DEKRA Audit Netherlands
How to gain insight into your organization's performance when it comes to sustainability?
DEKRA Audit Netherlands
How to gain insight into your organization's performance when it comes to sustainability?
Sustainability certifications
Combine business success with concern for people and the environment
Of course you want your organisation to grow, but you want it to be healthy too. You also want it to respect the people you work with and the physical environment you operate in - now and with the future in mind. In other words, your organisation wants to achieve the perfect balance between people, planet and profit. This is why sustainability is an important part of your management system. How do you know whether your organisation acts in a sustainable way? And if so, how do you show this to your customers, partners and employees? DEKRA helps you answer both questions via audits and certification.
Sustainability is an important element in your management system. The sustainability certification audit gives you an insight into how your organisation performs on various sustainability themes. It also shows how you can improve your performance. There are various sustainability standards against which certification is possible, including energy efficiency and social enterprise.
The benefits of sustainability certification
Sustainability plays an increasingly important role in business operations. An important step in this is obtaining a sustainability certificate, such as the DEKRA sustainability certificate. This gives your organisation several advantages:
- You are a social employerA sustainability certification shows that you do business honestly, give employees and customers equal opportunities and take steps to keep child labour out of the chain. It also shows that you believe in being a good employer and making sure your employees can rely on healthy working conditions.
- It’s good for the planetA sustainable approach to business benefits the environment. It shows that you want to keep the impact your organisation has on the environment to an absolute minimum. This approach involves everyone working together to make sure the planet is habitable - now and in the future.
- It stimulates demand for your products and servicesSustainability certification makes you more competitive and enables you to achieve a leading position in your sector. Demand is increasing for organisations that provide sustainable products and services and there are even some products and services that cannot be sold without sustainability certification. Sustainability certification also shows that your organisation is moving forward in its goal to achieve full sustainability.
- It strengthens your imageSustainability certification shows that your organisation and stakeholders value sustainability. This can help you attract and retain customers and ensure that customers are happy to be associated with your brand or name.
DEKRA: your partner in sustainability
DEKRA is your sustainable partner. The experts at DEKRA constantly follow developments in sustainability certification. They are always happy to share their knowledge and experience with you, so please do not hesitate to contact them.
Platinum sustainability rating awarded by EcoVadis
In 2024, EcoVadis awarded DEKRA a platinum sustainability rating for the fourth year in a row. Since the first evaluation in 2021, DEKRA has made clear improvements in all four rating categories: Environment, Labour & Human Rights, Ethics and Sustainable Procurement.
This renewed recognition puts DEKRA in the global top 1% of organisations rated. With more than 65,000 organisations already rated, EcoVadis is one of the world’s most respected sustainability assessment systems.
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