Group-wide key performance indicators on sustainability

Freudenberg wishes to reduce its relative CO₂ emissions, measured per million euros of sales, by 25 percent by 2025. Freudenberg aspires to be a climate-neutral company by 2045 at the latest. Both goals are referred to Scope 1 and Scope 2 in the Greenhouse Gas Protocol.

The three most important areas of activity for all Business Groups are energy efficiency, CO₂ emissions and waste. The company has introduced eight key performance indicators throughout the Group that create transparency with regard to improvements in these areas and help to drive sustainability at Freudenberg.

Freudenberg introduced a new sustainability reporting system at all sites in 2022. With this tool, energy consumption and CO₂ emissions as well as the amount of waste generated can be documented in a verifiable manner.

In the year under review, the Group continued to improve its energy efficiency and increased the share of renewable energies. Especially as a result of these efforts, Freudenberg reduced its relative CO₂ emissions per € million sales to about 55 tonnes. Over the coming years, Freudenberg intends to continue this development and consistently remain under the target for 2025 of 65 tonnes of CO₂ emissions per € million sales.