Sanner GmbH
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2023)
Reporting Period: 2023
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Responsible corporate governance
- Future-proof employee policies
- Sustainable product strategy
- Efficient principles of production
- Fair purchasing & logistics principles
Environmental Achievements
- Reduced CO² emissions by replacing two injection moulding plants at the German site (16 tons less CO² emissions)
- Saved around 11% of electricity at the Hungarian site by replacing two injection moulding machines (based on 1000 units)
- Reduced internal transport costs at the French site with a new placing robot
- Reduced environmental impact through regional sourcing of steel (within 370km radius)
Social Achievements
- Introduced and expanded the training software sam® to other European production sites
- Participation in Girls Day to promote girls in technical professions
- Offered internships to technical students from the Darmstadt Technical Centre
- Intensive induction phase for new employees
Governance Achievements
- Successfully implemented a compliance management system (CMS) internationally, including training for 100% of employees at the German site
- 100% of suppliers agreed to the Supplier Code of Conduct
Climate Goals & Targets
Medium-term Goals:
- By 2030, all European sites will receive annual training on energy topics
Short-term Goals:
- Implement ESG software for key figure processing
- Establish a stable process for determining and providing ESG key figures
- Establish and introduce an internal, worldwide compliance control system
- Develop and communicate a group-wide environmental policy
- Train 100% of European employees in compliance
- Conduct an employee satisfaction survey worldwide
- Publish the third version of Sanner culture in all site languages
- Develop an anti-discrimination and harassment policy
- Develop a globally applicable EcoDesign guideline
Environmental Challenges
- Energy-intensive production
- Supply chain disruptions (implied)
- Maintaining high product quality while improving sustainability
Mitigation Strategies
- Energy saving measures and material substitution
- Regional sourcing of steel
- Development of packaging from recyclates (aiming to replace at least 50% virgin raw material)
- Material savings of up to 15% for existing packaging
- Development of a globally applicable EcoDesign guideline
Supply Chain Management
Responsible Procurement
- Supplier Code of Conduct (100% agreement)
- Regional sourcing of steel
- Review of procurement guidelines to ensure alignment with sustainability criteria
- Evaluation of suppliers based on ESG criteria
- Introduction of a hazardous substance substitution process
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
UN Sustainable Development Goals
- SDG 17 (Partnerships for the Goals)
Sustainable Products & Innovation
- Development of packaging from recyclates
- Material savings initiatives