Nov 3, 2022 | Weingarten
The CHG-MERIDIAN Group has been awarded a silver rating by EcoVadis for the second consecutive year. For this highly respected sustainability rating, companies worldwide are assessed on globally accepted sustainability standards. The silver rating puts the CHG-MERIDIAN Group in the top 25 per cent of all companies assessed by EcoVadis.
The latest rating once again highlights CHG-MERIDIAN’s continuous and reliable sustainability management. Since 2020, the Company has been coordinating its activities in this field with the help of a central Group Sustainability Office function led by a Group Sustainability Officer (GSO). This team oversees the groupwide implementation of the sustainability goals embedded in the corporate strategy.
The following are some of the aspects that EcoVadis took into account in its latest rating of CHG-MERIDIAN:
The EcoVadis silver rating not only helps CHG-MERIDIAN to meet increasing customer requirements in respect of sustainability but also constitutes a key pillar of the Company's sustainable financing strategy. In 2022, CHG-MERIDIAN successfully placed two ESG-linked financing transactions tied to its EcoVadis score. The better the sustainability rating, the lower the loan's interest rate.
“Sustainability will have a positive impact on the ongoing development of our business model. We have been pioneering the principles of the circular economy in our business model for more than 40 years. They are part of our corporate DNA. At the same time, sustainability is a field that offers us huge opportunities for growth through the development of new products and the ability to appeal to new target groups and target markets,” says Matthias Steybe, Group Sustainability Officer (GSO) at CHG-MERIDIAN.
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