Measuring Business
Sustainability Performance

Explore insights from global supply chain ratings based on data derived from +125,000 sustainability ratings and +73,000 companies assessed by EcoVadis between 2019 and 2023.

What’s in the Index?

As the world's most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings, we have unique insights into the sustainability performance of businesses around the world – across regions, industries, themes and sizes. Our ever-growing data set provides a glimpse into how more than 1,200 procurement/finance teams in the EcoVadis network use ratings to measure, benchmark and track improvement on sustainability management practices across the supply base. Read More

We’ve published the Business Sustainability Index annually since 2017. Two years later, we launched Index Online to provide a more granular view of what’s obviously a broad and highly diverse data set. The tool enables you to customize your data exploration, making it easy to break down data silos and share findings.

Summary Report

Welcome to the 8th edition of the Business Sustainability Index, which explores the data behind the 125,000+ supplier sustainability ratings – and roughly 38,000 in 2023 alone – EcoVadis has delivered to 1,200 leading procurement teams from 2019 through 2023. It looks at how these suppliers, spanning all global regions and major industries, are performing on our four core assessment themes: Environment, Labor & Human Rights, Ethics and Sustainable Procurement. Through data-driven analysis, it highlights the state of where global value chains stand on sustainability nearly halfway into a pivotal decade for climate and social action.

About EcoVadis Ratings

EcoVadis Ratings are evidence-based and adapted to more than 220 industry categories, 180 countries and companies of all sizes. They cover four sustainability themes: Environment, Labor & Human Rights, Ethics and Sustainable Procurement. Learn more about EcoVadis Ratings in a short video.