Muntons, a global leader in malt and malted ingredients, has been awarded with a Gold EcoVadis Sustainability Rating for 2025, maintaining its position among the top 5% of companies assessed worldwide.
It is the sixth year running Muntons has achieved an EcoVadis rating, which is a globally recognised platform that assesses and rates business sustainability performance. The EcoVadis assessment evaluates companies on four key areas: Environment, Labour & Human Rights, Ethics, and Sustainable Procurement.
Not only did Muntons maintain it’s Gold status, it also improved its overall EcoVadis score in 2025 vs 2024. The Environment was the area in which Muntons saw the biggest increase, gaining 15 points placing it in the top 1% of companies to achieve a score of 91-100 in this category.
Kate Dixon, Head of Sustainability, Innovation and Marketing at Muntons, said: “We pride ourselves on our EcoVadis rating and we’re incredibly proud to have maintained our Gold Level Sustainability Rating this year, particularly against a headwind of changes to the assessment criteria which has made achieving accreditations more challenging. This recognition reflects our unwavering commitment to environmental stewardship, ethical business practices, and sustainable innovation across our operations.”
Muntons has been at the forefront of sustainable malting since 2007. From investing in renewable energy and reducing water usage to supporting regenerative agriculture and cutting carbon emissions, the company continues to set ambitious targets and deliver measurable results.
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clude decarbonising energy emissions by 56% against its 2010 baseline and reducing water consumption by 15% since 2022. Muntons also became the first maltster globally to commit to only using regeneratively farmed barley for its UK sacked base malts, and is leading Regenerative Agriculture trials with its local farming partners to cut on-site emissions.
In 2024 Muntons was awarded with a King’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development, and most recently it won the Environmental & Sustainability Award and the Suffolk Business of the Year Award at the 2025 East Anglian Daily Times Business Awards.
