Hyster-Yale Earns Sustainability Award

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc. (HYMH) has earned a Bronze medal in the 2026 EcoVadis sustainability assessment, placing it among the top 35% of more than 150,000 companies assessed worldwide. The recognition marks the company’s fourth consecutive year receiving an EcoVadis medal and follows another year of improvement in its overall score, reflecting ongoing progress in environmental stewardship, labor and human rights, ethics, and sustainable procurement.

“As we work to transform the way the world moves materials from port to home, we are always aiming to improve core values like corporate responsibility,” says Don Buckman, Americas Division Environmental Health and Safety Manager, Hyster-Yale Materials Handling.

“This recognition underscores the meaningful progress we’ve made across our sustainability initiatives and the dedication of employees throughout the organization who help drive those efforts forward every day.”

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc. (HYMH) designs, engineers, manufactures, sells and services a comprehensive line of lift trucks, parts and technology and energy solutions marketed globally primarily under the Hyster®, Yale®, Nuvera® and Maximal® brand names. The company’s subsidiary, Bolzoni S.p.A., is a leading worldwide producer of attachments, forks, masts and lift tables marketed under the Bolzoni®, Auramo® and Meyer® brand names.

EcoVadis is one of the world’s most widely used business sustainability platforms, evaluating more than 150,000 companies across 250 industries and 185 countries worldwide. Its assessment evaluates the effectiveness of a company’s sustainability management system through its policies, actions and results. HYMH‘s score increased by two points year over year, placing the company in the 73rd percentile globally and demonstrating its commitment to continuous improvement in sustainability performance.