Crest Medical Holdings Earns Gold Medal from EcoVadis for Sustainability Commitment and Performance
Our new Gold Medal Rating from EcoVadis, a globally recognised provider of business sustainability ratings validates Crest Medical’s business sustainability commitments and performance.
Crest Medical’s scoring places it in the top 5% of companies scored this year, more than 125,000 companies globally have been rated by EcoVadis to date.
Rachel Maxwell Head of ESG and Sustainability said:
“We are delighted with our Gold Medal recognition, an EcoVadis score is extremely important to our business and our customers, including the NHS, wholesale traders and our retail partners who demand transparency and sustainable practices in everything we do.
We previously held a Silver Medal rating, and our latest Gold Medal rating is a recognition of our commitment and demonstration of sustainable practices across the core themes of Environment, Labour and Human Rights, Ethics where we scored 70/100 and 80/100 in Sustainable Procurement.
This independent rating of our sustainable practices is a validated assurance that companies can be confident in their dealings with us as a supplier and further support our mission to be the market leader, delivering sustainable excellence in the first aid and healthcare supplies industry.“
EcoVadis is the global standard for business sustainability ratings. Their assessment evaluates 21 sustainability criteria across four core themes: Environment, Labour and Human Rights, Ethics and Sustainable Procurement. Its sustainability ratings are based on international sustainability standards such as the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact, the International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards and the ISO 26000 standard. The ratings provide an evidenced-based analysis on performance and an actionable roadmap for continuous improvement. An EcoVadis medal or badge is an acknowledgement of achievement relative to other assessed companies across the EcoVadis database.
Crest Medical Holdings is part of the Crest Medical Group which is a multi-channel organisation providing a range of products and services to a variety of healthcare related industries. Its Group of companies works collectively to provide healthcare related products and services to customers globally, in a variety of industries, to support a healthier tomorrow.
Crest Medical is a Certified Carbon Neutral business (Scope 1 and 2). It has implemented a range of initiatives across the business to help reach its goal of becoming a zero-waste operation. It is accredited with Level 3, Labour Standards Assurance System (LSAS), developed by the NHS to audit companies who supply the NHS ensure the use of fair labour in their supply chain.
To find out more about Crest Medical's Sustainability visit Sustainability (crestmedical.co.uk)