edding Group awarded silver medal by EcoVadis 

edding improved its score from the previous year by 12 points, achieving a total of 69 points out of 100. This puts it in the top 15% of companies assessed by EcoVadis. The areas covered by  the assessment are the Environment, Ethics, Labour & Human Rights and Sustainable Procurement.

The edding Group performed particularly well in the following areas: 

• Returns and recycling of edding products: edding offers a free returns box for used markers and other writing implements. Empty markers are sent for recycling, with the recycled materials fed back into the production of high-quality industrial products.

• Packaging improvements: edding has developed a new FSC-certified cardboard packaging concept for its markers to replace the plastic packaging previously used for many of its sets.

• Energy audits and CO₂e calculations: edding Group sites have been certified to ISO 50001 since 2014. The Group has also been calculating its corporate carbon footprint since 2021. 

• Renewable energy usage: Over 90% of edding locations now use electricity generated from renewables. 

EcoVadis sustainability ratings

First founded in 2007, EcoVadis is now a global provider of business sustainability ratings. Depending on the current status of their sustainability efforts, companies may be awarded a bronze, silver, gold or platinum medal. Over the years, EcoVadis has built up a network of more than 150,000 rated companies and has established an information-sharing platform where buyers and suppliers worldwide can view the sustainability ratings awarded to different companies. 

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The edding Group

A family-run company founded in Hamburg in 1960, edding has more than six decades of expertise in the design, manufacture and distribution of reliable, high-end branded products. The company’s core values include social and environmental responsibility. In the course of the current strategic transformation, sustainable action is becoming even more central to the edding Group: as a profit-for organization, the medium-sized company no longer sees economic success as the main goal, but rather as a prerequisite for working for ecological and social improvements. It is about aligning one’s own actions with the well-being of people and the planet first and being economical at the same time. The family business was awarded the German Sustainability Award for Companies in 2024 for its profit-for strategy.

Under the umbrella brand of the edding Group, with the brands edding, Legamaster and Playroom, the company offers long-lasting, premium products and solutions for private and professional requirements. The portfolio includes markers and writing implements visual communication products, such as flipcharts, whiteboards and e-Screens and innovative digital applications. In 2023, the Group earned consolidated sales of EUR 160.8 million and had an average staff count of 726.

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Contact for press enquiries
                                                                                                                

Christiane Gieschen, edding Group

Bookkoppel 7, 22926 Ahrensburg, Germany

Tel.: +49 (0)4102/808 282, Email: presse@edding.de