Iggesund receives gold rating from EcoVadis

EcoVadis provides a system for assessing and marking the suppliers of global companies and has evaluated more than 25,000 suppliers. Companies using EcoVadis include Coca Cola, Johnson & Johnson, Nestlé, L’Oréal and Heineken.

EcoVadis CSR recognition levels depend on a company’s score: bronze – a rating between 37 and 45; silver – a rating between 46 and 61; and gold – a rating between 62 and 100. Companies with an overall score approximately in the top five percent receive an EcoVadis Gold level recognition medal, while EcoVadis Silver is awarded to approximately the top 30 percent and EcoVadis Bronze to the top 65 percent.

‘This is not the first confirmation that Iggesund Paperboard and its parent company, the Holmen Group, have a very strong sustainability program,’ commented Johan Granås, sustainability communications manager at Iggesund. ‘Over time the issues raised have changed from being purely environmental ones to now encompassing the entire field of sustainability, including its financial and social dimensions.

‘It’s becoming more and more important to be able to document your sustainability work so that customers know where you stand in this regard. That’s where the EcoVadis system comes in. EcoVadis and similar systems are a major advance in simplifying the exchange of information between customers and suppliers. It’s easy to point to business deals where Iggesund’s sustainability position was a decisive factor, and the importance of these issues will only increase in future.’

Granås concluded: ‘We believe that our customers, the brand owners and ourselves are all winners in this trend towards more openness regarding sustainability. And of course, it’s very pleasing to see we’re already ranked so highly today.’