Epson Earns a Platinum Rating for Sustainability from EcoVadis for Second Successive Year

France-based EcoVadis has awarded Seiko Epson Corporation its second successive platinum rating for sustainability. The platinum rating shows that Epson is ranked among the top 1% of companies in the industry. Epson had received a gold rating for the previous three years.

The platinum rating was awarded in recognition of Epson's global sustainability initiatives. EcoVadis assessed four themes. Epson received high scores for the environment, sustainable procurement, labour and human rights, and ethics, putting it in the top 1% of companies in the industry.

Epson Global President Yasunori Ogawa said, "We've put solving issues in society, and especially achieved underground resourcing sustainability, which is at the heart of Epson's corporate vision and business strategy. So it's a tremendous honour to receive this Platinum rating for the second successive year. In addition to setting ambitious goals to achieve our Environmental Vision of becoming carbon negative and underground resource free by 2050, we continue to implement measures to ensure good governance and social responsibility across our supply chain, including acquiring RBA  certification at some of our key manufacturing plants. Most of all, however, I believe this Platinum rating communicates that to our customers Epson is a company that can be trusted, is determined to achieve sustainability and will fulfill its responsibility as a good corporate citizen."

Providing an independent, trusted platform for evaluating EcoVadis uses this rating system for more than 75,000 groups and companies worldwide. In addition, they use sustainability assessment criteria based on the sustainability standards of thousands of external sources such as NGOs, labour unions, international organisations, local governments, and auditing organisations.

Epson is focused on solving societal issues and has identified four materialities, including "achieving sustainability in a circular economy" and "advancing the frontiers of industry" and is committed to creating products and services that contribute to achieving sustainability and enriching communities. The company is leveraging its efficient, compact, and precision technologies to generate inkjet printing innovations that minimise environmental impacts and increase productivity. In addition, Epson is committed to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.

Epson seeks to achieve social sustainability. They publish details about their environmental initiatives, the creation of social value, corporate governance, and other sustainability activities in their Integrated Report and Sustainability Report. You will also find information on the sustainability pages of the corporate website.