CAP Worldwide Serviced Apartments Celebrates the Award of a Gold Medal from EcoVadis for Sustainability

Placing CAP in the top 5% of Companise Across All Sectors, and in the Top 1% for Travel Agency, Tour Operator, Reservations Service and Related Activities

Published on Thursday, September 19th, 2024 by Jo Layton

Richmond, London – CAP is proud to announce that it has been awarded the prestigious Gold Medal from EcoVadis, the world’s most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings.

This recognition places CAP among the top 5% of companies assessed by EcoVadis globally and in the top 1% for our sector. A true achievement for our young company.

EcoVadis evaluates companies on four key areas: Environment, Labor & Human Rights, Ethics, and Sustainable Procurement.

Jo Layton, CAP CEO says ‘We are truly delighted to receive this incredible recognition of our ongoing commitment to creating the healthiest and most inclusive culture and company for our global teams, our clients, and our valued brand partners to thrive in.

She continues ‘Our goal has always been to create a successful best in class tip of the spear business that embraces the full meaning of sustainability, and this Gold Medal distinction reflects CAP’s exemplary performance and long-standing commitment across all areas of corporate social responsibility (CSR) including sustainability and ethical business practices’.

Clare Ace, ESG Director for CAP adds “This award is a testament to the dedication and hard work of our entire team, who are constantly striving to improve our environmental impact, uphold ethical standards, and foster a responsible supply chain. At CAP, we believe sustainability is not only good for the planet, but it also makes good business sense.’

Andrew Hopgood, CAP COO says ‘CAP’s sustainability efforts include, fostering diversity, inclusion and accessibility whilst implementing sustainable sourcing practices, and demonstrating an advanced management system on environmental, ethics, labour and human rights issues.’ He adds ‘We measure and monitor diversity, emissions and overall CSR for all our valued clients, ensuring they are always fully educated on their programmes and their sustainability.’

Layton finishes ‘CAP will continue to invest in innovative and forward facing practices and solutions for all, both independently, and in partnership with fellow industry associations and businesses, this is the only way to ensure our sector remains aligned with the global vision of a greener and more socially responsible future for all.’

About CAP Worldwide Serviced Apartments – A Self-Funded, Certified Women Owned Company

CAP Worldwide Serviced Apartments (CAP) was launched to the long stay market in early 2019 to deliver the most creative, agnostic, sustainable, diverse, cost-effective and innovative corporate apartment and accommodation programmes currently available in the sector.

Led by Jo Layton, a respected and passionate leader within the hospitality and extended stay industries for over 30 years, the CAP senior leadership team brings together some of the most highly regarded, experienced, operational and solution orientated leaders from travel, global mobility, relocation and extended stay.

CAP Worldwide represents service and financial excellence, personalised global account management and trusted accommodation solutions, built to service the current and future needs of the corporate travel, global mobility, procurement teams, project managers and groups.

After an incredible first 4 years, CAP is re-inventing, re-engineering, rejuvenating and evolving all areas of the business to ensure it stays ‘at the tip of the spear’ for is valued clients through our development
programme ‘CAP 3.0’.

‘CAP creates consistent, cost effective, secure, diverse, sustainable and continually evolving global programmes so travellers can experience caring service and safe solutions through a blended integration of our people and our technology’.