HOBUM Oleochemicals GmbH has received the platinum medal from EcoVadis. The scorecard published on September 17, 2026 shows 88 out of 100 points. That places HOBUM in the 99th percentile. Platinum is awarded to the top one percent of all rated companies. The reference period is the twelve months before the medal is issued.

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The rating covers four themes. Environment is our core competence and was already our strongest theme in 2024. It now stands at 86 points. In April 2026 the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) validated our climate targets. They set out a 42 percent cut in absolute Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by 2030. The base year is 2020. HOBUM has also set its own Scope 3 target, minus 30 percent by 2040 against the 2025 base year. For a mid-sized company (SME) that is not a given. The other three themes have caught up. Ethics scores 90 points, sustainable procurement also 90 and labor and human rights 88. Behind them sit a supplier code of conduct, regular supplier assessments, ESG training for our procurement team and sustainability risk analyses along the supply chain. Rated suppliers now cover around 90 percent of our raw material purchasing volume.

"Platinum is the result of continuous improvement over recent years. After gold in 2025, we improved further across all areas of sustainability, especially in the themes that now sit at the top," says Dr. Dominique Gomes, Head of ESG & Regulatory Affairs.

For our customers this is more than an award. Many of them have to report the emissions of their supply chain. A validated climate target on our side therefore shows that we are consistently driving emission reductions along the value chain. It gets more concrete at product level. A product carbon footprint is available for almost all of our products. We provide it on request. The second point is supplier approval. Some of our largest customers require an EcoVadis rating as part of their supplier screening. A rating in the top one percent answers a large part of that screening in advance. EcoVadis also shows where we stand with our sustainability performance and helps us keep developing our ESG topics. As a mid-sized company, we have to meet the same ESG requirements as much larger companies, with more limited resources. On request we share a one-page summary of our scorecard with customers and business partners. It shows the overall score, the four theme scores and the validity period.

Request our scorecard 2026 at compliance@hobum.de.