Swindon & Wiltshire News
Arval UK’s sustainability performance wins major eco award
Swindon-based vehicle leasing company Arval UK has earned a Platinum Medal from EcoVadis, a globally-trusted provider of business sustainability ratings.
Arval UK, part of BNP Paribas Group, scored 88 out of 100, placing the company in the top one per cent globally based on businesses assessed by EcoVadis in the previous 12 months.
It’s platinum status is a step up from the gold it was awarded last year.
The EcoVadis assessment evaluates 21 sustainability criteria across four core themes: Environment, Labor & Human Rights, Ethics and Sustainable Procurement.
More than 130,000 companies globally have been rated by EcoVadis.
Stuart Gibbons, director of product & marketing at Arval UK said: “At Arval UK, we embed sustainability into how we operate as a business, taking a practical, hands-on approach to improving our environmental, social and governance impacts.
“We’re very proud of this recognition, which is valuable proof that our collective efforts by all business areas is being recognised. This also provides confidence to our customers that we are committed to embedding sustainability throughout our business.”
Zoe Maitland, head of sustainability at Arval UK said: “We were pleased to secure a twelve-point increase compared to our previous evaluation.
“As well as making progress across all assessed areas of environment, labour and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement, our achievement moving from gold to platinum reflects our commitment to year-on-year improvement.
“We look forward to sharing this in our upcoming annual sustainability report.”
EcoVadis’ business 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.
