amfori’s auditing partner ELEVATE renames to LRQA: Updates across amfori platforms

amfori’s long‑standing auditing partner ELEVATE is officially changing its name to LRQA. This update reflects the company’s global brand alignment and will be visible across all amfori digital platforms in the coming days.

What this means for you

To ensure consistency and clarity for our members and their suppliers, amfori will update all touchpoints where the auditing partner name appears:

On the amfori Sustainability Platform

In the amfori Sustainability Platform, enabling amfori members and their suppliers to map their supply chain, track and assess ESG performance, request audits and ensure continuous improvement, they can find:

• All existing audit reports already submitted will now display LRQA instead of ELEVATE in the Planning Information section.
• The General Description of the Audit will remain unchanged, as this is a free‑text field written by the auditor at the time of the audit and may still reference ELEVATE.

Across amfori Insights

In the platform amfori Insights, enabling amfori members and suppliers to analyse, prioritise and report on all your ESG data, in one place, they can :

• Visualise dashboards and data that include the name of the auditing company, ELEVATE, which now the new name, LRQA. This ensures consistency for users who analyse audit results and trends through Insights.

Why this matters

Ensuring transparency and accuracy across all our digital platforms is essential for maintaining reliable audit data and supporting your risk management and assessment work. Updating this naming change helps avoid confusion, ensures coherence in reporting, and aligns with our commitment to high‑quality, credible monitoring information.

amfori will continue to collaborate closely with LRQA as one of its trusted monitoring partners, supporting the delivery of robust and reliable audits across our global network.