Kordsa Receives "Gold" Company Rating for Sustainability

Kordsa, which operates in 5 continents under the vision of "strengthening life with passion," has raised its score from Ecovadis, the universal sustainability rating provider, and moved up to the Gold company category. This assessment demonstrates Kordsa's strong commitment behind its sustainability pledge and the Company's excellent performance in the areas of environment, sustainability, supply chain, labor and human rights. Kordsa, among companies partnering with Ecovadis to ensure sustainability in the global supply chain, has raised its assessment score following the evaluation of more than 40,000 companies by Ecovadis for their sustainability efforts in the 2015-2019 period and reached the Gold company category. Setting the direction in the tire and construction reinforcement as well as composite technologies sectors where it operates, Kordsa strives to produce life-simplifying, more efficient and environmentally friendly technologies, strengthening life responsibly. Continuing to generate value for all stakeholders and develop environment-friendly projects, Kordsa underscores once again through its success in this systematic assessment, which is based on environmental, employee rights, ethics and sustainable supply chain practices, that sustainability is at the core of every step it takes and every technology it develops. Ecovadis, which provides corporate social responsibility and sustainability ratings, evaluates public and private enterprises of all sizes—large, medium and small—from a holistic sustainability perspective. The rating process is conducted according to the company's size, location and sector. Following evidence-based assessments, companies receive scores ranging from 0 to 100, and are classified in bronze, silver or gold categories corresponding to these scores.