Polyart group receives gold and silver medals from Ecovadis

Group places among the top five percent of companies globally

Polyart Group’s UK facility Arjobex Polyart in Clacton on Sea has received a gold medal for its Corporate Social Responsibility performance from Ecovadis

Polyart Group’s UK facility Arjobex Polyart in Clacton on Sea has received a gold medal for its Corporate Social Responsibility performance from Ecovadis, one of the major rating organizations for sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

This result ranks Arjobex Polyart among the top five percent of companies globally and in the top two percent of companies within the plastic manufacturing sector audited by Ecovadis.

Other facilities of the group achieved silver medals, including Arjobex America in Charlotte, NC, Arjobex Rives in France, MDV Karlstein in Germany and TechFolien in UK.

Ecovadis’ assessments are based on documented and internationally recognized elements, with its methodology covering seven founding principles through 21 indicators divided into four themes: environment, social and human rights, ethics and responsible purchasing. It is based on international standards, in particular, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the United Nations Global Compact, and the ISO 26000 standard, and is supervised by an international scientific committee.

Polyart Group has integrated ongoing sustainable development into its five-year business plan, with the entire group contributing to its environmental and social governance (ESG) commitments. In 2021 Polyart group named Mark Grimley as corporate CSR manager under the direct supervision of Stephane Daveau, CEO of the group.

2021 also saw the launch of r-Polyart, a synthetic paper with 30 percent post-consumer recycled polyethylene. In 2022, Polyart had its coated and uncoated grades of Polyart tested under the Association of Plastic recyclers HDPE CG01 protocol; both grades were found compliant, proving that an HDPE rigid container with a Polyart label can be considered as mono-component packaging and be recycled easily.

The next steps in the group sustainability roadmap in 2023 will be verifiable commitments to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the group will also start a Recyclass evaluation of its European grades of films for labels.

The group has also announced that by 2027 it will reduce by 20 percent the scope 1 and scope 2 carbon emissions of its Polyart synthetic paper range produced in Europe.

‘As a plastic manufacturer, we have to take responsibility for our impact on the environment and strive to decrease it,’ said Mark Grimley, global CSR manager of the group. ‘Ecovadis is the most trusted institution that enables us to evaluate and present a fair picture of our endeavors in terms of CSR and publish it in a transparent way.’