Our commitment to the climate for a good future
Salzgitter AG and the KHS Group have made it their aim to cut greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050.
As a Group company, KHS will actively and consistently contribute to the achievement of this target with its own measures. To this end, together with Salzgitter AG the KHS Group has pledged to cut its greenhouse gas emissions. The results of the now completed validation by the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) confirm that we are on the right course and endorse the Group’s ambitious climate goals.
They meet the requirements of the 1.5°C target set by the Paris Agreement. Compared to base year 2021, in the short term the KHS Group will lower its greenhouse gas emissions in categories scope 1 (emissions from direct stationary and mobile combustion) and scope 2 (emissions generated by the use of purchased electricity) by around 36% by 2028.
In scope 3 (emissions generated throughout the upstream and downstream company value chain), we aim to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by 20%.
The Group and its companies want to achieve the long-term target of net zero, also science-based, by 2050 at the latest.
We have put the validation phase to good use and already drawn up and adopted a number of specific decarbonization measures. The first projects have been initiated. We will communicate these as and when appropriate on our websites or in our sustainability report.
About the Science-Based Target Initiative (SBTi)
The SBTi is a partnership between the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), a non-profit organization founded in London in 2000, the United Nations Global Compact, a worldwide pact between companies and the UN to make globalization more social and ecological, the World Resources Institute (WRI), an environmental think tank founded in 1982 as a non-profit organization and based in Washington D.C., USA, and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) helps companies to set a scientifically sound and therefore realistic climate target against the background of the 1.5 degree target from the Paris Climate Agreement.
You can read more about the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) here.
Lots already achieved
With our multitude of energy-efficient machines and modernization measures, for decades we have been constantly helping to cut the amount of energy and resources consumed by our plant engineering so that you can operate our systems and solutions economically and reliably for many years. To this end, we focus on two key factors during product development: continuous improvement in the overall equipment effectiveness and maximum retention of the value of your filling and packaging lines throughout their entire life cycle. As regards packaging, during consultancy you can now use the results of our carbon calculator for all of our PET and secondary packaging systems according to DIN EN ISO 14067. We are well aware of the fact that our reliable systems and solutions are merely one aspect when it comes to cutting greenhouse gas emissions. This is why we also look to see what we ourselves can do in our corporate environment and throughout the entire value creation chain to exploit further potential for reduction in all areas.
Concrete steps for greater climate commitment
In this section we outline our past and present successes in our endeavor to generate fewer greenhouse gas emissions. It also contains a full overview of all of our sustainability reports published to date and lists our most recent achievements in relevant sustainability ratings such as EcoVadis.
Here, we will also keep you up to date on all of the further steps we are taking to reach our reduction targets and on other related action. In short, please feel free to visit our website from time to time to see just how close we are to reaching our target of net zero.
The light, circular 0.5-liter rPET bottle with a recyclable barrier for highly carbonated beverages.
