What is a sector initiative?

A sector initiative is a group of companies in the same industry who have agreed to use shared tools to assess and improve the sustainability practices of their trading partners within global networks (e.g. their collective value chains) to meet their sustainability objectives.

These companies have joined forces to share audits and sustainability assessment results via the EcoVadis platform. EcoVadis provides specific features to support these initiatives.

If you have received a sustainability assessment request on behalf of a sector initiative, you are considered a trading partner for at least one member of this initiative.

By accepting a sector initiative’s request, you will be able to share your company’s EcoVadis Scorecard with multiple companies and potential customers within your industry, avoiding duplication of effort.

Each sector initiative establishes its own sharing rules:

All-or-none
By accepting a request from your trading partner, your company’s EcoVadis Scorecard will be shared with all current and future members of the sector initiative.

Sector initiatives using "All-or-none":
- EcoVadis AIM-PROGRESS Initiative 
- TfS (Together for Sustainability) 
- Railsponsible 
- Responsible Beauty Initiative 
- Responsible Health Initiative  
- The Coca-Cola System

Selective
When answering a request from your trading partner, you will be able to select the members within the sector initiative with whom you want to share your company’s EcoVadis Scorecard. Unselected members will only see your company’s basic information (name, country and industry).

Sector initiatives using "Selective":
- EcoVadis ICT Sector Initiative
- JAC (Joint Audit Co-operation)