EcoVadis, the international benchmark for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) ratings, has just awarded Lesaffre a new silver medal for its ongoing CSR commitments in 2025. Thanks to its comprehensive approach, EcoVadis offers solutions that enable in-depth analysis of an organisation’s impact in several key areas: the environment, social and human rights, ethics and responsible procurement. Its detailed assessments, accompanied by scorecards, enable companies to identify their strengths and areas for improvement. This information enables Lesaffre to define concrete and strategic actions aimed at strengthening the Group’s CSR performance.
Lesaffre obtained a score of 72/100 in the 2025 assessment. This result places the Group in the top 12% of companies assessed by EcoVadis worldwide, earning us a silver medal.
Awarded on a global scale, this medal recognises the entire Group for its performance and commitment to building a sustainable, responsible business model that respects people and the planet.
Recognition of our progress
With an improvement of +13 points since the 2023 assessment, this distinction highlights the concrete results of the actions undertaken by the Group. This progress reflects Lesaffre’s ambition to play a leading role in promoting sustainable growth. In the face of current challenges, it is by combining the expertise of our teams, scientific and technological innovation and our collective commitment that we are developing the Group in a sustainable, equitable and equitable manner. However, we are aware that there is still much work to be done in terms of corporate social responsibility, and this rating provides additional leverage to help us progress while fully identifying our strengths and areas for improvement.
A dynamic of continuous progress
Lesaffre now bases its reporting on the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), affirming its commitment to international sustainability benchmarks. These achievements are reinforced by internationally recognised certifications, such as:
- ISO 14001: environmental management system aimed at reducing the ecological impact at all levels of itsactivities;
- ISO 45001: management system focused on occupational health andsafety;
- FSSC 22000: a food safety management system, reinforcing the reliability ofLesaffre’sproducts for its customers and consumers.
These advances support Lesaffre’s mission: ‘Working together to better feed and protect the planet’. By placing responsible innovation and resource conservation at the heart of its commitments, the Group is affirming a sustainable vision that is in line with its CSR approach.
A collective success
We are also proud to announce that our Lis by Lesaffre Business Unit has been awarded a silver medal and Agrauxine by Lesaffre a bronze medal.
Every site, every team and every project contributes to making Lesaffre a committed and recognised player in the ecological and social transition. This award is both a recognition of our commitments and a lever for questioning ourselves in order to strengthen our actions and pursue a process of continuous improvement.
*ESRS = An ESRS (European Sustainability Reporting Standard) is a European standard that defines the requirements for companies’ non-financial reporting on their performance in terms of sustainability, environment, social and governance (ESG).