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A food processing and packaging company, Tetra Pak, has bagged the Platinum Medal award from EcoVadis for business sustainability. The recognition places the company among the top few out of over 130,000 companies assessed globally.
Executive Vice President, Tetra Pak Global, Lars Holmquist said: “This achievement reflects the determination of everyone at Tetra Pak to drive our sustainability transformation, together with stakeholders across the value chain. The resulting Platinum EcoVadis rating demonstrates our shared passion for continuous improvement and commitment to embedding long-term sustainability across every part of our operations and value chain.”
He noted that the rating underscores the company’s efforts to integrate sustainability into the core of its business across all four EcoVadis assessment categories, including environment, labour and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement.
“This further illustrates Tetra Pak’s purpose, which is to make food safe and available, everywhere, and to protect what’s good, including food, people and the planet. This purpose forms the basis of our sustainability agenda, which focuses on five interconnected areas such as food systems, climate, nature, circularity and social sustainability. The company takes a whole value chain approach to sustainability, working closely with suppliers, customers and other stakeholders to embed it into every part of its business. In 2024, this included the formation of a dedicated Sustainability Excellence team, building capabilities in processes, systems, data and people, and integrating sustainability more fully into daily operations,” Holmquist said.
He noted that a key driver of the result was the identification of opportunities to deepen transparency and cross-functional collaboration. “For example, in 2024 Tetra Pak’s supplier engagement programme, ‘Join Us in Protecting the Planet’, supported 29 suppliers to set validated science-based climate targets.
“Emissions from purchased materials were reduced by 15 percent compared to the 2019 baseline, driven by improved volume allocation and close collaboration with suppliers through the Join Us in Protecting the Planet initiative.”
Beyond the supplier engagement programme, the company launched a new supplier code of conduct, built on 15 fundamental principles and designed to enhance human rights and environmental due diligence efforts in the supply chain.
“This milestone is significant for Tetra Pak West Africa, where the company continues to partner with governments, food producers and stakeholders across the value chain to advance food safety, reduce environmental impact and support inclusive, sustainable development.”
Tetra Pak is a food processing and packaging solutions company. In West Africa, the company partners with food producers to ensure millions of people have access to safe, nutritious food daily.
EcoVadis is a platform that rates companies’ sustainability practices across more than 220 industries and 180 countries. The Platinum Medal is the highest distinction award, recognising outstanding performance in corporate sustainability.
