Sustainability

Krones enables climate-friendly, circular production of beverages and liquid food. The basis for this mission builds a sustainable company in all ESG dimensions (environment, society, governance).

Krones Group Sustainability

News02. August 2023

Krones nominated for the German Sustainability Award

On 20 July, Krones AG received surprising but all the more pleasing news: The technology supplier for the beverage and food industry is one of the nominees for this year's German Sustainability Award.

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News26. July 2023

Climate protection: Krones clearly sets out all relevant information

The Krones Public Carbon Transition Plan was published on 26 July 2023. It discloses the group’s actions, interim results and further plans for implementing the measures needed to achieve its climate targets.

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News17. April 2023

Sustainability strategy produces tangible results: Krones posts key ESG performance indicators for 2022

The Krones Group documents its sustainability performance for 2022 in its recently published annual report.

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Report23. March 2023

Non-financial statement 2022

Krones publishes 2022 Non-financial statement

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Performance 2022

Greenhouse gas emissions Scope 1 and 2

Reduction of our corporate carbon footprint

We reduced our corporate carbon footprint by 22 percent compared to 2021. The goal is to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2030 (base year 2019) - at 46 percent, more than half of this has already been achieved. The climate target has been validated by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) and certified as being consistent with the 1.5 degrees target.

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Greenhouse gas emissions Scope 3 upstream and downstream

CO₂ emissions in the upstream supply chain as well as from our products

Greenhouse gas emissions in the upstream supply chain were down slightly by 1 percent year on year but still very high compared with the base year 2019. Despite as 34% increase in order intake, our product-related greenhouse gas emissions rose only 6% over the previous year. That is thanks to enhanced energy efficiency and lower emissions factor from electricity generation.

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Water consumption and hazardous waste

Resource use in our operations

While hazardous waste generation across the group was flat, water consumption was up 10%.

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Share of women

Promote diversity within our own workforce

The Krones Group employed more women, both in management-level positions and in general, in 2022 than in 2021.

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Education

Education for our workforce

Participation in continuing education opportunities increased by nearly one-third compared to 2021.

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Workplace accidents

Strengthening occupational safety

Occupational accidents are down 17 percent across the Group, and lost days due to workplace accidents are down eight percent.

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Reduction of our emissions across the Krones Group

Sustainability in practice

Facts on the table: What exactly do our solutions contribute to making the industry more sustainable? You will find many practical examples in Krones.magazine.