Henkel recently announced that it has received RobecoSAM’s Gold Class award and has been named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute. Henkel received the Gold Class award in the Sustainability Yearbook 2014, which lists the world’s most sustainable companies in each industry as determined by RobecoSAM’s annual Corporate Sustainability Assessment. Henkel was the only company in the Household Products category to receive the Gold Class designation, after being named the Household Products Sector Leader for the seventh consecutive time this past fall and remaining the only company in its sector to feature in both the Dow Jones Sustainability Index World and Europe indices.

Also for the seventh consecutive year, Henkel was named one of World’s Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute, an independent organization promoting best practices in corporate ethics and governance. The award reportedly recognizes companies that continue to raise the bar on ethical leadership and corporate behavior. Henkel is one of only nine companies in the consumer products manufacturing industry and the only German company honored this year.