Hellenic Healthcare Group: Silver Award from EcoVadis for 2021 in the Corporate Social Responsibility Sector

Another important distinction for the Hellenic Healthcare Group (HHG) is the award of the Silver distinction by EcoVadis, one of the largest and most reliable corporate sustainability rating companies in the world, for its socially responsible practices on sustainability and sustainable development issues.

At the Hellenic Healthcare Group, sustainable growth is not just a goal but a key element of our corporate DNA. We understand growth through the pursuit of continuous development, which is always accompanied by responsibility towards all those who entrust us with what is most precious to them, their health. Consciously, we follow a business model that is not limited to enhancing our financial performance, but based on empathy and medical excellence, aims to spread benefits and value to the country itself. A model that maintains at its core the concept of responsibility towards the patient, our employees, the environment and, above all, the society.

The Silver Award demonstrates the HHG Group's commitment and continuous improvement in all three pillars of ESG: Environment, Social and Governance. According to the assessment, the HHG Group is ranked in the top 10% of the healthcare providers worldwide, in terms of Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility, among the 301 companies evaluated worldwide.

The EcoVadis rating system (CSR Rating) refers to the evaluation of the quality of each company's Corporate Social Responsibility management systems through its policies, practices and results. The assessment uses 21 criteria, which are grouped into four themes: environment, labor practices and human rights, good business practices and sustainable procurement.

The criteria are based on international standards such as the Global Compact Principles, the conditions of the International Labor Organization, the standards of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI Standards) and the standard ISO 26000 among others.

EcoVadis is the leading European organization for assessing Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), for business practices and a company's commitment to sustainable development. EcoVadis covers 198 categories of suppliers in 155 countries and has more than 150 experienced CSR analysts. Since 2007, more than 55,000 companies and 300 Industry Leaders have joined the EcoVadis assessment platform