- Independent sustainability assessor, EcoVadis, awards GKN Automotive a Platinum rating for its sustainability performance
- GKN Automotive now ranks in the top 1% of over 150,000 participating companies globally
- Achieves 100/100 score in six out of seven environmental categories
- New rating marks the organisation’s continuous improvement, from Bronze to Platinum rating in just four years
London, UK, 18 November 2025 – GKN Automotive, the global leader in drive systems, has been awarded an EcoVadis Platinum rating for sustainability, achieving a 100/100 score in six of seven environmental categories.
The new rating is the highest possible ranking from the independent sustainability assessor, and places GKN Automotive in the top 1% of 150,000 participating companies globally.
The recognition from EcoVadis highlights the organisation’s continuous improvements in sustainability, rising from a Bronze to a Platinum rating in just four years.
The top-ranking score reflects a number of key measures implemented by GKN Automotive towards its sustainability strategy in 2025, including:
- Strengthened reporting processes in its annual sustainability report
- The expansion of its sustainable procurement programme and the implementation of on-site ESG audits with key suppliers
This comes in the year that GKN Automotive also achieved a 30% reduction in its total direct CO2e emissions (Scope 1 and 2) versus the previous year.
These actions, amongst many others, resulted in GKN Automotive’s score increasing by 12 points compared to 2024, and more than 30 points since first receiving a Bronze rating in 2022. This highlights the company’s continued progress since launching its sustainability strategy in 2021, recognising the steps it has taken to make its operations more sustainable.
Dr. Clare Wyatt, Chief People, Communications & Sustainability Officer at GKN Automotive, comments: “Achieving the highest rating is a reflection of our continued, strong progress towards our sustainability targets, and is testament to the collective effort across the business as we embed sustainability throughout the organisation.
“We’re proud of the progress made over the last four years, building on the successes of our EcoVadis Gold rating in 2024, and we remain focused on reaching our long-term goals as we continue to improve, innovate, and lead with purpose.”
EcoVadis, an independent global sustainability assessor, enables organisations to benchmark their sustainability performance through a rigorous assessment of 21 sustainability criteria. The assessment is split into four main categories – Environment, Labour and Human Rights, Ethics and Sustainable Procurement – with the criteria based on international sustainability standards.1
GKN Automotive achieved a score of 100/100 on six out of the seven Environment categories in 2025, leading to a top-ranking overall score of 86/100. The category showing the most improvement was Sustainable Procurement, with a 16-point increase over the previous year.