“We have been a member of EcoVadis for a long time, and we have always been rated at the top level,” says Fredrik Puranen, Sustainability Manager, Holmen Board and Paper. “And for the fourth year in a row, since it was created, we have again achieved the top Platinum rating. EcoVadis is an independent organisation that tells us if we are doing a good job or not. So by working with EcoVadis, we get an independent voice assessing the sustainability work that we do. This gives our statements about our good sustainability platform more credibility.”

Puranen continues, “This is increasingly important because there is ever-growing knowledge about the importance of sustainability. This means that more of our customers and end consumers want to make a difference by purchasing products from a supplier with an EcoVadis platinum rating. It is a form of risk mitigation for them. They know that if they buy from an EcoVadis platinum supplier, they are buying from someone who has good union cooperation, business ethics, environmental policies and a good approach to sustainability in general. We constantly push ourselves to improve. And an additional advantage of the EcoVadis assessment is that they have a service that identifies improvement areas, a service we utilise in our work with continuous improvement.”