Freshly awarded: Liebherr-Hausgeräte receives the 2023 EcoVadis gold medal

For Steffen Nagel, Managing Director Sales & Marketing at Liebherr-Hausgeräte GmbH, this award is both recognition and an incentive: “We are very pleased to confirm that we are making successful progress on our path towards greater sustainability. Our goal is to minimise the environmental impact of our high-quality and long-lasting products throughout their entire life cycle, while simultaneously integrating social and economic aspects. In the future, we would like to continue to improve step by step – because this is the only way to ensure our long-term success.”

Continuous progress pays off – both in the long and short term

Liebherr-Hausgeräte GmbH is aware of its responsibility towards people and the environment and promotes corporate responsibility at its production sites. The spectrum ranges from energy-efficient appliance production to conscientious water management and compliance with labour and human rights along the entire supply chain. This focus on a holistic corporate strategy along the entire product lifecycle has now been rewarded with the EcoVadis gold medal for a second time: the renewed title clearly demonstrates that Liebherr is facing up to the ecological, social and ethical challenges and is continuously developing.

Liebherr-Hausgeräte has been using EcoVadis’ evaluation process for several years in order to make its progress in terms of corporate responsibility and sustainability transparent, and it has seen gratifying results: the Austrian Liebherr plant, Liebherr-Hausgeräte Lienz GmbH, has already been awarded the EcoVadis silver certificate twice. Last year (2022), the company celebrated a significant improvement and was awarded the EcoVadis gold medal for all production sites worldwide.

With its EcoVadis gold medal renewed for 2023, Liebherr-Hausgeräte GmbH was able to showcase this strong result and improve the overall rating once again.

EcoVadis – the expert for sustainability rankings

EcoVadis is one of the world’s largest and most respected provider of sustainability rankings of companies. In a comprehensive process, EcoVadis evaluates commitment in the areas of environment, ethics, labour and human rights, and sustainable procurement. The evaluations take into account factors such as the sector, size and location of the companies. Over 100,000 companies are currently inspected by EcoVadis. These evaluations are based on international corporate responsibility standards – for example, the Global Reporting Initiative, the United Nations Global Compact and DIN ISO 26000 “Guidance on social responsibility”.