*Firms surveyed were in Argentina, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Ghana, Hungary, Kenya, Myanmar, Nigeria, the Philippines, Togo, Ukraine, and Zambia.
Firm sizes are determined by number of employees, micro (<5), small (<20), medium (20-99), and large (100 or over).
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Share of firms with a sustainability standard globally 2021, by size
Larger firms are more likely to attain certification to an environmental sustainability standard - ** percent of companies with over 100 workers had such a certificate, while only * percent of firms with fewer than * workers had attained such a status.
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International Trade Centre. (June 27, 2021). Distribution of companies certified to a sustainability standard in selected countries worldwide* in 2021, by firm size [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 31, 2026, from /statistics/1249933/share-of-firms-with-a-sustainability-standard-by-size/
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