Sustainability at Azelis

Being a member of the United Nations Global Compact initiative since December 2016, we have based our program on the 10 principles of the United Nations Global Compact regarding human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption. You can find our Communication on Progress to the UN here. 
Azelis also supports the UN strategy of achieving the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. We have identified what can be influenced by us as a company and as a community and through our commitments, and with our program, we are contributing to 13 of the 17 SDGs.

Our sustainability program and the way we report on our sustainability efforts is based on the Standards Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). Using the standards of the GRI reporting allows our economic, environmental and social performance to be easily quantifiable and compared. Sustainability reporting based on the GRI Standards provides information about an organization's positive or negative contributions to sustainable development. The GRI Standards framework consists of Universal Standards and Topic-specific Standards which contain disclosures and supporting requirements for disclosures.

Azelis has long been committed to Responsible Care® (RC) or Responsible Distribution® (RD) programs. These are voluntary initiatives from the chemical industry for the continuous improvement of Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) standards. We align our sustainability strategy with the Responsible Care® or Responsible Distribution® programs sponsored by national associations to ensure sustainable use of resources along with continually reducing the environmental impact of our business. 

The Responsible Distribution Code is a code of management practice that has become the standard that members of the Alliance for Chemical Distribution in the United States must uphold. Azelis Americas has been successfully verified and audited by various 3^rd-party companies and has shown to be in full compliance with all of the aspects of the program. This strict adherence encourages a safer and more responsible industry regarding the health, safety, and security of our customers, our employees, our community and the environment. For more information, please see the website about Responsible Distribution.

Also in Canada, we have been long committed to Responsible Care® Canada. RDC is the voice of organizations involved in the chemical and ingredient supply Chain, who champion health, safety and sustainability through Responsible Distribution^®.

We rely on EcoVadis as a trusted provider of business sustainability ratings, intelligence and collaborative performance improvement tools for the global supply chain.  The EcoVadis methodology is an evaluation of how well a company has integrated the principles of sustainability/ CSR into their business and management system. Their methodology is built on international sustainability standards, including the Global Reporting Initiative, the United Nations Global Compact, and the ISO 26000. We are very proud to have been rewarded the EcoVadis Gold rating twice in a row, which was an important prerequisite for Azelis’ membership of Together for Sustainability (TfS), a global initiative for sustainable supply chains.

Azelis joined Together for Sustainability in 2020, a truly sustainable initiative for the chemical industry for the evaluation of supply chains. TfS counts 29 members today, representing a global turnover of €349 bn of companies in the chemical industry and a global spend of €227 bn).Operating as a unique, member-driven organization and peer-to-peer network, TfS member companies shape the future of the chemical industry together. The TfS framework, which includes both TfS Assessments and TfS Audits, allows member companies to assess the environmental, labor and human rights, ethical and sustainable procurement performance of their suppliers. This, in turn, helps drive and deliver tangible, measurable improvements of their suppliers, as well as their own sustainability performance. TfS introduced its global framework and tools to create transparency around the sustainability performance of chemical companies and their suppliers, creating the visibility that would allow members to collaborate and continuously improve performance.