Vodafone has received a Platinum medal from EcoVadis for the third consecutive year, scoring 88 out of 100 and ranking in the top 1% of companies assessed by the sustainability ratings provider.
EcoVadis evaluates companies across four areas: environment, labour and human rights, ethics, and sustainable procurement. Vodafone’s score has improved for four consecutive years, rising from 80 in 2023 to 88 in 2026 under the EcoVadis assessment methodology.
Vodafone’s Labour and Human Rights performance improved as the company continued investing in employee development, career planning, internal mobility, skills and wellbeing. During FY26, the company expanded training in areas including customer experience, operational excellence and artificial intelligence.
Its development programmes include Leadership Essentials, covering Licence to Hire, Licence to Lead and Licence to Coach programmes. Vodafone also continued offering employees opportunities to participate in cross-functional and international projects across its markets.
Employee wellbeing programmes covered physical and mental health, financial wellbeing and work-life balance. The company also maintained its focus on providing a safe and healthy working environment for employees, contractors and partners.
Vodafone also improved its Sustainable Procurement score following further development of its supplier assessment, audit, training and sustainability programmes.
The company works with more than 8,500 suppliers, with ESG criteria incorporated into tendering, supplier selection and performance management. During FY26, Vodafone expanded its risk-based supply-chain due diligence approach and increased audit coverage to approximately four times its FY25 level.
More than 238 suppliers were onboarded to Vodafone’s ESG performance-management system during FY26, covering more than half of its global procurement expenditure. The company also completed 21 detailed supplier audits across Africa, Asia and Europe, including audits involving Tier 2 and Vodacom-specific suppliers.
On climate action, Vodafone continued implementing its Climate Transition Plan for FY25 to FY27. During FY26, 100% of electricity purchased and used across its global operations was matched with electricity added to the grid from renewable sources, rounded to the nearest whole percentage point.
Vodafone reported that its Scope 1 and 2 market-based greenhouse gas emissions were 85% below its FY20 baseline. Scope 3 emissions declined 11% year on year to 6.11 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent, representing an 18% reduction from FY20.
Cybersecurity and information-security governance also contributed to Vodafone’s ethics performance. The company said cybersecurity remains a Board-level priority, supported by an in-house global cyber team of more than 900 employees and a common security model across its European and African markets.
Vodafone maintains externally audited ISO 27001 information-security certifications covering its global technology function and 11 local markets. VodafoneThree achieved its first joint ISO 27001 certification in 2026 following 84 audit sessions involving nine functions, 63 teams and 200 people.
The company continues to reinforce security controls through mandatory cybersecurity training, quarterly phishing simulations, independent penetration testing and regular internal and external audits. Vodafone said it completes more than 1,000 penetration tests annually across the Group.
