Climate Change Data

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Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)

Reporting Period: 2020

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:2077 tCO2e/year (Scope 2)
Scope 2 Emissions:2077 tCO2e/year
Renewable Energy Share:13%
Total Energy Consumption:3,727,869 kWh/year

ESG Focus Areas

  • Quality
  • Environment
  • Occupational Health and Safety
  • Labor and Business Ethics
  • Supplier Sustainability

Environmental Achievements

  • 95% of employees worked on ISO 14001:2015-certified sites; no environmental damage reported in FY 2020.
  • CO2 emissions (Scope 2): 2,077 tCO2e
  • Electricity consumption: 3,727,869 kWh
  • Renewable electricity share: 13%

Social Achievements

  • Employee Engagement Survey showed an all-time high response rate of 79%, with the Group’s total score improving to 4.2 from 4.0 in 2018.
  • Successfully built a cross-functional internal auditor team to increase quality and environmental awareness.
  • Exceeded the goal of completing 1,000 Kaizen activities globally.
  • Received a sustainability award from a key medical customer.

Governance Achievements

  • No violations of the DT Code of Conduct were reported.
  • Launched a Supplier Sustainability Evaluation Program.
  • Beijing subsidiary received HNTE certification, reducing corporate income tax rate.

Climate Goals & Targets

Medium-term Goals:
  • Operating margin ≥15%
  • Annual sales growth >10%
Short-term Goals:
  • Quality: >80% of employees trained in Six Sigma
  • Environment: Scrap weight index <1.5 per month

Environmental Challenges

  • COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected demand in the security sector (especially aviation), while medical applications saw growth.
  • Overall net sales decreased by -20% to EUR 82 million.
  • Security and Industrial Business unit (SBU) net sales decreased by -39% to EUR 42 million.
  • Reduced production volumes led to a decrease in personnel.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Cost savings, employer’s contribution relief, and decreased corporate income tax due to HNTE status improved the result.
  • New organizational structure splitting SBU into two separate business units (SBU and IBU) to improve market scouting and offering.
  • Continued product development and launches despite the pandemic.
  • Successfully kept Beijing factory running and started deliveries from the new Wuxi site.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Completed sustainability assessments of selected key suppliers to a yearly plan

Responsible Procurement
  • Supplier Sustainability Evaluation Program
  • Conflict Minerals Policy communicated to suppliers

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Opportunities
  • Increased use of X-ray imaging in recycling and optimizing manufacturing processes.

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Responsible Business Alliance (RBA)

Certifications: ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 13485:2016

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • X-Scan C series
  • Aurora CT
  • X-Panel 1615
  • X-Panel 1412
  • X-Scan ME

Awards & Recognition

  • Sustainability award from key medical customer
  • "Most outstanding support during the COVID-19 pandemic" award from Beijing business park

Reporting Period: 2021

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:2,204 tCO2e (Scope 2)
Scope 2 Emissions:2,204 tCO2e
Renewable Energy Share:13.1%
Total Energy Consumption:3,849 MWh
Carbon Intensity:24.5 tCO2e/MEUR (Scope 2)

ESG Focus Areas

  • Quality
  • Environment
  • Business Ethics
  • People
  • Occupational Health and Safety

Environmental Achievements

  • Launched Aurora XS, reducing power consumption by 50% compared to previous models.
  • Initiated a project to reduce environmental impact at the Wuxi site, including renovations for energy efficiency and a contract for renewable energy starting in 2022.
  • Completed ISO 13485:2016 certification at the Wuxi site.

Social Achievements

  • Launched major leadership and corporate culture development programs.
  • Completed a values project, redefining values and corresponding behaviors.
  • Established a cross-functional internal audit team in China.
  • Made a donation to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to support their work combating climate change.

Governance Achievements

  • Certified as a Nasdaq ESG Transparency Partner.
  • Decision to establish a whistleblowing channel by the end of 2022.

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • Achieve operating margin ≥15%
  • Achieve annual sales growth >10%
Short-term Goals:
  • Reduce scrap weight index to <1.5 per month in 2022.
  • Achieve >90% of trained white-collar employees in Six Sigma in 2022.
  • Launch a whistleblowing channel during 2022.

Environmental Challenges

  • Shortage of materials and components due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Higher than anticipated employee turnover in specific technical competence areas.
  • Weak demand in the aviation sector and restrictions on gatherings negatively impacting the security market in Q1.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Implemented a new business structure to enhance customer service and recognition of market signals.
  • Launched several strategically important products to strengthen competitive position.
  • Established a talent hub in Nanjing, China to support expansion of product portfolio.
  • Took corrective actions to meet the scrap weight index target in 2022.

