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Azelis SA EcoVadis Rating Certificate
(Source: Azelis)
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AZELIS SA (GROUP)
has been awarded a
Platinum medal
as a recognition of their EcoVadis Rating
- JULY 2021-
2021
Valid until: July 2022
INGREDIENTS
Action 2025, Azelis’ new sustainability strategy
Aleading global innovation service provider in the specialty chemical and food ingredients industry, Aze- lis publishes its second sustainability report which covers the 2020 group- wide sustainability performance.
Dr. Hans Joachim Muller, Azelis Chief Executive Officer, comments “Perhaps the most important lesson of 2020 was that we cannot and must not continue as before the Covid-19 pandemic.
Despite the turmoil 2020 brought, it has been yet another pivotal year of progress for Azelis. More than ever, sustainability is a driver of innovation for Azelis and innovation is a driver of sustainability. Across all market seg- ments, our formulation experts are helping customers reduce their envi- ronmental impact by developing inno- vations that minimize or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous sub- stances. They are also creating formu- lations and practices that deliver en- hanced performance while protecting human health and the environment. Our innovations catalyze sustainability in the market segments we serve and their value chains, and will help realize concepts such as circular economy.”
Maria J. Almenar Martin, Group Safety, Health, Environment and Qual- ity (SHEQ) and Sustainability Director, says “As Group Sustainability Director, I look back at our 2020 sustainability achievements proudly and with excite- ment and confidence to the years to come to reach our 2025 sustainabil- ity targets. With our recently awarded Platinum rating from EcoVadis and this latest edition of the sustainability report, we confirm to all our partners the proven track record of our sustain- ability efforts and commitments since we started our journey back in 2015. We are in a resolute course of action to be catalyst of change when it comes to sustainable business models and be- come the benchmark for the industry.”
A recognition for its sustainability commitments, Azelis was awarded the Platinum rating by EcoVadis- the high-
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In 2020, Azelis laid the grounds for its new sustainability strategy, Action 2025. Rolled out in early 2021, the strategy captures the company’s continued ambitions to innovate and to advance in sustainability.
est distinction in the supplier sustain- ability rating scheme.
Highlights of the Report
- Features Azelis’ environmental, social, and governance (ESG) commit- ments
- Reinforces Azelis’ ambitions to be- come the world-leading provider of sustainable solutions and services
- Features Action 2025 - Azelis’ sus- tainability strategy, which is built upon four pillars: People, Products and Inno- vation, Governance and Environment
Action 2025: A mission with a vision
Azelis’ sustainability journey started
in 2015 when the company defined the fundamentals of its sustainability pro- gram, following the Paris Agreement on climate change and the release of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by the United Nations. Based on the United Nations Global Compact (UN GC) initiative, ISO 26000 and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the program consists of four pil- lars, each with goals and KPIs. Within each pillar, Azelis also contributes to a number of United Nations Sustain- able Development Goals (UNSDGs).
In 2020, Azelis laid the grounds for its new sustainability strategy, Action 2025. Rolled out in early 2021, the strategy captures the company’s con- tinued ambitions to innovate and to advance in sustainability.
The main 2020 developments across all four pillars of the Azelis sustain- ability strategy include:
Azelis: Our People, our backbone
Another edition of the company- wide employee satisfaction survey, which has been in place since 2014, was conducted. Thanks to the exten- sive improvement actions put in place across the entire organization follow- ing the 2018 survey, Azelis succeeded
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