Wendel : Stahl’s sustainability efforts rewarded with Gold rating from EcoVadis

Waalwijk, the Netherlands, 12 July 2021 - Stahl, an active proponent of responsible chemistry, today announces it has achieved an EcoVadis Gold rating, placing it within the top 5% of companies assessed by EcoVadis. The award underlines Stahl's commitment to ensuring transparency in the value chain and collaborating with partners to improve the sustainability of operations and products.

EcoVadis is a globally recognized evidence-based assessment platform that reviews the performance of an organization across areas key to meeting sustainability targets, including the environment, labor & human rights, ethics, and sustainable procurement impacts. The latest report from EcoVadis highlights Stahl's positive performance across all these areas.

This year's Gold rating builds on the Silver rating achieved in 2020. In the past year, together with partners from across the value chain, the company has further committed to improving its environmental and social performance, protecting the communities in which it operates, and shaping a better chemical industry. Stahl's 2030 target is to maintain the EcoVadis Gold rating through continual improvement.

Michael Costello, Director of ESG: 'Our new EcoVadis rating is a great achievement - one delivered through the hard work and dedication of many Stahl colleagues across the world. Our EcoVadis Gold rating underlines our commitment to ensuring a better world for all our stakeholders, and highlights that we are a trusted partner when it comes to ESG.'