We are proud to announce that Royal Smit & Zoon has been awarded the EcoVadis Platinum rating, placing it to the top 1% of 75.000 organizations assessed globally. The Platinum rating, up 15 points from 2022, reflects our 202-year dedication to sustainability and is an improvement from the company’s Gold rating in 2022 and 2021. It also demonstrates our ongoing efforts true to our mission to create a socially and environmentally sustainable leather value chain, together.We are really proud to achieve our first Platinum rating. Doing EcoVadis’ rigorous assessment for more than 5 years already, demonstrates clearly how committed we are to ongoing improvements. While the journey to this score is not easy, it is also an encouragement to continue our efforts hand in hand with all our stakeholders. Our goal is to maintain this EcoVadis Platinum rating, while considering it as a journey and continuously keep on moving forward with our ESG ambitions. In the spirit of our mission, we want to continue to raise the bar in terms of sustainability, while collaborating for a future-proof leather industry.Aukje Berden, ESG Director Royal Smit & Zoon Four impact themes EcoVadis is a globally recognized methodology that assesses the sustainability performance of more than 75.000 organisations across a range of criteria grouped into four impact themes: “Environment”, “Labor & Human Rights”, “Ethics” and “Sustainable Procurement”. These evidence-based assessments are refined into easy-to-read scorecards, providing zero to one hundred (0-100) scores and medals (bronze, silver, gold, platinum). Our company scored particularly high in the areas of Environment, Labor practices and Ethics. Sustainable procurement is a key focus area for Royal Smit & Zoon as it raises the bar across the whole supply chain and delivers further assurance to customers and stakeholders that their expectations are being met by everyone. “Sustainability has always been key to our business. As a company, we are committed to creating a socially and environmentally sustainable leather value chain, putting sustainability at the heart of what we do. Achieving our Platinum rating from EcoVadis reflects this commitment. It demonstrates to our customers and wider stakeholders that we are a trusted partner when it comes to sustainability.”Marc Smit, CEO Royal Smit & Zoon EcoVadis continuously develops and improves its assessment, positively impacting sustainability performance across value chains, fostering transparency and driving innovation. Achieving our Platinum medal confirms our progress in all these areas. EcoVadis evaluated Royal Smit & Zoon’s policies, actions and results across all its businesses and production facilities worldwide.Interesting for you Discover more news Royal Smit & Zoon maintains EcoVadis GOLD RatingWe are proud to announce that Royal Smit & Zoon maintained its EcoVadis GOLD medal. With this recognition, Royal Smit & Zoon belongs to the top 9% of all companies assessed by EcoVadis. Smit & Zoon achieves Ecovadis SILVER CSR RatingWe are proud to announce that Smit & Zoon has received 62 points in the Ecovadis Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) rating, earning a SILVER award. With a score higher than 90% of all of the EcoVadis assessed companies, we have once again proven to belong to the absolute top in sustainability-related activities. Behind the scenes of Royal Smit & Zoon’s ESG Roadmap and reportingWhat is the process behind the ESG report and why is ESG so important? Aukje Berden, ESG Director of Royal Smit & Zoon, explains more about this topic. More newsGo to all news articlesDiscoverStay informedReceive the latest company news and industry updatesSubscribe to our newsletterShare this:
