TMF Group awarded EcoVadis Silver Medal

TMF Group was rated by EcoVadis in July 2021 and awarded a Silver Medal. Compared to other firms in the legal and accounting services sector, TMF Group’s overall score puts it in the top 10% globally and 2% for ethics, which reflect its leadership role when it comes to good governance.

Ecovadis is a leading, trusted provider of global business sustainability ratings, as well as intelligence and collaborative performance improvement tools for global supply chains. Backed by a powerful technology platform and a global team of domain experts, EcoVadis’ easy-to-use and actionable sustainability scorecards provide detailed insight into environmental, social and ethical risks across 200+ purchasing categories and 160+ countries.

Ecovadis’ methodology is built on international sustainability standards, including the Global Reporting Initiative, the United Nations Global Compact, and the ISO 26000: the EcoVadis award is a recognised and reliable global business sustainability rating, with more than  75,000 companies taking part, across multiple industries.

The assessment scored TMF against a number of criteria, under the headings of ‘environment’, ‘labour and human rights’, ‘ethics’ and ‘sustainable procurement’.

Mark Weil, CEO said: “We are proud to be the recipient of the Silver Medal by Ecovadis. It is a proof our efforts in developing a strong ESG strategy. When we set out our purpose – to make a complex world simple – we anchored everything we do around becoming the way for clients to invest and operate safely around the world by meeting their own governance objectives within their ESG commitment. It’s a theme we have taken forward into our corporate and social responsibility activities too, in particular our partnership with Ashoka, through which we are bringing good governance to social enterprises.”