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TÜV Rheinland STAR
Target groups and goal development
Show that you take your company’s social responsibility seriously. The TÜV Rheinland Star business ranking provides your purchasers and investors with a clearer understanding of what you do, leaving you free to succeed on the international markets.
Our five star rating system
We analyse your company’s social performance and sustainability using a 9+1 dimensional rating. This system uses the latest procedures for researching CSR and other areas of risk. Our evaluation also factors in a total of 50 sub-dimensions, resulting in a classification that allows you to immediately identify potential areas of risk.
9+1 dimensions provide a comprehensive classification
To ensure that our company rating is internationally consistent and demands the same standards around the world, our 9 dimensions are broken down into over 1,250 test criteria which our experts evaluate on-site. We assess the implementation of your management systems and their performance in the following categories:
- Corporate governance
- Social responsibility
- Occupational health and safety
- Quality management
- Environmental management
- Information security
- Financial management
- Brand and innovation
- Fair trade and competition
- Customer-specific requirements
What makes TÜV Rheinland STAR special
TÜV Rheinland STAR combines our experience as a provider of business services with the requirements of international guidelines and standards relating to corporate responsibility:
- UN Global Compact
- ILO agreement
- OECD guidelines
- Principles of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
- SA 8000 and other management systems
- Initiatives by international and national unions such as EICC or JEITA
- Other standards from the areas of product, system and personnel certification

