Optima receives silver medal from EcoVadis

Packaging Solutions

The EcoVadis rating agency has awarded Optima a silver medal for its core sustainability strategy ‘We care for tomorrow’. This places the Optima Group in the top 25 percent of the companies rated by EcoVadis.

The areas assessed were the environment, labour and human rights, ethics, and sustainable procurement. Optima's sustainability strategy is assessed annually by EcoVadis to identify new potential initiatives and promote existing activities.

‘The jump from last year's bronze medal to this year’s silver medal demonstrates that we are on track with our sustainability strategy. We are looking to become outstanding across the board in the areas of environment, social responsibility and corporate governance,’ said Dr Stefan König, managing director at Optima.

Since May 2022, Optima's company wide sustainability strategy ‘We care for tomorrow’ has consisted of three pillars: circular packaging, sustainable technology and corporate sustainability. This means that Optima is targeting packaging solutions for a circular economy along with resource saving production processes developed in partnership with customers. In addition, past activities are integrated into a comprehensive environmental and climate strategy. Specific goals for the next few years have been set as well as aspirations in the areas of social responsibility and sustainable corporate governance.

EcoVadis's regular assessment means that optimisation processes can be identified at an early stage. The silver medal's status will remain effective for 12 months and then be re-evaluated.

Through measures such as investing in photovoltaic systems, the Optima Group has already been able to reduce its climate footprint by 40% since 2009. A further package of measures will reduce this by an additional 25% by 2030.