Company
Sustainability
ENGINEERING FOR A BETTER WORLD
"Sustainability is a key element in our Mission 26 corporate strategy. That makes it fundamental to all decisions we make as a company."
Responsible operations - Tanzania's cloudfishers
Seeing diversity as opportunity
Add Better - Empowering customers with resource-efficient solutions
Our Add Better label calls attention to GEA solutions that are significantly better than their predecessor product when it comes to efficiency and environmental impact. These belong to our most resource-efficient solutions – this is sustainability value.
Contributing to more sustainable and ethical nutrition
Interview with Dr. Nadine Sterley, Chief Sustainability Officer
GEA achieves inclusion in renowned Dow Jones Sustainability Europe Index
Our ambition & sustainability targets
We engineer sustainable solutions for a better world and to support the sustainability goals of our customers. And we promote the highest environmental and social standards at our own sites and in procurement. We aim to become the most attractive employer in the engineering industry with greater diversity, equal opportunity and integration, and by offering long-term career development prospects. To make these ambitions concrete, we have defined measurable ESG targets as part of GEA’s Mission 26 Strategy.
GEA announces next steps on its path to net zero by 2040
In June 2023, we introduced a second wave of strategic measures to define our path to net zero in 2040.
- Reduce greenhouse gas emissions scope 3 by 18% by 2030
- 100% of solutions will be offered with zero freshwater-use by 2030
- 100% of packaging-related solutions use sustainable packaging materials by 2030
- 100% of service parts and machinery packaging material to fulfill one of the five R’s of circular economy (Reduce; Re-use; Repair; Remanufacture; Recycle) by 2026
Sustainability Report 2022
GEA informs its investors, customers, employees as well as non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and all other stakeholders on the implementation of sustainability in the company’s strategy regarding ecology and social responsibility in its latest sustainability report.
GEA aims to provide its customers with sustainable value creation and future-proof ideas for continued success. Be it through our technologies for water treatment, safe food and pharmaceuticals, or a host of other efficient products and process technologies. We call this “Engineering for a better world.” And this is what motivates us every day.
Our performance
GEA strives to provide more detail in its reporting, in line with the Global Reporting Initiative. This year, GEA published its second stand-alone sustainability report. Feedback from stakeholders and recognition for our work encourage us to continue improving our reporting.
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GEA strives to provide more detail in its reporting, in line with the Global Reporting Initiative. This year, GEA published its second a stand-alone sustainability report. Feedback from stakeholders and recognition for our work encourage us to continue improving our reporting.
1. GEA holds two CDP leadership rankings for performance and reporting transparency: an ‘A’ for tackling climate change and an ‘A-’ for acting to protect water security.
2. In 2021, GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft received a rating of AA (on a scale of AAA-CCC) in the MSCI ESG Ratings assessment. The use by GEA of any MSCI ESG Research LLC or its affiliates (“MSCI”) data, and the use of MSCI logos, trademarks, service marks or index names herein, do not constitute a sponsorship, endorsement, recommendation, or promotion of GEA by MSCI. MSCI services and data are the property of MSCI or its information providers, and are provided ‘as-is’ and without warranty. MSCI names and logos are trademarks or service marks of MSCI.
3. ESG Corporate Rating | ISS (issgovernance.com)
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