Worldline Ranked in the Top 1% of the Most Sustainable Companies Assessed by EcoVadis

Payments
21.02.2024 09:55 am

Worldline, a global leader in payment services, has been awarded the Platinum recognition for the third consecutive year, in EcoVadis’ ninth ESG performance assessment. This recognition confirms Worldline’s position in the top 1% of the most sustainable companies in the four key criteria evaluated by EcoVadis: Environment, Labour and Human Rights, Ethics, and Sustainable Procurement.

The high score of 86/100 reflects Worldline’s consistent commitment to sustainability supported by an ambitious Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) approach, Trust 2025, a 5-year transformation program. With a strong performance across all four ESG dimensions assessed by EcoVadis, Worldline demonstrates its ability to implement the best practices and most efficient actions to reach its sustainability ambitions.

Worldline achieved an excellent score of 90/100 in the Environment category, a 10% increase from its previous score of 80/100 in 2022, highlighting the company’s strong commitment and rapid progress on carbon neutrality in the payments ecosystem. EcoVadis recognized Worldline’s exceptional policies on all material sustainability issues and strong reporting.

The numerous actions taken by Worldline in the Labour and Human Rights area have also enabled the company to achieve a high score of 80/100*.

Worldline continues to make progress and to positively impact the payments ecosystem by embedding and promoting the best CSR standards to ensure the highest levels of trust and integrity throughout the company’s value chain, as evidenced by an Ethics score of 90/100* and a Sustainable Procurement score of 70/100. The Sustainable procurement score improved significantly, increasing by 20% compared to 2022.

Sébastien Mandron, Worldline’s CSR Officer declared “We are very pleased to maintain our high EcoVadis CSR score year after year in a context where rating agencies are raising their expectations and are becoming more accustomed to identifying reliable CSR partners. Our Trust 2025 CSR program demonstrates our commitment in the long term.”