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What Vipal Rubber learned on the road in its over 46 years of history is pres- ent not only in its products and services, but also in the social and environmental actions promoted by the company. In addition to having for the industrial segment, such as ISO 9001: 2015 and Product Per- Vipal also supports another impor- tant measure of quality: EcoVadis for recognising practices in Corpo- rate Social Responsibility (CSR), EcoVadis has evaluated Vipal Rub- ber in the Silver category, with 59 points, which demonstrates the de- velopment and evolution of social and environmental issues within the organisation.
“Our objective is to continuously improve our practices and con- solidate our social responsibility management system, making the business even more sustainable. The objectives and actions must be reviewed this year in order to main- tain our development with regard to
social and environmental issues within the organ- isation”, João Carlos De- moly, Industrial Director at Vipal Rubber commented.
Vipal started evaluations on the Ecovadis platform in 2017. On that occa- sion, the scores reached Bronze level. However, with the objective of promoting continuous improvement of its per- formance in social re- sponsibility, the company sought to implement the Social and Environmental Program, culminating by reaching Silver level. Used as a reference by companies around the world with regard to so- cial and environmental practices, EcoVadis is a solution used by multina- tionals to integrate CSR performance between buyers and suppliers. Ecovadis' evaluation has levels, which are based on the percentage rating of the companies' scores, in addition to a mini- mum score by evaluated theme: Environment, La- bour practices and human rights, Ethics and Sus- tainable Purchases. The evaluation methodology is based on international standards such as the Global Reporting Index (GRI), ISO 26000 and the principles of the Global Compact.
The tyre retreading prac- tice itself, Vipal's core business for over 46 years, is environmentally friendly. According to As- sociação Brasileira do Segmento de Reforma de Pneus [Brazilian Tyre Retreading Segment As-
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