Boxway Packaging Group secures Silver Ecovadis accreditation

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BoxWay Packaging Group has achieved a Silver rating from EcoVadis.

The company, based in Peterlee was awarded with the Silver sustainability rating after successfully completing the process and submitting robust data for the key criteria.

Bryan Crennell, group managing director, commented: ‘Securing our globally trusted EcoVadis Silver Award is a fantastic achievement for the BoxWay Packaging site in Peterlee and helps us to further understand our sustainability performance and track our progress over time, strengthen our customer relationships, promote our business to potential customers and manage our sustainability programme effectively. I am absolutely delighted with our Silver medal, which is awarded to the top 15% of all companies rated by EcoVadis, and which is an acknowledgement and accolade of BoxWay Packaging’s achievement to meet stringent sustainability requirements. It is also testament to the team’s commitment, dedication and extremely hard work to ensure we have met very specific criteria in our assessment in our continuous pursuit of a customer centric policy focused on quality and innovation.’

Bryan continued, ‘The EcoVadis sustainability tool has been instrumental for us to assess and manage our sustainability practices within their supply chain and gives us a structured method for the evaluation of suppliers. We were measured on seven management indicators across 21 sustainability criteria made up of: policies, endorsements, measures, certifications, coverage, reporting and 360 degree watch findings and the criteria was spread over four themes including: the environment, labour and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement. We scored particularly highly on the environment, labour and human rights and ethics ratings, where we achieved a fantastic result of being within the top 23%, 13% and 26% respectively, of companies rated by EcoVadis. During our assessment we received an online questionnaire customised for the packaging industry, specifically in the UK and our specific size, the results of which were published in a scorecard. This shows both us and our trading partners our performance across these four areas and not only reduces risks and costs but drives improvements and impact and grows our value and innovation.’