In October 2023 Nilfisk was mistakenly awarded a Silver medal in their EcoVadis rating instead of Gold. The drop in score was a surprise as Nilfisk had been driving improvements in many of these areas. Therefore, Nilfisk’s Sustainability team decided to validate the results with EcoVadis and discovered irregularities.
A dialogue between Nilfisk and EcoVadis proceeded in corrections in several areas and resulted in an increase from 65/100 points in 2022 to 71/100 points in 2023 firmly giving Nilfisk an EcoVadis Gold medal again.
Head of Global ESG & Sustainability, Malene Thiele comments:
“Indeed, a gold medal more accurately reflects Nilfisk’s commitment to sustainable growth and not least the hard work that many of our colleagues have put into making sustainability improvements across the business the past year. We were pleased that EcoVadis entered the dialogue and worked together with us to solve the issue”.
Nilfisk has now been lifted from 60/100 to 70/100 in Labour and Human Rights and from 60/100 to 70/100 in Sustainable Procurement, leading to a total increase of 6 points in Nilfisk combined score.
Nilfisk is already preparing the ground towards the 2024 submission where the ambitions remain high and the work to improve sustainability across the business continues.
Background
EcoVadis Gold for Nilfisk
Nilfisk has industry-leading ambitions for sustainability and recent efforts are now awarded with the EcoVadis Gold Medal. Thereby Nilfisk places itself in the top 5 percent of all global companies rated by EcoVadis.
About EcoVadis
EcoVadis is considered the world’s largest and most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings. They assess and continually monitor more than 100.000 global companies’ Sustainability management and progress. The EcoVadis Gold Medal rating is the second consecutive year Nilfisk has received a gold medal. Learn about EcoVadis at https://ecovadis.com/
Nilfisk performance rating
EcoVadis consists of four categories: Environment, Human Rights & Labour Rights, Sustainable Procurement, and Ethics. Nilfisk received 80/100 points in Environment, 70/100 points in Labour and Human Rights and Sustainable Procurement, and 60/100 points in Ethics. Combined this awarded Nilfisk a score of 71 points, placing our company in the 95th global percentile of all companies assessed by EcoVadis. A detailed scorecard can be requested at sustainability@Nilfisk.com.
Sustainability in Nilfisk
At Nilfisk we are committed to setting a high sustainability standard to deliver value to Nilfisk’s customers. We see a rising demand for elaborative insights into our ESG performance and how we can credibly demonstrate our work with sustainability. Through our Science-Based targets for all three scopes we are dedicated to reducing the climate impact of our business activities, and through EcoVadis we demonstrate our ability to work with continuous improvements of our sustainability commitments and governance.
Press contact
Nynne Jespersen Lee
Head of Communication & Media Relations
T: +45 42310007
M: njespersen@nilfisk.com
About
Nilfisk was founded in 1906 by the Danish engineer P.A. Fisker. Today the company is a world-leading provider of professional and consumer floorcare equipment, vacuum cleaners, and high-pressure washers. More than 90 percent of sales target professionals, while the remaining 10 percent of the business is focused on consumers.
Nilfisk products and services are sold in more than 100 countries and produced at 9 manufacturing sites across the globe. Our main facilities are based in the U.S., Mexico, Hungary, Italy, and China. A total of 4,700 employees secured revenue of 1,033.6 mEUR in 2023. The largest single market is the U.S., covering 30% of revenue in 2023, followed by Germany (14%), France (10%), Denmark (6%) and the U.K. (4%).
