Environmental, Social and Governance
ESG Certifications and Performance
In order to guide and assess ESG strategy deployment, EUROAPI has solicited several independent third parties. Regular dialog with external stakeholders is key for evaluating EUROAPI sustainable performance and helping with further developments.
Ratings
EUROAPI has been awarded a Silver medal by EcoVadis
EUROAPI’s ESG performance has been recognized in the EcoVadis rating and awarded a Silver medal. Overall, EUROAPI is in the top 16% of companies rated by EcoVadis in the Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations industry.
More specifically, as far as environment is concerned, EUROAPI is in the top 3% of companies rated by EcoVadis in this industry. We are very proud of this true recognition of our commitments as environmental excellence is one of EUROAPI’s top priorities alongside with product quality and resilience of our supply chain.
EcoVadis is a world leader in business sustainability ratings, intelligence and collaborative performance improvement tools for global supply chains. EcoVadis’ sustainability scorecards provide detailed insight into environmental, social and ethical practices across 200 industry categories and 175 countries.
Euroapi was granted a B Score for 2023.
The CDP score is a snapshot of a company’s environmental disclosure and performance.
The scoring methodology is fully aligned with regulatory boards and standards, and provides comparability in the market.
A ‘B’ score indicates environmental management and that we are, as a company, addressing the environmental impacts of our business and ensure good environmental management.
External commitment
EUROAPI signed the Global Responsible Care® Charter
One of EUROAPI’s first commitments in 2022 was to become a signatory of the Responsible Care® charter that includes its six voluntarily imposed regulations.
This illustrates EUROAPI’s support for the safe management of chemicals throughout their lifecycles. Commitments include continuously improving environmental, health, safety and security knowledge and the performance of EUROAPI’s technologies, processes and products to avoid harm to people.
Certifications and Audits
EUROAPI is reinforcing its responsible purchasing approach
EUROAPI launched the process for joining the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Initiative (PSCI). This non-profit business membership organization brings together pharmaceutical companies and API producers to promote responsible supply chain practices and share supplier audits.
In 2022, in order to address client requests, three of EUROAPI's sites were audited according to PSCI principles.
Learn more about the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Initiative
As of November 2023:
ISO 14001 - Environmental Best practice | ISO 50001 - Energy management Best practice | Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Initiative (PSCI) Audits | |
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Vertolaye | Since 2000 | Since 2023 | Since 2022 |
Elbeuf | Since 2022 | Since 2017 | Pending |
Frankfurt | Since 1999 | Since 2012 | Since 2022 |
Budapest | Since 2006 | Since 2016 | Since 2022 |
Brindisi | Since 1999 | Since 2023 | Pending |
Haverhill | Since 2023 | Since 2023 | Since 2023 |
All the EUROAPI's sites are certified ISO 14001 (environmental management) and ISO 50001 (energy management).