Global packaging material manufacturer Huhtamaki has retained its EcoVadis Gold Medal, but with an improved score that puts the company within touching distance of Platinum, the highest achievable EcoVadis rating.
The EcoVadis assessment covers 21 sustainability criteria across four themes, weighted according to company-specific factors. The areas are environment, labour and human rights, ethics, and sustainable procurement.
Riikka Tieaho, Executive Vice President, Sustainability, Corporate Affairs & Legal, and General Counsel, Huhtamaki, said, “This is a result we can be proud of. It reflects the great work that has been done across Huhtamaki teams, from strengthening our climate action to developing our practices in human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement. There is more to do, but this is a great step forward, so thank you to everyone who has contributed to this progress.”
Huhtamaki has participated in EcoVadis assessments since 2019. It has held Gold for the previous six assessments. This year’s score of 88 points placed the company amongst the top 2% of the approximately 150,000 companies assessed by EcoVadis.
Key progress in the latest assessment, which led Huhtamaki’s score to increase by nine points and place it one point away from EcoVadis Platinum, included:
- Improvements in policies, management systems, and performance tracking;
- Continuous development of sustainability processes and governance;
- Increased maturity in sustainable procurement and supply chain management practices; and
- Sustainable procurement and ethics practices, with Huhtamaki ranked in the top 1% of companies rated by EcoVadis for the manufacture of corrugated paper and paperboard and of containers of paper and paperboard industry
Other improved areas include: advancing responsible sourcing practices, including deeper supplier engagement; expanded sustainability assessments and corrective action programmes; additional environmental initiatives; further developing ethics and compliance programmes; and increased transparency and sustainability reporting.
Iida Liimatainen, Sustainability Reporting Specialist, Huhtamaki, said, “What makes this achievement especially meaningful is that it was truly a cross-functional team effort. Behind this score are countless hours of work from colleagues across Huhtamaki, demonstrating our shared commitment to sustainability and continuous improvement.”
