In November 2024, Hager joined a small circle of companies ranked in the top 1% by EcoVadis: The Platinum rating. This wasn’t achieved by a single project or department — it was the result of hundreds of persistent steps, aligned across the organisation. 

As our CSR Senior Director, Matthieu Alexandropoulos, reflects:

• Orchestrating across the organisation meant embedding sustainability into our strategy, mindset, and operations.
• Identifying the challenges required resilience — from convincing people to change to mastering complex data.
• Keeping the vision alive ensured we never lost sight of our goal: enabling low-carbon, energy-efficient buildings with our partners and customers.

To celebrate this achievement in 2025, we asked colleagues to share the lessons they took away from the journey. Here’s what they told us.

10 lessons learned on the road to EcoVadis Platinum rating

1. Turning data into decisions — Samir Rouini, Corporate Social Responsibility Manager
“We built new governance systems to collect and share sustainability data across departments. Connecting EcoVadis criteria with sustainability reporting gave us evidence that our efforts weren’t just words — they were measurable and verifiable.”

2. Making progress visible — Michel Voinson, Manufacturing Program Senior Manager
“Our management system now tracks Hager’s decarbonization pathway with transparency. This visibility, backed by science-based targets, keeps us honest and focused on the actions that count.”

3. Raising the bar in sourcing — Annika Kilian, Category Sourcing Management Team Leader Plastic
“More responsible sourcing isn’t a checkbox. By tightening ESG standards across our supply chain, we learned that real partnerships are built on accountability as much as on price or quality.”

4. Trust is also digital — Pascal Mary, Cyber Security Senior Manager
“Installing intrusion detection tools and rolling out cyber-awareness training showed that sustainability also means protecting digital information. A resilient IT landscape is part of how we do business in the most responsible manner possible.”

5. Reporting without gaps — Ranbir Chakraborty, Corporate Social Responsibility Project Manager
“Collecting consistent, high-quality data across functions was tough. But accurate reporting was crucial to demonstrate progress and to set a clear baseline for what comes next.”

6. Risk mapping with precision — Stéphanie Kleinmann, Group Risk Manager
“We interviewed 25 managers to identify and rank risks, from climate change to unethical practices. That process helped us formalise long-standing good practices and put concrete numbers behind them.”

7. Safety is sustainability — Liam Dee, Health & Safety Director
“Our workers’ suggestions, behaviour-based safety programmes, and daily risk assessments all fed into the platinum rating. A safe workplace is the foundation of a more sustainable company.”

8. Partnership in practice — Marylène Lombardi, Sourcing Senior Director Direct
“Working with our partner Westlake Vinnolit and switching to GreenVin, we’ve reduced the CO₂ footprint per kilogram of PVC by approximately 32%. This proved that the right partnerships can make measurable environmental gains.” 

9. One roadmap, many voices — Anaïs Zink, Environmental Sustainability Senior Manager
“In a decentralised organisation, progress depended on onboarding every department with clear objectives. That collective ownership turned our environmental roadmap into reality.”

10. Integrity at the core — Nadja Hoffmann, Corporate Social Responsibility Project Manager
“Our ethics training, whistle-blowing system, and investigations into misconduct showed that responsibility is not just environmental. It’s also about building a safe, respectful, and inclusive workplace.”

Looking ahead

Platinum recognition is not an endpoint. It reminds us that real progress comes from persistence, detail, and teamwork. That’s how we will keep improving — step by step.