Strengthening Sustainability Performance with EcoVadis Consultancy
Calico Building Services is a progressive facilities management company committed to raising standards in sustainability, ethics, and operational excellence. They have a diverse client base and a strong focus on continuous improvement.
Calico wanted to enhance its sustainability credentials to benefit clients, staff, and suppliers.
The challenge: improving business sustainability performance
As Calico’s operations expanded, sustainability standards and client expectations were getting more complex.
Their goal in working with Energise was to strengthen internal practices to help them become a more responsible and sustainable business. Calico wanted these improvements to benefit employees, vendors and clients. The company wanted their EcoVadis score to reflect these improvements. They did not have an internal dedicated sustainability or EcoVadis resource. The EcoVadis process reviews performance in:
- Environment
- Labour & Human Rights
- Ethics
- Sustainable Procurement
"We reached out to Energise to help us understand the EcoVadis submission process. We sought help to prepare our policies and submit for assessment.”
Our approach: navigating the EcoVadis assessment process
Calico partnered with Energise to navigate the EcoVadis submission and implement meaningful changes. The EcoVadis assessment is a thorough examination of policies, procedures and impact and many companies find it hard to navigate alone.
Our support included:
Gap assessments to identify improvement areas
Our consultants understand the nuance of the EcoVadis assessment framework and can quickly identify improvement priorities. These range from quick wins that immediately demonstrate score improvements through to longer term improvement priorities.
Tailored workshops to compile their response and build ESG capability
Stakeholder workshops engage a range of colleagues in the process. This both builds internal EcoVadis and sustainability capability, and raises the profile of the work internally. It is an efficient way to drive the process forward and build the long term sustainability of your business.
Documentation support to strenghten policies and evidence
Many organisations feel they don’t get credit for current policies and evidence within the assessment process. We provided support and guidance to understand why this may be the case, and implement improvements.
Ongoing guidance to align with EcoVadis standards
We are committed to ongoing sustainability improvement. The EcoVadis framework is one way of supporting this. We supported Calico in aligning with the framework and embedding ongoing improvements to demonstrate their long term sustainability as an organisation.
“Our consultant was professional and a wonderful communicator. She made the process easy to understand and did absolutely everything to help us succeed.
The Energise team kept us on track and helped us prepare a huge amount of information for submission.”
The impact of Energise EcoVadis consultancy
The partnership delivered measurable improvements and lasting value for Calico:
EcoVadis score improvement:
Improved from 47 to 60, despite stricter scoring criteria.
Built internal capability:
Enhanced understanding of sustainability, labour rights, and ethical practices.
Foundation for organisational change:
Greater insight into sustainability measures for both suppliers and internal operations.
Energise EcoVadis consultancy can be an effective tool on your journey to becoming a more sustainable business. Whether you’re just starting out, or you’ve responded before. We can help.
“We’ve really improved as a company in terms of the four EcoVadis pillars. These are improvements we didn’t know how to execute, and Energise made it attainable.”
30% EcoVadis scoreimprovement
Improved internal EcoVadis capability
Increased value chain sustainability transparency
We couldn't have achieved this without the professional preparation by the Energise team.
We gained greater insight into sustainability measures we could implement with our suppliers and internally.
Our knowledge gained with Energise has not only improved our EcoVadis submission but our company in terms of labor and human rights, sustainability, the environment and ethics.
Are you looking to demonstrate your long term sustainability through EcoVadis certification?
Request a call with our EcoVadis Consultancy team!
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