Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Regenerative Value Creation
• Work Culture
• Social Business
• Climate
• Circular Economy
• Human Rights
• Product Safety
• Occupational Health and Safety
• Employer Attractiveness
• Diversity and Equal Opportunities
• Sustainable Coffee
• Sustainable Plastics
• Sustainable Pulp
• Sustainable Electrical Appliances

Environmental Achievements

• Reduced energy consumption by 13.5% (424 million kWh to 367 million kWh)
• Reduced CO2 emissions (Scope 1 and 2) by 14.6% (125,904 tCO2e to 107,467 tCO2e)
• Reduced water consumption at Celupa plant (Brazil) by 26.7% from 2020 to 2022
• 99.7% of wood pulp sourced with FSC® and/or PEFC™ certification
• Reduced total waste volume by 10.4% compared to the previous year and 15% compared to 2020
• Increased use of recycled materials in electrical appliances by 17% (2020-2022)
• 50% of Cofresco products are produced using recycled materials

Social Achievements

• Founded Vishuddh Pvt. Ltd. in Bangalore, India, a Social Business recycling plastic waste and improving local communities' living conditions
• Continued support of the “Don’t Throw Me Away!” initiative to reduce food waste
• Implemented a Group works agreement on flexible working
• Launched a vacation program for employees’ children
• Expanded collaboration with daycare centers

Governance Achievements

• Enhanced Group-wide risk management system regarding sustainability risks
• Implemented 23 Group-wide projects for holistic sustainability integration
• Created and implemented strategic roadmaps for sustainability integration into departmental strategies
• Developed dashboards to monitor focus projects
• Expanded participation in various committees, associations, and working groups

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Procuring raw coffee sustainably while addressing environmental, social, and economic challenges in coffee-growing regions
• Establishing effective collection, sorting, and recycling systems for plastics globally
• Ensuring sustainable forestry practices for pulp production
• Reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions across the value chain
• Harmonizing Group-wide occupational safety and corporate health management
• Strengthening employer brand appeal, particularly for younger generations
• Protecting human rights throughout the supply chain in compliance with the LkSG

Mitigation Strategies

• Developing and implementing projects to address challenges in coffee farms, scaling results in coffee-growing countries
• Increasing the proportion of raw coffee sourced with sustainability certificates
• Expanding resource-conserving roasting and climate-friendly transportation
• Expanding the proportion of ecological packaging
• Developing measures for the circular economy of biogenic materials
• Further increasing the proportion of high-quality recyclates in products
• Raising the share of recyclable products and packaging
• Developing plastics that decompose within an eco-friendly timeframe
• Expanding the range of reusable products and packaging
• Proactive contributions to developing and implementing a high-performance circular economy system for plastics
• Switching to recycled paper and pulp where possible, using certified sustainably managed forests otherwise
• Reducing water consumption at paper-producing facilities
• Implementing energy-saving measures, generating own power, procuring renewables
• Investing in modern systems and machines
• Using certified offsetting measures for unavoidable emissions
• Developing a roadmap for reducing Scope 3 emissions
• Harmonizing Group-wide occupational safety and corporate health management system by 2024
• Developing a comprehensive raft of measures to strengthen employer brand appeal
• Implementing LkSG requirements, establishing a comprehensive risk management system

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement

• Supplier Code of Conduct requiring observance of ILO core labor standards and other human rights and environmental conventions

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Climate change impacts on coffee cultivation, water shortages

Transition Risks

• Regulatory changes impacting plastics and packaging

Opportunities

• Development of energy-efficient products and processes

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: DNK (German Sustainability Code), GRI (Global Reporting Initiative), EU guideline on CSR reporting, Greenhouse Gas Protocol

Certifications: ISO 9001, IFS Food, IFS HPC, BRC Consumer Products, FSSC 22000, QAI Organic, HACCP, FSC®, PEFC™

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• SDG 8
• SDG 12
• SDG 13
• SDG 14
• SDG 15
• SDG 4
• SDG 17

The company's initiatives contribute to these goals through sustainable production methods, conscious consumption promotion, climate action, circular economy promotion, responsible resource management, quality education, and partnerships

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• N-Viron-Flex single-material composite film
• Reusable products (silicone lids)
• Products made with recycled materials (bin liners, aluminum foil)

Awards & Recognition

• Lean & Green Award for action plan to reduce logistics-related CO2 emissions
• National award from German government for “Don’t Throw Me Away!” initiative

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Sustainability
• Product Sustainability
• Supply Chain Sustainability
• Social Responsibility
• Employee Responsibility

Environmental Achievements

• Increased recycling content of numerous products (Cofresco)
• Launched a new sustainable film laminate N-Viron-Flex® (ACW-Film)
• Avoury® stands for a new and sustainable form of top-quality tea enjoyment (Melitta Single Portions)

Social Achievements

• Strengthened its commitment to innovation with investment in the M-Lab (Melitta North America)
• Focus on maintaining profitable volumes, enhancing margins and cost management (Melitta North America)
• Systematic integration of sustainability aspects along the entire value chain (Coffee at Work)

Governance Achievements

• Not disclosed

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Challenging market environment with high inflation and consumer spending restraint (Melitta Europe – Coffee Division, Melitta Europe – Coffee Preparation Division, Melitta Europe – Sales Europe Division, Melitta North America, Melitta South America)
• High costs for raw materials and energy (Melitta Europe – Coffee Preparation Division)
• Reluctance of consumers to purchase small electrical appliances and growing preference for private label products (Melitta Europe – Sales Europe Division)
• Supply chain shortages and global market uncertainty (Melitta North America)
• Decline in filter coffee category (Melitta North America)
• Increased competition in B2C coffee (Melitta North America)
• Continued category volume declines in B2B coffee (Melitta North America)
• High volatility of green coffee prices (Corsino Corsini)
• Fierce competition and declining categories in the online coffee and online coffee machine segment (Roast Market)
• Adverse conditions on the international wallpaper market and a drastic decline in new orders from the construction industry (Neu Kaliss Spezialpapier)
• Turbulence in business with European retailers due to price increases (Wolf PVG)

Mitigation Strategies

• Focus on attracting new target groups and improving the quality perception of its products (Melitta Europe – Coffee Division)
• Initiatives to refresh and optimize the product portfolio and projects to reduce costs (Melitta Europe – Coffee Preparation Division)
• Stepped up promotional activities to emphasize the value for money offered by its products (Melitta Europe – Sales Europe Division)
• Maintaining dominant market share in branded filter paper (Melitta North America)
• Focus on improving margins and maintaining profitable volumes (Melitta North America)
• Focus on medium to high-quality products (Corsino Corsini)
• Stronger focus on improving business with existing customers and driving international expansion (Roast Market)
• New business initiatives (Neu Kaliss Spezialpapier)
• Strengthening sales and development activities and intensifying interaction with key stakeholders (Neu Kaliss Spezialpapier)
• Systematically press ahead with the sustainability strategy (Wolf PVG)
• New Swirl® online presence and e-commerce activities (Wolf PVG)
• Focus on acquiring new customers (Wolf PVG)

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement

• Not disclosed

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Not disclosed

Transition Risks

• Not disclosed

Opportunities

• Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• N-Viron-Flex® (ACW-Film), Avoury® TeaCycle Cap® (Melitta Single Portions), eco-friendly product range (Cofresco)

Awards & Recognition

• Not disclosed