicals distributor to receive this award,” said Maria Almenar, Group Safety, Health, Environment and Quality (SHEQ) and Sustainability director. “To now obtain this prestigious accolade for the second time in a row is a wonderful recognition of our group-wide efforts and commitments to implement the same high standards for our CSR performance across all regions in which we operate.”

“It is our genuine belief that only innovation and sustainable business can offer long-term partnerships with customers and suppliers, as well as considerable benefits to society,” CEO Dr. Hans Joachim Müller added. “Our engagement for the EcoVadis assessment is therefore not a ‘nice-to-have,’ but almost a pre-requisite of an exclusive partnership between a principal and an innovation service provider like ourselves. It’s a new norm, a new responsible way of doing business. Both our membership of TfS and the EcoVadis Gold rating are moreover an important motivation and inspiration to our employees who have put our CSR efforts on top of their agenda, and it stimulates a sense of pride and belonging.”