EcoVadis, which rates more than 150,000 organisations worldwide, evaluates performance across 21 criteria covering environment, labour and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement.
Certas Energy has improved its overall score from 45/100 to 78/100 in the past year, with its strongest performance in sustainable procurement (81/100). The business attributes the uplift to targeted investment and the integration of enhanced sustainability standards across its supply chain.
Operational changes have also contributed to the improved rating. Certas has continued to reduce Scope 1 emissions by switching a further 238 fleet vehicles from diesel to Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO), expanding the number of depots supplying HVO and opening what it reports as the UK’s first HVO-only bunker in Birmingham.
The distributor also reports its best recorded employee safety performance over the past year and ongoing progress in equality, diversity and inclusion initiatives, community volunteering and in-house training.
Only 19 companies worldwide in the wholesale solid, liquid and gas fuel sector currently hold a Gold or Platinum EcoVadis rating.
Reflecting an improvement-focussed company
Richard Garnett, Head of Sustainability at Certas Energy, said: “EcoVadis is the gold standard for sustainable and responsible business practice, so we are absolutely thrilled to be rated among the top companies worldwide. The advanced due diligence involved as part of this award will give our customers a higher degree of confidence and trust in Certas and continue seeing us as the supplier of choice.
“This achievement also demonstrates our commitment to continuous improvement, epitomised by almost doubling our rating in the past year. Having reached this milestone, our ambition is to maintain this momentum and to embed best practice with our value chain partners.”
Certas Energy has been a member of EcoVadis since 2021.
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