Company Overview
Klassik Lamitex Pvt. Ltd. manufactures PVC leather cloth across 14 SKUs, supplying 727,031 metres a year. Its raw materials span eight categories sourced internationally – PVC resin from Belgium and Colombia, release papers from the USA and Italy, and additives, plasticisers, and pigments from across Asia. The facility runs a 500 kW solar installation alongside biomass boilers.
Klassik has arguably the strongest energy profile of any supplier assessed. Yet extensive gaps in its social and governance data disclosure – many questions left unanswered – masked its true standing and pulled its overall score down to the Committed band.
The Challenge
Performance. Proof. Recognition
Klassik’s challenge was almost entirely one of disclosure rather than practice. It had a cohort-leading energy profile and a mature energy-audit programme, but left many social and governance questions unanswered — depressing a score that its underlying practices might well have carried higher. The assessment needed to credit its genuine energy strength while making the cost of non-disclosure unmistakable.
OUR APPROACH
Evidence. Measure. Benchmark.
Build To Sustain assessed Klassik across the seven pillars. Where questions were unanswered, the framework scored them as such rather than assuming a value — a discipline that keeps the rating honest but means non-disclosure directly lowers the score.
EXECUTION
Validate. Rate. Certify.
Klassik completed the environmental portions of the assessment in detail: a 500 kW solar installation covering roughly 40% of total energy, an external energy audit completed with recommendations being implemented, a closed-loop water system with treated wastewater reused for horticulture, and active supplier screening against ISO 14001, ISO 45001, and IATF 16949. However, many social and governance questions — workforce metrics, labour policies, ethics frameworks, reporting — were left unanswered, substantially lowering the overall score.
The result was a full scorebook and a Committed-tier certificate, with a clear note that improved disclosure would likely raise the rating significantly.
EXECUTION
The Assessment in Detail
Klassik Lamitex was rated Committed with an overall score of 39/100 — despite having the strongest energy profile in the cohort. The gap between its environmental strength (Energy 12/15) and its social and governance scores is almost entirely a disclosure gap, not a practice gap.
Pillar scorecard
| Energy & Climate | Water & Effluent | Waste & Circularity | Materials & Product | Health & Safety | Labour & Social | Governance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/15 | 7/10 | 4/12 | 3/13 | 3/15 | 4/15 | 6/20 |
DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS
Environment 52/100
The strongest energy profile in the cohort: a 500 kW solar installation (~40% of total energy — Energy 12/15), an external energy audit completed with recommendations being implemented, and a closed-loop water system reusing treated wastewater for horticulture. GHG tracking is in progress, driven by automotive-OEM customer requirements.
Social 23/100
The main drag on the overall score — but largely a disclosure gap. Many workforce and safety questions were left unanswered, scoring low (HS 3/15, LS 4/15) even though the underlying practices may be stronger than the responses reflect.
Governance 30/100
ISO 14001 and OFAS certification and BIS-compliant products are in place, but many governance questions — ethics frameworks, reporting, climate commitments — were left unanswered, depressing the score.
STANDOUT STRENGTHS
- The strongest renewable-energy performance of any assessed supplier: a 500 kW solar installation covering roughly 40% of total energy (Energy 12/15).
- The most mature energy-audit programme in the cohort — an external audit completed with recommendations being implemented.
- A closed-loop water system with treated wastewater reused for horticulture, plus ISO 14001 and OFAS certification.
Improvement Roadmap
The assessment translates into a prioritised set of next steps — the fastest, highest-impact routes to a stronger rating:
| Focus area | Recommended action |
|---|---|
| Data disclosure | By far the highest-impact action: complete the unanswered social and governance questions. The practices may already exist — non-disclosure alone is costing the rating. |
| Health & Safety (3/15) and Labour (4/15) | Document and disclose safety systems, training, workforce metrics, and welfare provisions. |
| Governance reporting | Formalise ethics frameworks, sustainability reporting, and climate commitments. |
Key Takeaways
- Klassik Lamitex earned Committed despite a cohort-leading energy profile — held back by disclosure, not practice.
- Completing the unanswered social and governance sections offers a clear and achievable pathway to Bronze or Silver.
- It is the clearest example in the cohort of how measurement and disclosure — not just practice — determine an ESG rating.