If you want to make a difference, you need a clear goal

How we take a strategic approach to sustainability

Attitude alone is not enough. It’s what you do that counts. Anyone who takes responsibility seriously must translate it into concrete action anew every day. As a family-owned company, we take a long-term view and consider the effects of our actions. Together with our staff, we are committed to protecting people, upholding our values and incorporating environmental, social and corporate responsibility into our decision-making.

Understanding of sustainability Sustainability organisation This is what we focus on

What guides our actions

Our understanding of sustainability

The way we make decisions makes all the difference: For us, responsibility begins with a mindset. As a family-owned company, we look beyond the next annual report. Our values provide guidance for decisions that are forward-looking and have a long-term effect on people, the environment and society. For us, sustainability is not at odds with economic success, but rather a prerequisite for innovative strength, resilience and future-proofness.

What the consequences are for our actions

Values as a compass

Our values shape the way we work together and provide guidance for responsible decision-making

A focus on generations

As a family-owned company, we justify our decisions with long-term value creation and future-proofing.

A holistic approach to responsibility

For us, sustainability means considering environmental, social and economic effects as a whole.

Protection as a mission

Our aim is to protect people, infrastructure and the natural environment with effectiveness.

Our sustainability organisation

Commitment does not arise of its own accord. Binding standards, clear processes and management systems help us to systematically incorporate sustainability considerations into our decision-making and business processes.

Binding standards

Management systems and guidelines provide guidance and support the further development of our sustainability management.

Integrating sustainability

Sustainability considerations are systematically integrated into relevant decision-making and business processes.

Enabling well-informed decisions

Structured tasks help us to detect opportunities and risks early on along the value added chain and to make dependable decisions.

Who is driving sustainability forward?

Clear lines of responsibility and close collaboration between the executive board, Corporate Sustainability, the specialist departments and the sustainability team lay the fundamentals for continuously taking the next step towards sustainability.

Who makes the decisions?

The executive board steers the company’s strategic direction with the help of Corporate Development.

Who is putting sustainability into practice?

The sustainability team brings together specialist departments across the value added chain.

How is sustainability embedded

Through shared objectives, clear responsibilities and regular exchange within the company.

Three questions that provide our priorities

The key is to take action where we have the greatest influence and can apply responsibility. The materiality assessment helps us to identify material issues and set the right priorities.

What effect do our actions have?

We consider the positive and negative effects our business activities may have on people, the environment and society.

What is relevant to DEHN’s future?

We assess which sustainability issues may have an impact on our company’s long-term development and future-proofness.

Where does our responsibility end?

In our assessment, we take into account not only our own activities, but also upstream and downstream areas of the value added chain.

Developing topics together

Some of the challenges on the path to sustainability cannot be tackled alone. The exchange with partners, initiatives and stakeholders helps us to take different perspectives into account, learn from one another and further develop our sustainability performance. International frameworks such as the UN Global Compact and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals provide guidance in this regard. They help us to better understand the effects along the value added chain and to assess the progress made.

External recognition of our development

An outside perspective helps us to put our development into context. The following awards reflect how customers, partners and independent organisations rate DEHN’s performance in the area of sustainability.