The EcoVadis assessment is a process through which companies measure their sustainability performance based on standardised criteria evaluated by the EcoVadis platform. The assessment is based on a structured questionnaire and supporting documentation and focuses on four main themes: environment, labour and human rights, ethics, and sustainable procurement.
he outcome of the assessment is a sustainability score, used mainly in commercial relationships to understand the level of risk and the maturity of an organisation’s practices. EcoVadis is not a traditional certification but a comparative assessment tool, internationally recognised within supply chains.
The EcoVadis assessment should be considered by companies that act as suppliers to large or multinational organisations, by businesses involved in international supply chains, as well as by organisations that wish to demonstrate their sustainability performance in a structured manner to clients, partners, or investors.