Our Blue Plan

Our Blue Plan sustainability strategy

Our Blue Plan addresses the major challenges of our time: fighting climate change for successful decarbonization, implementing our vision of a comprehensive circular economy and investing in our employees as well as in society, which means it has an impact on the entire value chain. With the color blue, it refers to our roots, which are also reflected in the blue of the Greiner logo. At the same time, it addresses the core of our strategy: the protection of our planet.

We want to drastically reduce our absolute emissions. Our climate targets have been confirmed by the Science Based Targets Initiative.

We have set the goal of reducing our absolute scope-1 and scope-2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 60% by 2030 (base year 2021). We are also committed to reducing the absolute scope-3 GHG emissions from fuel and energy-related activities, upstream and downstream transportation and distribution as well as the end-of-life treatment of products sold by 25% by 2030. In addition, 80% of our suppliers should also have science-based targets (SBT) by 2027, measured in terms of the emissions from the goods and services they purchase.

We want to close the cycles. This applies first and foremost to our products, which we want to design and produce in such a way that they can be managed cyclically. However, our vision for a comprehensive circular economy naturally also applies to our resource consumption as a whole.

By making the environmental footprint of our products visible and actively improving it, we can ensure that we manufacture only circular products in the long term. We have set the goal of making 100% of our packaging (GPI) reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025. Our ambition also focuses on the substitution of primary materials with secondary materials. In addition, we want to increase the recycling rate of our waste to 75% by 2030, stop sending waste to landfills and significantly reduce water consumption. We are also committed to working only with suppliers who have a proven track record of sustainability and an EcoVadis rating of at least 50 points by 2030.

We want to promote the talents and skills of our employees. We therefore put training and further education in the focus of our measures. As a company with a unique corporate culture, we also place a special focus on the physical and mental health of our colleagues.

A workplace at Greiner should be characterized by appreciation, openness, trust and reliability. We want to support employees who wish to further develop their talents and skills in their ambitions. We have therefore set the goal of increasing the hours of further training per employee to an average of 16 hours by 2025. Because health is paramount, we have also set the goal of reducing the accident rate* by 50% by 2025 and offering more occupational health services. In addition, we want to increase the proportion of women outside production to 50% by 2025 and see women account for 40% of management positions by 2030.

(*Serious accidents)