KHS has earned gold status for the first time in the EcoVadis rating system in recognition of the company’s sustainability achievements.
Compared to the last audit from 2022, the systems supplier to the beverage and liquid food industries has improved by 12 points to 71 out of a possible total score of 100.
Since 2012 KHS has taken part in the annual audit run by the certification platform. To date, EcoVadis has awarded the business with seven silver and two bronze accolades.
“With our first gold medal EcoVadis has honoured the KHS Group’s ever-growing commitment and certified our well-functioning system of sustainability management,” said CEO Kai Acker. “The much-improved rating result is a clear manifestation of the continuous steps we’ve been taking in this field for many years now. We’ll be continuing to consistently pursue this policy with the aim of reaching net zero by 2045.”
EcoVadis assesses the sustainability achievements of companies based on the four central criteria of environment, ethics, sustainable procurement and labour law and human rights. In all areas KHS has made improvements over the previous year.
The manufacturer’s largest gain was in the sustainable procurement category, where it went up 20 points on the scoring system. KHS also bettered last year’s results by ten respective points in the environment, labour law and human rights and ethics sections.
“Through various targeted measures we’ve been able to prove that we turn important requirements into processes, thus making these fixed parameters in a system of practiced sustainability,” Acker added.
According to the EcoVadis rating, KHS is among the top 2% of manufacturers of general machinery.