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Supplier Sustainability Evaluation Program
  • Conflict Minerals Policy

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Responsible Business Alliance (RBA)

Certifications: ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 13485:2016

Third-party Assurance: Lloyd’s Register

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Aurora XS

Awards & Recognition

  • Nasdaq ESG Transparency Partner

Reporting Period: 2022

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:1,740 tCO2e (Scope 2)
Scope 2 Emissions:1,740 tCO2e
Renewable Energy Share:28.3%
Total Energy Consumption:3,839 MWh
Carbon Intensity:17.7 tCO2e/MEUR (Scope 2)

ESG Focus Areas

  • Quality
  • Environment
  • Business Ethics
  • People
  • Occupational Health and Safety
  • Supplier Sustainability

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced electricity consumption at Wuxi site by 8% (excluding ceramic processing)
  • Started using renewable energy at Wuxi site
  • Achieved 28% reduction in CO2e intensity (Scope 2)
  • Achieved scrap weight index target (<1.5 per month)

Social Achievements

  • Launched DT Heartbeat pulse survey to measure employee experience (93% response rate)
  • Awarded first Values Champion Award
  • Reformed meeting practices to support values-based behaviors
  • Zero lost time incidents in occupational health and safety
  • Increased number of employees by 4% to 469

Governance Achievements

  • Launched online whistleblowing channel in June 2022
  • No reported violations of DT Code of Conduct
  • Included sustainability as a metric in share-based long-term incentive scheme

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • Achieve 50% reduction in CO2e intensity (Scope 2) by 2025 from 2020 baseline
  • Achieve 15% operating margin
  • Annual sales growth >10%
Short-term Goals:
  • Reduce CO2e intensity (Scope 2) by 5% in 2023
  • Reduce scrap weight index to <1.4 per month in 2023
  • Maintain 90% of Six Sigma trained white-collar employees in 2023

Environmental Challenges

  • Component shortages
  • COVID-19 lockdowns in China
  • Increased logistics costs
  • Product modification projects to alleviate component shortages
  • Softening demand in the medical market towards the end of the year
  • Impairment of trade receivables due to likely credit loss
Mitigation Strategies
  • Major product modification project
  • Seamless cooperation across operative borders to complete deliveries
  • Spot purchases
  • Improved ability to deliver and increase in the number of active customers
  • Launched myDT+ service portfolio
  • Opened Customer Experience Centre (CEC) in Wuxi

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Yearly plan for selected key suppliers

Responsible Procurement
  • Supplier Sustainability Evaluation Program
  • Conflict Minerals Policy

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) Code of Conduct

Certifications: ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 13485:2016

Awards & Recognition

  • Nasdaq ESG Transparency Partner

Reporting Period: 2023

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:1,529 tCO2e (Scope 2)
Scope 2 Emissions:1,529 tCO2e
Renewable Energy Share:26.9%
Total Energy Consumption:3,814 MWh
Carbon Intensity:14.7 tCO2e/MEUR (Scope 2)

ESG Focus Areas

  • Quality
  • Environment
  • Business Ethics
  • People
  • Occupational Health & Safety
  • Supplier Sustainability

Environmental Achievements

  • 6% reduction in electricity intensity (Baseline 39.0 MWh/MEUR)
  • 42% reduction in CO2e intensity (Scope 2) (Baseline 25.5 tCO2e/MEUR) 2020–2025
  • Achieved all environmental sustainability goals set for 2023
  • Main manufacturing site top-ranked among assessed suppliers in a customer audit focusing on carbon emission management

Social Achievements

  • Acquisition of Haobo Imaging, energizing staff and expanding the total addressable market
  • Successfully completed integration process of Haobo Imaging
  • Employee turnover decreased to 10% (from 13%)
  • Share of female employees increased to 40% (from 35%)
  • Beijing manufacturing site achieved 2,000 zero accident days in production; Wuxi site achieved 1,000 zero accident days
  • No lost-time injuries at the Group level during 2023
  • Received Excellence Supplier Award — Quality from a key medical customer
  • Exceeded goal of completing 1,400 Kaizen activities globally (1,402 completed)

Governance Achievements

  • Implemented sustainable development framework and goals to Haobo Imaging
  • Re-certified as a Nasdaq ESG Transparency Partner
  • Preparing for CSRD reporting (applicable from 2026)
  • No reported violations of DT Code of Conduct
  • No notifications of infringements of EU or national laws or the company’s Code of Conduct

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • 50% reduction in CO2e intensity (Scope 2) from 2020 baseline by 2025
  • Operating margin (EBITA) 15%
  • Annual sales growth >10%
Short-term Goals:
  • 90% of white-collar employees trained in Six Sigma
  • Scrap weight index <1.4
  • Energy intensity >5% reduction (Baseline 36.7 MWh/MEUR)
  • Total recordable incident rate (TRIR) ≤2

Environmental Challenges

  • Global political and financial turbulence
  • Soft demand in all main markets, particularly low-key demand in China
  • Fiercer competition
  • Key customers clearing accumulated stocks after component shortage (stagnant growth in IBU sales)
  • Chinese government’s anticorruption campaign slowing down medical sales in H2
  • Lower-than-expected sales, sales mix, greater credit loss provision, and last-minute purchases negatively affecting profitability in H1
Mitigation Strategies
  • Tightened belts in H2 to ensure enduring improvement in profitability
  • Implemented several global efficiencies
  • Reduced personnel numbers on financial and production-related grounds
  • Acquisition of Haobo Imaging to nearly double the total addressable market
  • Expansion of production in Oulu, Finland, to offer a wider range of EU origin products, enhance customer experience, and minimize risks

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Supplier Sustainability Evaluation Program
  • Conflict Minerals Policy

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Opportunities
  • X-ray imaging solutions for renewable energy technologies (wind turbine blade inspection, biofuel sorting, battery manufacturing)

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) Code of Conduct

Certifications: ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 13485:2016

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • X-ray detector solutions for renewable energy technologies

Awards & Recognition

  • Excellence Supplier Award — Quality