Certification / Accreditation

EcoVadis

EcoVadis is a global sustainability rating used widely in supply chain due diligence. Rather than a pass or fail certificate, it scores your sustainability management system out of 100 across Environment, Labour and Human Rights, Ethics and Sustainable Procurement, and benchmarks you against every other company rated globally.

At its core, it’s evidence-based: declarations alone score nothing, every claim needs a supporting document. Medal eligibility (Bronze to Platinum) is based on percentile rank, not a fixed score, and no medal is awarded if any theme scores below 30.

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Who it’s for and what’s involved

Relevant if you are:

Asked by a customer or procurement team to complete an assessment

Supplying large corporates or the public sector

Already holding ISO 9001, ISO 14001 or ISO 27001

Wanting a credible rating without formal certification

Achieving certification involves:

Completing a customised questionnaire for your sector, size and location

Providing documented evidence for every claim

Demonstrating coverage across sites and business units

Responding to 360° Watch findings if raised

How Q! supports certification

We know what Platinum actually takes

We have helped a client achieve a Platinum EcoVadis rating, so we know what the assessment rewards and what it takes to reach the highest medal tier, not just clear the bar for a basic score. Coverage is where many businesses underestimate the work: a strong policy on paper means little if EcoVadis cannot see evidence it is deployed consistently across sites.

Asked to complete an EcoVadis assessment? Here is what actually matters.

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Mini FAQs

Most 2026 changes are diagnostic refinements: more granular scorecard feedback and a short window to flag factual errors before publication. The bigger shift is regulatory alignment, with most changes tracing to EU sustainability regulation. The underlying Policies, Actions and Results scoring approach is unchanged.

EcoVadis produces a scored rating used mainly in supply chain due diligence. B Corp is a certification with a public mark aimed more broadly at demonstrating overall business purpose. The two overlap significantly on labour, ethics and environmental criteria.

No, but they help. Businesses already holding ISO 14001, ISO 50001 or ISO 9001 find much of the evidence base already exists. It is equally possible to build a strong rating with no formal certification at all.

Medal thresholds rise with the overall pool of rated companies, since eligibility is based on percentile rank rather than a fixed score. Standing still on paper can mean falling behind in practice, which is why continuous improvement, not a one-off push, is the only sustainable approach.