Building Sustainability that Lasts

Building sustainability that lasts means creating the right foundations. It's about more than setting ambitions - it's about embedding responsible practices, strengthening governance and ensuring progress can be measured over time.

Our latest EcoVadis Committed recognition reflects the progress we're making in turning those principles into action across our business. EcoVadis is one of the world's leading providers of business sustainability assessments, evaluating organisations across Environment, Labour & Human Rights, Ethics and Sustainable Procurement.

Danielle van Koert-Bakker, Group Manager Quality & Sustainability, said the recognition reflects the work underway to strengthen the way sustainability is managed across the business, as we continues to improve governance, increase transparency and embed sustainability more consistently across our global organisation.

"EcoVadis provides an independent perspective on how we're embedding sustainability across our organisation,” she said

“It's encouraging to see that progress recognised, but what's most important is continuing to build the right foundations. By improving how we measure, manage and report our sustainability performance, we're creating a stronger, more resilient business for the future. We're proud of what we've achieved so far and focused on what comes next."

The assessment highlighted improvements in Labour & Human Rights and Ethics, while maintaining stable performance in Environment and Sustainable Procurement. These results reflect the work underway to embed sustainable practices more consistently across our business.

As we continue delivering our sustainability strategy , our focus is on moving beyond policies and ensuring they are implemented consistently across every part of our organisation. That means improving governance, increasing transparency and giving our teams the information they need to monitor performance, respond effectively and make informed decisions.

A key milestone is the rollout of a group-wide non-financial reporting platform. By creating a connected framework for sustainability reporting across all our entities, we'll improve data quality, increase consistency and gain a clearer view of performance across the business. This will help us strengthen accountability, support evolving reporting requirements and continue improving the way we measure and manage sustainability.

Sustainability is an ongoing responsibility. Assessments like EcoVadis help us measure our progress, identify opportunities to improve and keep us accountable as we continue building a more responsible and resilient business. They provide valuable insight into how we can strengthen our sustainability ecosystem, work in closer partnership across our organisation and continue creating lasting value for our customers, our people and our partners.