ECOVADIS was founded in 2007 and operates as the first sustainability (CSR) evaluation collaboration platform to evaluate the environmental and social performance of global suppliers.
ECOVADIS certification is a tool for buyers, supply partners, and service partners which can be used to solve issues in terms of sustainability management/CSR together. It provides an efficient system to both buyers and suppliers (partners). More than 75,000 companies in 160 countries around the world are using ECOVADIS's CSR evaluation platform.
- Reinforcement of the role in corporate social responsibility (CSR)
- Increase of the importance of sustainable management
- Enhancement of corporate and brand image
- Promotion of access to capital and increase in the corporate valuation
The evaluation process consists of four steps: registration, survey, expert analysis, and results.
- ECOVADIS evaluation items consist of 39 CSR questions in 5 themes (general, environmental, labor practices, fair operation, and sustainable procurement) regarding supplier CSR.
| General (3 items) |
Compliance with international or industry initiatives, principles, charters, and frameworks related to domestic and foreign CSR, as well as the status on having an official CSR manager or not, the status of having CSR-related reports disclosed publicly, etc. |
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| Environment (14 items) |
Environmental policy, energy consumption and greenhouse gas measurement status, water resource management status, hazardous substances and waste management, environmental impact of product use, product lifespan, customer safety, external environmental reporting status, compliance with European environmental regulations and CDP response, etc. |
| Labor practices and human rights policy (9 items) |
Labor practices, human rights policies, the status of measures to prevent discrimination and sexual harassment, the number of days injured, time lost due to accidents, the severity rate etc. Labor practices and human rights-related report indicators disclosed to the public, the percentage of women in the management, the status of safety and health management system certification, etc. |
| Fair business practices (7 items) |
Policies related to fair business practices, response activities related to bribery and anti-competitive practices, current status of anti-bribery management and bribery measures, information security related measures, external system certification related to business ethics, legal matters related to business ethics, etc. |
| Sustainable procurement (6 items) |
Sustainability and responsible purchasing-related policies, status, and management of conflict minerals in products, supplier environmental, status of social practice management, status on REAC, current status, etc. |
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