Sustainability is a continuous development process. Liebherr-Werk Biberach GmbH’s award of the EcoVadis bronze medal in August 2026 marks an important milestone in this process. The assessment provides transparency regarding the current status of our sustainability management across four key areas and highlights areas for improvement.
- Overall score:69/100
- Percentage ranking: 75
- Medal level:Bronze
- Category:Top 35%
Assessment: our categories of sustainability management
EcoVadis, an international provider of sustainability assessments for businesses, evaluates the quality of a sustainability management system on the basis of documented policies, implemented measures and verifiable results. The criteria taken into account and the weighting given to them depend, amongst other things, on the nature of the business, its size and its location.
Environment:
This category examines how a company takes relevant environmental impacts into account in its policies, actions and results.
Work-related and human rights:
This category covers the work-related and human rights requirements within one’s own area of responsibility.
Ethics:
This category assesses management approaches and documented measures relating to responsible and ethical business conduct.
Sustainable procurement:
This category examines how sustainability considerations are taken into account in procurement-related policies and processes.
How the results are classified
| Assessment area | Result |
| Overall score | 69 out of 100 points: The total score reflects the quality of the sustainability management system under review at the time of the assessment. |
| Percentage ranking | 75: A percentage ranking of 75 indicates the position of the result relative to the companies assessed by EcoVadis over the previous twelve months. |
| Medal level | Bronze, top 35 %: The Bronze category corresponds to the top 35 %. |
| Environment | 66 out of 100 points: The comparison is made across all sectors. |
| Ethics | 70 out of 100 points: This assessment does not constitute product certification, nor is it an assessment of the Liebherr Group as a whole. |
| Work-related and human rights | 78 out of 100 points |
| Sustainable procurement | 52 out of 100 points |
Documented, verified and certified: Assessment process
Our starting point for further development
Our first EcoVadis scorecard from 2026 clearly sets out our strengths and areas for improvement. We are particularly pleased to have scored 78 out of 100 points in the area of work-related and human rights – the highest score in our assessment. The results chimes in with the Liebherr Group’s key core values: A sense of responsibility towards people and the environment, a spirit of cooperation characterised by respect, fairness and trust and a commitment to continuous improvement.
Transparency that serves as guidance
The EcoVadis score card highlights our strengths and potential for development. Your feedback helps us to identify areas for improvement, optimise relevant processes in a targeted manner and ensure transparency in our work. This is how we create a well-founded basis for responsible operation.
What the assessment means for you
For customers
The EcoVadis score card provides key information on sustainability management in a structured format. It helps Liebherr-Werk Biberach GmbH to provide transparent answers to customers’ enquiries regarding sustainability.
Frequently Asked Questions - FAQs:
EcoVadis assesses the quality of sustainability management systems. The methodology takes into account documented policies, measures and outcomes in the areas of the environment, work-related and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement.
EcoVadis, an international provider of sustainability assessments for businesses. The assessments relate to the sustainability management system of the company being reviewed.
Companies submit a questionnaire and supporting documentation regarding their sustainability activities. EcoVadis assesses these using a standardised methodology and assigns scores for each topic, an overall score and a percentage ranking.
Liebherr-Werk Biberach GmbH was awarded the EcoVadis bronze medal in August 2026. The company scored 69 out of 100 points and achieve a percentage ranking of 75.
- Platinum: Top 1% (from the 99th percentile)
- Gold: Top 5% (from the 95th percentile)
- Silver: Top 15% (from the 85th percentile)
- Bronze: Top 35% (from the 65th percentile)
EcoVadis awards the bronze medal from the 65th percentile. This means that the assessed company ranks amongst the top 35 per cent of organisations assessed by EcoVadis over the past twelve months.
A percentage ranking of 75 means that, at the time of publication, Liebherr-Werk Biberach GmbH was rated at least as highly as 75 per cent of the companies included in the assessment. The comparison is made across all sectors of industry.
The EcoVadis bronze medal is valid for 12 months. The period of validity corresponds to the term of the score card on which it is based.
Liebherr-Werk Biberach GmbH’s sustainability management system was assessed within the defined scope of the rating. The assessment covers the environment, work related and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement.
- Environment: 66 out of 100 points
- Work-related and human rights: 78 out of 100 points
- Ethics: 70 out of 100 points
- Sustainable procurement: 52 out of 100 points
No. The EcoVadis bronze medal does not constitute product certification, nor is it an assessment of individual cranes. It relates to the sustainability management system of the company being reviewed.
No. EcoVadis has carried out an assessment and awarded a bronze medal. The term "EcoVadis-certified” is not correct.
The result was based on documented guidelines, measures and results from various areas of the company. A publishable breakdown of specific measures by individual thematic areas is not currently available in full.
No published comparative data is currently available on this. It is therefore not possible to claim that there has been an improvement at present. The score card is intended to serve as a basis for the further development of relevant processes and supporting documentation. Specific measures, responsibilities and deadlines are still to be added.