UBOLDO, Varese, Italy, 20 October 2021: LU-VE Group said it has received the EcoVadis bronze medal in the annual sustainability assessment.

On the sidelines of the announcement, the company said that in 2021, it was in the top 20% of the most virtuous companies in terms of sustainable procurement, and in the top 30% of the best companies for the manufacture of general-purpose machines.

EcoVadis, it said, is a company that specialises in corporate sustainability assessment, and intelligence and collaborative performance improvement tools for global supply chains. Each year, it evaluates more than 75,000 companies from over 200 sectors in relation to the quality of the sustainability management system in four thematic areas – environment, labour practices and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement – on the basis of 21 criteria (energy consumption and emission of greenhouse gases, product end-of-life, employee health and safety, diversity, supplier environmental practices, etc.).

Matteo Liberali, CEO, LU-VE Group, said: “We are proud to be recognized by EcoVadis, because this important sustainability rating once again certifies the work of LU-VE towards increasingly sustainable goals, and underlines our commitment to operating according to the highest environmental and ethical standards in compliance with the values which have always characterized our Group.”

In 2021, LU-VE said, it was one of the first companies to obtain Eurovent certification for CO₂ unit coolers, being among the very first companies to have focused on the replacement of greenhouse gases (F-Gases) with natural refrigerants with low or no impact on the ozone layer. It said it was also the first company in Europe to obtain the “Certify All” certification from Eurovent in 2000 for all its ranges of condensers, dry coolers and unit coolers.