NORD DRIVESYSTEMS Group
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2022)
Reporting Period: 2022
Environmental Metrics
Renewable Energy Share:65% in 2022
ESG Focus Areas
- Environment
- Social
- Governance
- Supply Chain
- Product Carbon Footprint
Environmental Achievements
- 65% use of renewable power in 2022
- 21% reduction of natural gas consumption (2022 compared to 2021)
- 8% reduction of solvent emissions (2022 compared to 2021)
- 8% reduction of consumption by the vehicle fleet (2022 compared to 2021)
- 15.3% waste reduction (2022 compared to the 3-year average (2019-2021))
- 55% increase of self-generated electricity (2022 compared to 2021)
- Up to 44% CO2e reduction during the use phase of our products with IE5+ motor
- ISO 14001:2015 certification for environmental management system in 2022
Social Achievements
- 50 people work full-time for us in workshops for persons with disabilities
- 65% of staff involved in sustainability processes
- 21% persons with disabilities work in integration areas in our premises in Germany
- Established a whistleblower system in 2022
- A company-wide human rights officer nominated in 2023
Governance Achievements
- Sustainability management introduced in 2022
- First sustainability report published for the Bargteheide site in 2022
- Voluntarily applying the German Supply Chain Act since January 1, 2023
Climate Goals & Targets
Long-term Goals:
- Prepare a sustainability report for the majority of our subsidiaries (2025)
- Introduce environmental management at sites with significant emissions (2025)
- Submit an international sustainability report containing key figures from all subsidiaries (2025)
- Determine the greenhouse gas emissions of 80 percent of our purchased parts (2025)
- All employees in the NORD Group will be fully informed on the CSR activities, and receive regular training (2025)
- Digital learning management system globally available (2025)
Medium-term Goals:
- Introduce a digital learning platform (2024)
- Start a sustainability network within the 10 largest subsidiaries (2024)
- Develop a systematic Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) calculation (2024)
- Prepare a sustainability report for the 10 largest subsidiaries (2024)
- Record Scope 3 emissions (2024)
- Set ambitious goals for diversity key figures (2024)
Short-term Goals:
- Implement the Supply Chain Act (2023)
- Initial Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) calculation (2023)
- Group-wide Scope 1 & 2 recording (2023)
- Prepare a sustainability report for all German sites (2023)
- Develop a climate strategy (2023)
- Determine diversity key figures (2023)
- Introduce environmental management at 3 additional sites (2023)
Environmental Challenges
- Establishing an international governance structure and reporting for the entire NORD Group's 48 subsidiaries
- Reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions throughout the entire NORD Group
- Determining greenhouse gas emissions of purchased parts
- Increasing the share of self-generated electricity
Mitigation Strategies
- Nominated a sustainability team for each country to promote continuous development of sustainability on a regional level
- Implementing an international environmental management system
- Regular trainings on environmental issues to raise awareness among employees
- Improved data collection and analysis system to monitor energy consumption and emissions
- Reducing temperatures in production halls, improving insulation, replacing energy-inefficient machinery
- Using high solid paints and innovative technologies to reduce solvent emissions
- Optimizing cooling systems to reduce coolant consumption
- Improving internal waste management to increase reuse and recycling rate
Supply Chain Management
Responsible Procurement
- Code of Conduct
- Supplier enquiry tool mapping material compliance, conflict minerals, and supply chain
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Opportunities
- Development of energy-efficient products
Reporting Standards
Frameworks Used: German Sustainability Code (DNK), UN Global Compact, Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations
Certifications: ISO 14001:2015
Sustainable Products & Innovation
- IE5+ synchronous motors
- DuoDrive integrated geared motor