EPSON bags EcoVadis Platinum Award for sustainability

EPSON has been awarded platinum status for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by independent assessors EcoVadis. The platinum rating, which was established in 2020, indicates that EPOSN was ranked among the top companies in its industry. EPSON had received a gold rating the previous three years. The EcoVadis assessment focuses on four themes: the environment, labour and human rights, ethics, and sustainable procurement. EPSON received an ‘Outstanding’ (the highest score) for the environment, as well as high scores for sustainable procurement, labour and human rights, and ethics. EcoVadis provides an independent, trusted, common platform for evaluating and rating more than 65,000 groups and companies across 200 industries in 160 countries using CSR assessment criteria that are based on the sustainability standards of thousands of external sources such as NGOs, labour unions, international organisations, local governments, and auditing organisations.