Alkagesta awarded the EcoVadis Committed Badge

Alkagesta has been awarded the EcoVadis Committed Badge, one of the most widely used indicators of corporate sustainability performance in global supply chains. For a trading house whose cargoes move through ports and storage hubs from the Mediterranean to Asia, the rating puts independent, third-party-checked substance behind practices that have until now been largely self-described.

EcoVadis assesses companies across four pillars — environment, labour and human rights, ethics, and sustainable procurement — and does so on the basis of documentary evidence rather than declarations. Policies, reporting and transparency are measured against internationally recognised standards, and the Committed Badge reflects Alkagesta's performance across those criteria while giving the company a defined framework for improvement. It now sits alongside the company's broader ESG framework, which sets out how sustainability commitments are embedded across the business rather than held in a separate agenda.

That framework is not theoretical. Alkagesta holds ISCC and CORSIA certification for its work in sustainable fuels, holds access to EU ETS allowances, and invests in environmental research initiatives such as the Clean Caspian startup. Its biofuel storage agreement in Antwerp gave the company direct control over the quality and dispatch of renewable cargoes, and the EcoVadis assessment extends that same logic from cargo to company: documented policies, audited behaviour and measurable targets.

Orkhan Rustamov, chief executive of Alkagesta, said the badge reflects work being done across the company to embed responsible business practices into daily operations. "As a company trading commodities that sit at the heart of the global economy, we take seriously our responsibility to operate with integrity and transparency," he said, describing the recognition as "a foundation to build on" and committing to continue raising standards across the areas EcoVadis measures. His views on governance and oversight are set out further in the company's leadership and governance pages.

The commercial significance is straightforward. Banks, counterparties and cargo owners increasingly run sustainability due diligence before they sign, and an EcoVadis scorecard is one of the documents they ask for. For a house whose trade finance relationships depend on institutional confidence, an evidence-based rating shortens that conversation. It also aligns with the compliance and code of conduct commitments the company already publishes, and with the transparency disclosures it makes available to partners and reviewers.

The badge also lands at a moment when the company's footprint is widening. Its global storage operations span multiple continents, its shipping and logistics desk arranges movements across increasingly scrutinised corridors, and its business model links physical flows to financial performance. Each of those activities carries environmental and social exposure — emissions, port communities, counterparty integrity — that the four EcoVadis pillars are designed to capture. The company's core values and its published 2025 annual report already commit it to reporting on that exposure; the badge adds an external standard to report against.

Alkagesta was founded in Malta and has grown from a regional trader into a diversified commodities house, a history summarised in its company background and our history pages. The EcoVadis recognition is the second sustainability-related milestone the company has publicised this quarter, following its participation in industry sustainability and market forums covered in its media library and market insights and on Alkagesta TV.

For counterparties, lenders and partners who want to verify the assessment directly, the company publishes its contact details and will provide its EcoVadis scorecard on request. As Rustamov's comment suggests, the intent is less to celebrate the badge than to treat it as a baseline — one that will be re-tested as the company's volumes, product range and geographic reach continue to grow.