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EcoVadis Ratings Methodology Overview and Principles

June 13, 2025 EcoVadis EN

This document provides an overview of the rating methodology, seven founding principles, and process EcoVadis uses including:

  • Seven management principles;
  • 21 sustainability criteria across four themes (environment, labor & human rights, ethics, sustainable procurement);
  • Data collection and rating process;
  • The diversity of data sources used, including customer-provided documentation, relevant third-party endorsements (certifications, labels, etc.) and 360° Watch external stakeholder inputs (more than 100,000 sources of monitoring, news, watchlists, etc.); and
  • The use of technology and sustainability expert analysis.

This document is available in the following languages: 

Français (FR) , 中文 (ZH) , 日本語 (JA) ,  Deutsch (DE) , Español (ES) , Italiano (IT) , Português (PT) , Русский (RU)  , Nederlands (NL) , Tiếng Việt (VI) , ไทย (TH) , 한국어 (KO) , Türkçe (TR) ,  العربية (AR)

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EcoVadis EN

EcoVadis is a purpose-driven company dedicated to embedding sustainability intelligence into every business decision worldwide. With global, trusted and actionable ratings, businesses of all sizes rely on EcoVadis’ detailed insights to comply with ESG regulations, reduce GHG emissions, and improve the sustainability performance of their business and value chain across 220 industries in 180 countries. Leaders like Johnson & Johnson, L’Oréal, Unilever, Bridgestone, BASF and JPMorgan are among 150,000+ businesses that use EcoVadis ratings, risk, and carbon management tools and e-learning platform to accelerate their journey toward resilience, sustainable growth and positive impact worldwide.

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