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Raute has been awarded the EcoVadis Gold Medal<\/strong> for its sustainability performance, recognising the company\u2019s continued progress in environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The award places Raute among the top 5% of companies assessed by EcoVadis worldwide during the 12 months preceding the publication of its scorecard<\/strong>. The recognition represents a significant improvement from the company\u2019s previous EcoVadis Bronze Medal and highlights the development of its sustainability management and responsible business practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n EcoVadis is one of the world\u2019s leading sustainability rating platforms. Its assessment covers four key areas: Environment, Labour & Human Rights, Ethics, and Sustainable Procurement<\/strong>. The evaluation provides companies with an external benchmark of their sustainability policies, actions and results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sustainability as part of business strategy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n For Raute, sustainability is closely connected to its role in the engineered wood products industry. The company develops technologies, equipment and services designed to help manufacturers improve production efficiency and make better use of wood resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Its sustainability agenda focuses on areas including resource efficiency, climate action, responsible business, employee wellbeing, diversity and inclusion, and health and safety<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The EcoVadis Gold Medal provides external recognition of the progress Raute has made in integrating these principles into its operations and long-term business strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSustainability is embedded in how we innovate, operate and create value for our customers,\u201d the company said, highlighting the recognition as an important acknowledgement of its ongoing ESG work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAchieving EcoVadis Gold is an important external recognition of the progress we have made and the direction we have deliberately taken as a company. Our strategy is to be the partner to future-proof the wood industry, with sustainability embedded in how we innovate, operate and create value for our customers. This recognition shows that our efforts are making an impact and strengthens our confidence that we are moving in the right direction,\u201d says Mika Saariaho<\/strong>, President and CEO of Raute. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Driving resource efficiency in wood manufacturing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Raute\u2019s sustainability approach is particularly relevant to the engineered wood sector, where efficient use of raw materials and energy is increasingly important. Through automation, production technologies, process optimisation and lifecycle services, the company aims to support manufacturers in improving productivity while reducing resource consumption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The company views its sustainability work not only as an internal responsibility but also as an opportunity to contribute to the wider transformation of the wood products industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The EcoVadis Gold rating therefore marks both a milestone and a benchmark for Raute as it continues to strengthen its sustainability practices. The company says it will continue developing its ESG agenda while working with customers and partners to promote more resource-efficient and sustainable production across the engineered wood products value chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Source: Raute Corporation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Recognition places the engineered wood technology company among the top 5% of companies assessed worldwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1945,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4,524],"tags":[156,546,467,314,545,82,547,222,548,89],"class_list":["post-1944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-news","category-wood-design-news","category-products-technology","tag-automation","tag-eco-vadis-gold","tag-engineered-wood","tag-esg","tag-raute","tag-sustainability","tag-wood-efficienct","tag-wood-manufacturing","tag-wood-sector","tag-woodworking"],"acf":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/panelanddesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Raute.jpg",1920,1200,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/panelanddesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Raute-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/panelanddesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Raute-300x188.jpg",300,188,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/panelanddesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Raute-768x480.jpg",640,400,true],"large":["https:\/\/panelanddesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Raute-1024x640.jpg",640,400,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/panelanddesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Raute-1536x960.jpg",1536,960,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/panelanddesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Raute.jpg",1920,1200,false],"covernews-featured":["https:\/\/panelanddesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Raute-1024x640.jpg",1024,640,true],"covernews-medium":["https:\/\/panelanddesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Raute-540x340.jpg",540,340,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"PDNews Desk","author_link":"https:\/\/panelanddesign.com\/?author=1"},"category_info":"Featured News<\/a> News<\/a> Products & Technology<\/a>","tag_info":"Products & Technology","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/panelanddesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/panelanddesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/panelanddesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panelanddesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panelanddesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1944"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/panelanddesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1947,"href":"https:\/\/panelanddesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1944\/revisions\/1947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panelanddesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/panelanddesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panelanddesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panelanddesign.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}