KRAIBURG TPE GmbH & Co. KG
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2023)
Reporting Period: 2023
Environmental Metrics
Renewable Energy Share:Increased to 100% by 2025 (purchased electricity)
Total Energy Consumption:10,330 MWh (electricity) + 1,864 MWh (natural gas)
ESG Focus Areas
- Climate change
- Water and marine resources
- Resource use and circular economy
- Own workforce
- Business conduct
Environmental Achievements
- Reduced specific electricity consumption by 2.4%
- Reduced total water consumption by 7.3%
- Reduced specific water consumption by 16%
- Reduced wastewater discharge volume by 6.5%
- Reduced specific wastewater volume by 5%
- Reduced specific quantity of own packaging by 10% in the last three years
- Recycles nearly 100% of materials in select compounds
- Reduced material waste in quality assurance by 17%
Social Achievements
- Launched "Safety Culture Inventory" project to improve safety culture and reduce accident figures
- Offered flexible working time options and mobile work
- Provided external crisis counseling for employees and their families
- Offered various social benefits (wedding/birth bonuses, childcare subsidy, company pension plan, etc.)
Governance Achievements
- Established a whistleblower reporting system
- Ensured legal compliance through 178 reviews and updates in Quentic software
- Maintained compliance with internal code of conduct and anti-corruption measures
- Achieved ISCC PLUS certification
Climate Goals & Targets
Long-term Goals:
- Develop increasingly sustainable and recyclable product solutions
Medium-term Goals:
- Achieve annual reduction of scope 1 and 2 emissions by an average of 4.2% and scope 3 emissions by an average of 2.5% by 2031 (2031 Climate Program)
Short-term Goals:
- Reduce water consumption to the essential minimum
- Reduce wastewater volume
- Increase renewable energy share to 100% by 2025 (purchased electricity)
Environmental Challenges
- Increased cooling water demand due to climate effects
- Increase in the disposal volume of used oil (by about 90%), paper, and granulate waste (respectively by about 9%)
- Accident rate increase compared to 2022, primarily due to behavior-related causes
Mitigation Strategies
- Improved cooling efficiency to maintain specific evaporation at prior-year level
- Implemented measures to counteract behavior-related accident causes (Safety Culture Inventory project)
- Implemented measures to reduce water consumption and wastewater volume
Supply Chain Management
Supplier Audits: 4 supplier audits
Responsible Procurement
- Code of conduct and sustainability for suppliers
- EcoVadis assessment (top 5%)
- ISCC PLUS certification
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Physical Risks
- Heat waves/hot days impacting cooling systems
Transition Risks
- Regulatory changes, market shifts
Opportunities
- Energy efficiency improvements, expansion of renewable energy
Reporting Standards
Frameworks Used: ESRS (European Sustainability Reporting Standards), UN Global Compact, Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)
Certifications: DIN EN ISO 14001:2015, DIN EN ISO 50001:2018, DIN EN ISO 9001:2015, ISCC PLUS
Sustainable Products & Innovation
- THERMOLAST® R product line (recycling-based, bio-based, and ISCC PLUS materials)
- Universal PCR TPE (up to 79% PCR)
- Bio-based TPE (up to 71% bio-based materials)