Vendor at a glance
EcoVadis helps procurement teams screen supplier sustainability risk, request evidence and track improvement. Its offerings provide different depths of assessment: IQ Plus screens without supplier contact, Vitals adds a lighter questionnaire, and Ratings produces an analyst-reviewed scorecard. IQ Plus, Vitals, Ratings
Reference | What to know |
|---|---|
Provider | EcoVadis. |
Assessed offering | Ratings, IQ Plus and Vitals. |
Primary job | Supplier sustainability risk assessment and improvement. |
WOP classification | Intelligence, with record and workflow/control overlaps. |
Users | Procurement, supplier-risk and sustainability teams; suppliers supplying evidence. |
Assessment themes | Environment, Labour & Human Rights, Ethics and Sustainable Procurement. |
Scoring | Ratings uses a 0–100 scale; screening profiles and Vitals responses are distinct evidence. |
Commercial model | Enterprise annual quotation; supplier Ratings subscriptions have separate plans. |
Sources: assessment and subscriptions and recognition criteria.
Network context: the current homepage reports 175,000+ companies rated and 3 million suppliers screened. These are provider totals with different meanings: screened suppliers are not all fully rated, and neither total establishes coverage of your supplier list. Network figures
What a medal means: Gold recognises the top 5% of recently assessed companies across all industries. Recognition applies to the assessed entity, lasts 12 months and does not certify its products. Buyers still need the underlying scope and findings. Medal meaning
Research date: 11 October 2026. Public-source assessment; no WOP product test or observed demo. Separate carbon-management and worker-engagement products are outside this assessment. WOP methodology
Editorial disclosure: Daniel Barnes is Head of Marketing at Pactum, another procurement technology provider. Current role
Members receive the assessment below: how much confidence each evidence level supports, who owns the supplier decision, and how to distinguish better documentation from better operating performance.
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