Bremen | March 2021: Leschaco (Lexzau, Scharbau GmbH & Co. KG) consistently pursues the goal of providing excellent performance in the areas of transport safety and quality, health and safety at work, environmental protection and sustainability. Our commitment has now been awarded "silver" by EcoVadis for the third time. Leschaco improved despite increased requirements and reached the 81st percentile. This means that our result is higher than or equal to the result of 81 percent of all companies assessed by EcoVadis.

Jörg Conrad, owner and CEO of the Leschaco Group, is pleased about the good result: "We are there for our customers worldwide and at any time. We feel committed to the needs of our customers. We fulfil this commitment with our economic, ecological and socially responsible as well as reliable and high-quality solutions. Our relationship with our employees is characterised by mutual appreciation and respect. Their qualifications and motivation are the prerequisite for our customer-oriented work in a dynamic, intercultural environment and an essential part of our corporate culture - worldwide."

Information on EcoVadis: EcoVadis is an independent and globally active provider of sustainability ratings. It rates the activities of participating companies in the areas of environment, labour and human rights, ethics and sustainable sourcing. The methodology is based on international sustainability standards, including the Global Reporting Initiative, the United Nations Global Compact and ISO 26000. Universal scorecards benchmarks and performance improvement tools make the sustainability activities of companies worldwide measurable and comparable. Over 75,000 companies from more than 160 countries and 200 industries have been assessed by EcoVadis to date.