CHARLOTTE, NC–tesa, international manufacturer of innovative adhesive tapes and self-adhesive product solutions, now holds EcoVadis Gold status, signifying it achieves excellent results with its extensive sustainability initiatives. With the EcoVadis Gold Medal, tesa is among the top 2 percent of awarded companies in its industry.
Sustainability is part of tesa’s corporate strategy. Thereby, the company pursues a science-based approach. Worldwide, more than 600 scientists, engineers, and product developers are working on setting up innovative sustainable products and processes.
“Sustainability has been one of our most important strategic goals for several years now. That’s why we are all the more pleased to have been awarded EcoVadis Gold status,” says Dr. Norman Goldberg, CEO of tesa SE. “Achieving greater sustainability based on scientific findings and innovative solutions is an important guiding principle for tesa. A rating from EcoVadis underscores that we are on the right track with our strategy, but still need to keep working to tackle the defined goals of our sustainability agenda,” Goldberg contends.
The EcoVadis platform is an independent assessment system for companies that measures sustainability performance and sheds light on various aspects such as environmental management, labor practices and human rights, responsible procurement, and ethics. The result is recorded in a scorecard with points that enables the respective company to document its sustainability measures and thus strengthen its reputation among business partners and customers.
Credited with assisting in achieving Gold status were activities in the following areas:
- tesa emphasizes environmental aspects by using efficient technologies and renewable energies
- The company is expanding its supply chain transparency and focusing more closely on the sustainability activities of its suppliers
- tesa also scores in the areas of working conditions and ethics
Find out more about the tesa sustainability agenda and the company’s strategic action areas on the website or in the current sustainability report.