Climate Change Data

TÜV NORD GROUP

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2020, 2021, 2022)

Reporting Period: 2020

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Responsible Value Creation
  • Staff Orientation
  • Environmental Orientation
  • Societal Orientation

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced CO₂e emissions by 42.4% compared to 2017.
  • Committed to carbon neutrality by 2030.

Social Achievements

  • Achieved EcoVadis Gold status (top 5% of companies rated).
  • Maintained high employee commitment index (evaluation postponed to 2021).

Governance Achievements

  • Implemented a new code of conduct.
  • Set new targets for the proportion of women on the Board of Management and Supervisory Board.

Climate Goals & Targets

Medium-term Goals:
  • Achieve carbon neutrality by 2030.
Short-term Goals:
  • Reduce CO₂e emissions by 7.5% per year by 2025 (55% compared to 2019).

Environmental Challenges

  • Coronavirus pandemic impacting business operations and revenue.
  • Supply chain disruptions.
  • Travel restrictions impacting international business.
  • Reduced demand for services due to pandemic measures.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Introduced remote audits and inspections.
  • Developed smart e-learning services.
  • Expanded health protection tests.
  • Implemented liquidity-oriented corporate management.
  • Developed new digital solutions.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: 100% of newly registered suppliers with technical and sales relevance reviewed (2020)

Responsible Procurement
  • Sustainability criteria integrated into procurement processes.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: EcoVadis

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • SDG 4
  • SDG 7
  • SDG 8
  • SDG 9
  • SDG 11
  • SDG 12
  • SDG 13
  • SDG 16
  • SDG 17

The report details how various initiatives contribute to these goals.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • CERA 4in1 certification system
  • Remote audits and inspections
  • Online campus for training

Awards & Recognition

  • EcoVadis Gold status

Reporting Period: 2021

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Company
  • People
  • Environment

Environmental Achievements

  • Significantly reduced global CO₂ footprint for the second consecutive year.
  • Reduced CO2e emissions from business-related travel by 32.7% compared to 2019.
  • Achieved Gold EcoVadis medal for the second consecutive time, ranking among the top 3% of over 90,000 evaluated companies.

Social Achievements

  • Launched Group-wide HydroHub initiative to develop sustainable hydrogen infrastructure.
  • Developed new services for alternative vehicle drives, supporting climate protection and raising awareness of electromobility.
  • Implemented process improvements reducing wastewater pollution and optimizing water consumption in chemical and petrochemical plants.

Governance Achievements

  • Adopted CR Strategy 2025, linking economic success with contributions to sustainable development.
  • Became a member of the United Nations Global Compact.
  • Implemented a Compliance Management System (CMS) to ensure compliance with rules and reinforce integrity.

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • Achieve carbon neutrality by 2030 for business trips, real estate use, and resource consumption.
Short-term Goals:
  • Reduce CO2e emissions by 55% by 2025 compared to 2019.

Environmental Challenges

  • Climate change and resource conservation.
  • Military conflict in Ukraine impacting economic and social life globally.
  • Securing a secure energy supply that promotes regenerative technologies while reducing CO₂ emissions.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Group-wide HydroHub initiative for sustainable hydrogen infrastructure.
  • New services for alternative vehicle drives.
  • Process improvements reducing wastewater pollution and optimizing water consumption.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: 3

Responsible Procurement
  • Compliance Code for Suppliers and Business Partners
  • Group Purchasing Policy
  • Supplier self-disclosure
  • CSR risk assessment

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Opportunities
  • Development of energy-efficient products and services

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI

Certifications: ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018

Third-party Assurance: BDO AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Remote inspections
  • HydroHub
  • CERA4in1
  • Next-level autonomous driving

Awards & Recognition

  • Gold EcoVadis medal

Reporting Period: 2022

Environmental Metrics

Total Energy Consumption:51,450 MWh/year (Group-wide)
Water Consumption:68,406 m3/year (Group-wide)

ESG Focus Areas

  • Climate Change
  • People
  • Environment
  • Compliance and responsibility along the value chain
  • Social engagement
  • Digital business models, processes and tools
  • Development and offer of sustainable innovations and services
  • Promoting employee health and increasing levels of satisfaction with the employer
  • Enabling professional development
  • Promoting and developing an open culture of feedback
  • Ensuring equal opportunities for all
  • Environmentally friendly travel patterns
  • Energy efficiency in buildings

Environmental Achievements

  • All buildings managed by TÜV NORD Immobilien use green electricity.
  • Increased proportion of purchasing volume assessed using sustainability criteria (2020: 57%, 2021: 72%, 2022: 93%).
  • Initiatives to reduce mobility-related emissions through digitalization and e-mobility.

Social Achievements

  • Launched the MINDSET program to foster cultural change and improve employee well-being.
  • Established the first top/job-sharing tandem.
  • Further developed Occupational Health Management (OHM).

Governance Achievements

  • Awarded the EcoVadis Gold Medal.
  • Submitted the Communication on Progress Report for the first time in the context of UNGC membership.
  • 100% of products and services underwent a sustainability assessment.

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Achieve climate neutrality by 2030.
Medium-term Goals:
  • Integrate all existing national and international subsidiaries into Group-wide CR reporting by 2025.
  • Source at least 70% of annual purchasing volume from sustainably assessed suppliers by 2025.
  • Increase proportion of women in operational functions by 10% by the end of 2024.
Short-term Goals:
  • Reduce CO2e emissions by 45% by 2025 (compared to 2019).
  • Introduce OHM throughout the Group by the end of 2023.
  • Complete update of travel policy by the end of 2023.

Environmental Challenges

  • Increased business travel after the pandemic, leading to higher CO2 emissions.
  • Complexity in managing the CR Roadmap.
  • Integrating international companies into CR reporting.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Making CO2e targets more specific and harmonizing reduction targets for business units.
  • Streamlining the CR Roadmap.
  • Implementing a phased approach to integrating international companies into CR reporting.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: 93% of purchasing volume from sustainably assessed suppliers in 2022.

Responsible Procurement
  • Sustainability criteria for supplier evaluation (environmental, leadership, and social aspects).
  • CR risk assessment based on supplier self-disclosures.
  • Additional social or environmental clauses in framework agreements.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Opportunities
  • Development of energy-efficient products and services.

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI

Certifications: ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018

Third-party Assurance: BDO AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft (limited assurance)

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Goal 4
  • Goal 8
  • Goal 9
  • Goal 10
  • Goal 12
  • Goal 13
  • Goal 3
  • Goal 5
  • Goal 7
  • Goal 11

Goals covered in Company, People, and Environment fields of action.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Digital business models, processes, and tools; remote monitoring, drone use, voice control; Virtual Lab solution.

Awards & Recognition

  • EcoVadis Gold Medal
  • LEADING EMPLOYER