Hunt Valley, Maryland (19 March 2024)—EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc., PBC (EA), a leading provider of interdisciplinary environmental services, announced that the firm’s corporate sustainability management efforts earned a Silver Sustainability Rating from EcoVadis. EA’s overall score, which places the company in the 94th percentile among rated organizations within the Architectural and Engineering industry grouping, increased from our 2022 assessment. The continuous improvement reaffirms EA’s unwavering dedication to environmental stewardship, social responsibility, and sustainable business practices.
EcoVadis, a globally recognized and trusted sustainability rating organization, evaluated EA’s corporate sustainability management across 21 criteria addressing environmental impact, labor and human rights, ethics, and sustainable procurement associated with the Architectural and Engineering industry. The Silver rating places EA among the top 15 percent of the more than 130,000 companies rated globally across all industry sectors.
“Our overall increased score and Silver rating from EcoVadis is a testament to our team’s dedication to sustainability, our commitment as a Public Benefit Corporation, and our belief that private-sector organizations should be powerful agents of positive environmental and social change,” said Brian Lesinski, Executive Vice President, Chief of Client Programs, and Director of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). “We are honored to be recognized for our ongoing efforts and will continue to push the boundaries of environmental excellence.”
EA’s publicly available Public Benefit Statement/CSR and Carbon Footprint reports are prepared annually in accordance with Global Reporting Initiative and World Resources Institute standards, respectively. The firm’s CSR Program was rated Gold in 2021 and 2018, and Silver in 2016 and 2014. EA’s 2024 Silver rating represents the company’s first evaluation across EcoVadis’ revised Medals Program, which was updated to reflect improved alignment with regulatory growth and advancements in corporate sustainability business practices. The assessment benchmarks EA across all industries and drives the firm’s process for continual improvement in all aspects of corporate environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG).
About EcoVadis
EcoVadis is a purpose-driven company whose mission is to provide the world’s most trusted business sustainability ratings. Businesses of all sizes rely on EcoVadis’ expert intelligence and evidence-based ratings to manage risk and compliance, drive decarbonization, and improve the sustainability performance of their business and value chain. Its AI-powered risk mapping, actionable scorecards, benchmarks, carbon action tools, and insights guide a resilience and improvement journey for environmental, social and ethical practices across 220 industry categories and 180 countries. For more information, visit https://ecovadis.com/.
About EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc., PBC
EA is a 100% employee-owned public benefit corporation that provides environmental, compliance, natural resources, and infrastructure engineering and management solutions to a wide range of public and private sector clients. Headquartered in Hunt Valley, Maryland, EA employs more than 650 professionals through a network of 27 commercial offices across the continental United States, as well as Alaska, Hawaii, and Guam. In our 50th year of business, EA has earned an outstanding reputation for technical expertise, responsive service, and judicious use of client resources. For more information about EA, visit www.eaest.com.
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