Zahoransky AG has been awarded the Bronze Medal by the international rating platform EcoVadis for its performance in environmental, social and governance (ESG) areas. The manufacturer of machines and molds for brushes and brooms, oral care products and medical applications has thus been placed in the top third (35 percent) of all companies certified by EcoVadis. The award reflects the company’s long-standing corporate culture, based on responsible business conduct and appreciation of employees.
The company obtained its EcoVadis assessment at the first attempt, which confirms that sustainability issues are formally anchored in Zahoransky’s corporate strategy. The EcoVadis platform is widely used by industrial customers to qualify and assess suppliers, therefore the result achieved by the company is relevant both from the perspective of internal management and in relations with customers and partners in global supply chains.
The significance of the EcoVadis assessment goes beyond the medal classification itself. The detailed scorecard enables the company to identify existing strengths and areas requiring further improvement. Zahoransky treats it as a tool for systematic management of ESG activities, oriented towards long term improvement of indicators and maintaining comparability of its results over subsequent years.
Significance of the award for customers and partners
In its statement, the company emphasizes that the EcoVadis result is directly relevant for building relations with customers and business partners in international markets. This is illustrated by the comment from Ric Nachtmann, Chief Financial Officer of Zahoransky AG.
"Receiving the Bronze Medal at our very first EcoVadis assessment is a great success for our entire team. It sends a clear signal to our customers and partners that we do not view sustainability merely as a buzzword, but have firmly embedded it in our corporate strategy," explains Ric Nachtmann, Chief Financial Officer of Zahoransky AG. "Many of our international customers use EcoVadis for supplier qualification. This recognition further strengthens our position as a reliable and transparent partner in the global market."
For customers who use EcoVadis tools to assess their supply chain, such a result means that Zahoransky meets the standards defined by the platform in four key assessment areas. This facilitates the company’s inclusion in qualification processes, particularly in sectors with high requirements for transparency and reporting of environmental and social activities.
Focus on continuous improvement
According to the published information, Zahoransky intends to use the detailed EcoVadis scorecard as a strategic tool for further work on its sustainability performance. The assessment enables more precise definition of priorities and setting measurable objectives for subsequent reporting cycles.
The company indicates that its goal is to continuously improve sustainability performance and enhance its position in future ratings. This approach assumes both maintaining current good practices and systematically addressing areas identified as requiring improvement. In this way, EcoVadis functions not only as a certification system but also as a tool for risk management and planning of environmental, social and ethical activities over a longer time horizon.
Scope and methodology of the EcoVadis assessment
EcoVadis is a global platform used to assess companies’ performance in the field of sustainability. The rating system covers both an analysis of formal management systems and the concrete actions and measures implemented by the assessed entities. The assessment is based on four main thematic areas: environment, labor and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement.
Each of these areas includes a set of criteria and indicators related to policies, procedures, implemented measures and documented results. Based on the analysis of the submitted documentation, EcoVadis prepares a scorecard that presents the level of compliance with requirements in individual categories and an overall synthetic rating. Depending on the result achieved, a company may receive one of the medal level distinctions.
The EcoVadis certification is valid for twelve months and requires annual updates based on subsequent assessments. This cycle is intended to ensure that the data remains up to date and to enable monitoring of changes over time. For companies such as Zahoransky, active in the machinery and mold sector, the repeatability of assessments provides a basis for comparing their own progress and adapting ESG activities to evolving regulatory and market requirements.
The result achieved by Zahoransky in its first EcoVadis assessment indicates that systems and practices in environmental, social and ethical areas are already in place within the company. At the same time, it leaves room for further improvement, which is consistent with the company’s stated objective of systematically enhancing its performance in the coming years.
