CSR audit confirms Gerresheimer's sustainability strategy
Gerresheimer has set itself ambitious targets in terms of sustainability and consistently implements corresponding measures.
This is also reflected in the result of the current EcoVadis rating, because with 64 out of a maximum of 100 possible points, the company is currently among the top three percent of companies assessed by EcoVadis in a CSR audit in the comparative sector of pharmaceutical suppliers and medical technology.
The company is only two points below the next level, the gold score, which is awarded from 66 points onward as per the current scoring methodology.
Numerous international pharma and cosmetics customers regularly evaluate measures and results with regard to responsible business practices of their suppliers.
They either assess these individually in terms of sustainability through questionnaires and audits or handle this through recognised external sustainability rating agencies such as EcoVadis. EcoVadis scorecards make it easier for customers, but also investors and other stakeholders, to assess the performance and continuous improvements of their suppliers across different dimensions of responsible business practices.
Sustainability is one of Gerresheimer’s five strategic pillars and has set the goal to be a strong partner and solution provider integrating sustainability into core processes, its decision making and its products.
The company is convinced that these ambitions are also reflected in its scores in rating and ranking.
EcoVadis is a sustainability assessment platform. The methodology is based on international CSR standards such as the Global Reporting Initiative, the United Nations Global Compact and ISO 26000 and considers 198 purchasing categories and 155 countries.
The EcoVadis scoring model contains 21 criteria from the four subject areas of environment, social affairs, ethics and sustainable procurement.
Suppliers demonstrate the extent to which they meet these criteria in whole or in part and are eval-updated on this basis.
Once a year EcoVadis then creates a company-specific sustainability ranking, which is accompanied by a scorecard. Currently, the scorecard consists of four evaluation categories, and the scores are grouped into bronze, silver, gold, and platinum.
