Good corporate governance
Good corporate governance
We always act based on our corporate values as well as internal and external guidelines. Our values and compliance management helps us to actively shape and communicate our values and norms. In order to strengthen sustainable development beyond our factory gates, taking responsibility in the supply chain plays a central role for us. We apply the same high standards to our business partners that we expect from ourselves.
Allocated material topics
- Values and compliance management
- Responsibility in the supply chain
Goals for sustainable development
Our goals – moving forward with ambition
- We are relentlessly strengthening integrity and compliance as cornerstones of our organizational culture.
- We continuously adapt our security infrastructure and its processes to a changing environment in order to comprehensively protect our systems and data.
- By 2027, we will evaluate 100% of our new and existing suppliers on the basis of clearly defined social and environmental criteria.
- By 2027, we will establish a sustainable supplier management system in which ESG criteria are systematically incorporated into procurement decisions.
Our progress in 2024/2025
- Publication of the first Communication on Progress on the UN Global Compact as a clear commitment to the 10 principles of the Global Compact
- Expansion of supplier audits to include ESG issues to promote sustainability in the value chain
- Adoption of a procurement guideline for the systematic integration of ESG issues into the purchasing and product approval process
Values and compliance management
Peter Rehn
Head of Legal + Compliance
Responsibility in the supply chain
Natalie Weixelbaum
Customs and export control specialist
