What It Means for Upshine Lighting to Rank in EcoVadis’s Top 35%

Achieving a spot in EcoVadis’s Top 35% of all rated companies marks a major milestone for Upshine Lighting. This recognition isn’t just a badge—it highlights our deep commitment to sustainability, innovation, and transparency across every facet of our LED indoor and commercial lighting business. Here’s why this ranking matters to our customers, our community, and the planet.

Boosting Light Efficiency, Slashing Energy Use

Upshine Lighting’s EcoVadis distinction reflects our ongoing investments in cutting-edge optics and driver technology. Over the past two years, we’ve:

• Fine-tuned LED chip selection and heat-sink designs to raise luminous efficacy by up to 15%.
• Introduced intelligent dimming and occupancy sensors that prevent wasted light in unoccupied spaces.
• Partnered with independent labs for real-world performance tests, ensuring our fixtures meet ENERGY STAR® benchmarks and go beyond.

For facility managers, this means direct cost savings on electricity bills. For building owners, it translates to quicker returns on lighting retrofits and stronger LEED and WELL certifications. Most importantly, reducing energy consumption underscores our role as an eco-responsible lighting partner.

Embracing Renewable and Eco-Friendly Materials

EcoVadis puts heavy weight on responsible sourcing. To maintain our top-35% status, Upshine Lighting has:

• Transitioned over 70% of our product housings to bio-based polymers and recycled aluminum.
• Eliminated hazardous substances like PVC and BPA from cables and components.
• Worked with suppliers who hold their own environmental certifications, ensuring traceability from raw material to finished fixture.

By choosing materials that can safely return to the supply chain at end-of-life, we drastically reduce landfill waste and lower embodied carbon in every luminaire we ship.

Committing to 100% Recyclable Packaging

Packaging is often an overlooked source of waste in lighting projects. Upshine Lighting answers that challenge by:

• Designing modular, flat-pack cartons made from 100% recycled cardboard.
• Phasing out single-use plastics in favor of molded fiber inserts and paper-based void fills.
• Printing all packaging with soy-based inks on FSC-certified paper.

Our packaging innovations not only lighten shipping weights—reducing transportation emissions—but also empower customers to recycle packaging fully through curbside programs.

Powering Manufacturing with Solar Energy

In aligning with EcoVadis’s energy criteria, we’ve revamped our production center to harness solar power:

• Installed a 1.2-MW rooftop photovoltaic array, offsetting roughly 35% of our plant’s annual electricity needs.
• Implemented real-time energy monitoring to shift heavy loads (like injection molding and metal stamping) into peak-sunlight hours.
• Invested in battery storage systems to smooth out intermittent solar production, ensuring uninterrupted workflow.

This commitment shrinks our carbon footprint and signals you can trust Upshine Lighting to produce fixtures with the smallest environmental impact possible.

Why This Matters to You

• Sustainability as a Service: You gain lighting solutions that actively contribute to ESG goals.
• Verified Accountability: EcoVadis audits mean our claims are third-party validated.
• Future-Proof Designs: Energy, material, and packaging optimizations translate to long-term cost and ecological benefits.

By selecting Upshine Lighting, you’re choosing a partner that blends performance and planet-friendly practices. Our EcoVadis Top 35% ranking confirms that we’re relentlessly pushing boundaries in energy efficiency, supply-chain ethics, packaging innovation, and renewable energy integration.

Looking Ahead

Upshine Lighting’s sustainability journey doesn’t stop here. We’re already planning to:

• Expand our solar array to hit 50% self-generation by 2027.
• Develop take-back programs for end-of-life fixtures.
• Collaborate with clients on custom sustainability reporting.