Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• People
• Product
• Promise

Environmental Achievements

• Reduced operational CO2 emissions by 12% since 2020
• Opened first experience store in Groningen, based in a sustainably designed building powered by solar panels.

Social Achievements

• Introduced the world’s first sustainable box spring, ‘Element’, in 2018. All materials can be reused after the first lifecycle.
• Offered a full collection of duvet covers and other textiles containing only organic cotton as part of the Kayori collection.
• Introduced the first modular mattress collection from the Beter Bed Right 5000 series in 2021. All materials can be separated as mono-materials and reused or recycled.

Governance Achievements

• Consulted an external party to conduct a ‘Quick Scan’ of sustainability activities to obtain an independent perspective on performance and comparison with industry peers.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Climate change poses serious challenges to the environment, economy, and society.
• Need for more engagement in creating new sustainable products and addressing sustainability across the entire value chain.

Mitigation Strategies

• Committed to offering customers more sustainable products until a fully circular collection is achieved.
• Implementing improvements that reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and increase the energy efficiency of facilities and fleet.
• Expanded focus on energy reduction in stores, distribution centers, and headquarters.
• Undertaking initiatives such as using materials that help make products more sustainable, collaborating to recycle returned mattresses, and exploring opportunities to reduce overall waste generation.
• Developed a set of goals and initiatives to reduce climate impacts beyond energy use.
• Electrifying the fleet of cars and trucks and designing or remodeling the store network, headquarters, and distribution centers to support electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure.
• Engaging with suppliers to develop and offer more sustainable products and searching for more sustainable options outside the sector.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: 81% of suppliers signed the code of conduct in 2021

Responsible Procurement

• Code of conduct

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: EU Taxonomy Regulation, Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD)

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Element (sustainable box spring)
• Kayori collection (organic cotton textiles)
• Beter Bed Right 5000 series (modular mattresses)

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Promise
• People
• Product

Environmental Achievements

• Transitioned to 100% green electricity in 2022 for all in-house operations, resulting in savings of 2,760 tonnes of CO2 over 2022 (46% of total carbon emissions).
• Offset 1,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions by participating in the Yanbei Afforestation Project in the east of China. This resulted in a total CO2 reduction of 64% compared with 2021.

Social Achievements

• All suppliers (100%) signed the Supplier Code of Conduct.
• Launched a new employee engagement survey: Happy@Work, with a 70% response rate and positive results.
• 53 employees received a promotion.

Governance Achievements

• Restructured cross-departmental safety organization, appointed central safety contacts, and redefined procedures.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• The new EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) requires companies to conduct a ‘double materiality’ assessment, meaning they will both have to report on financial materiality and impact materiality.
• Tight labor market conditions making it challenging to fill vacancies.

Mitigation Strategies

• Performing a gap analysis to identify topics that will take a lot of work and to identify any quick wins. Aiming to conduct the double materiality assessment in 2023.
• Improved online and offline visibility, including launching a new recruitment website.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: 13 high-risk suppliers audited

Responsible Procurement

• Better Bed Holding Supplier Code of Conduct
• Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI)

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Circular mattress
• Modular mattress
• Karlsson box spring
• Element mattress range
• Simmons Generation mattress collection

Awards & Recognition

• Performance Ladder Social Entrepreneurship (PSK) certificate