Hamburg, June 18, 2020 – Beiersdorf Group has publicly committed to new,
ambitious climate targets, thus contributing to limiting global warming to 1.5°C. The entire Group plans a significant reduction across the full spectrum of its
CO2 emissions by 2025, which applies equally to both its Consumer
and tesa Business Segments. Energy-related emissions (Scopes 1 and 2) are to be
reduced by 30 percent in absolute terms by 2025. In addition, a clear cut is
also planned in Group-external CO2 emissions (Scope 3), by suppliers
and service providers, for example: The Group has set a value chain GHG emissions-reduction
target of 10 percent by 2025.
These
ambitious climate targets have now been officially endorsed by the “Science
Based Targets initiative” (SBTi), meaning this organization confirms that
Beiersdorf’s targets are aligned with independent global climate scientists’ latest
findings. To date, 111 companies worldwide have set themselves targets that received
SBTi approval. Currently only eight companies headquartered in Germany are
among these, with just a further eight around the world from the “Consumer
Products & Durables” sector.
“Climate
change confronts us as a society with tremendous challenges. We are taking
action based on our sense of duty and our unshakeable belief that we must
commit fully and immediately to climate protection, to counteract global
warming and its severe consequences,” explains Stefan De Loecker, Chairman
of the Beiersdorf AG Executive Board. “The official endorsement by the
SBTi of our new, ambitious climate targets is welcome confirmation that we are
on the right track to actively co-shape a sustainable future for our global
society.”
In addition to the SBTi’s endorsement of climate
targets for the entire Beiersdorf Group, the Consumer Business Segment has set
itself the target of a 30 percent absolute reduction in its Scope 3 emissions
by 2025. On top of this, all Consumer Business Segment production sites are to
become climate-neutral by 2030.
Beiersdorf signed the “Business Ambition for
1.5°C” at the UN Climate Change Conference in Madrid in December 2019,
thereby committing itself to the formulation of new, ambitious climate
protection targets. As part of the agreement Beiersdorf also signed the
long-term voluntary commitment to achieve “net zero emissions” by
2050 latest.
Beiersdorf, and in particular its Consumer Business
Segment, has made major progress in recent years in reducing its CO2
emissions: The Group successfully cut its energy-related CO2
emissions by 60 percent in absolute terms between 2014 and 2019. Various
energy-saving measures, the LEED seal-winning sustainable design of production
and office locations, and the transformation to green logistics are just a few
examples of the Beiersdorf Group’s uncompromising climate protection program. Since
the end of 2019, 100 percent of the electricity purchased worldwide comes from
renewable energy sources.
In its CARE BEYOND SKIN sustainability agenda, launched
at the beginning of this year, Beiersdorf is bundling its climate commitment and
action measures in the focus area “For a Carbon Positive Future”. Alongside
the central issue of climate change, this sustainability agenda defines a
further six focus areas in which the Group’s Consumer Business Segment, comprising
the well-known brands NIVEA and Eucerin, is committed to making a meaningful
and measurable contribution to the environment and society.
Also the tesa Business Segment has been implementing
numerous measures to increase energy efficiency and reduce CO2
emissions in the past years. For example, specific CO2 emissions per
ton of end product have been reduced by 34.5 percent since 2015, saving almost
60,000 tons of CO2 per year. At present, 27 percent of electricity
is used from renewable sources and 38 percent is produced by combined heat and
power generation (CHP).
More information on Beiersdorf’s Consumer Business
Segment sustainability commitment and progress is available at: www.beiersdorf.com/sustainability. For more information about the tesa Business Segment, please visit: https://www.tesa.com/en/about-tesa/responsibility.