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Kistler Group presents global climate strategy

Sustainability Report 2021/2022 shows focus on green electricity and e-mobility

by Staff Writer
The "Cut the Carbon" project team, led by CEO Rolf Sonderegger (3rd from right) and Franziska Kunz (Sustainability & CSR Manager, 3rd from left), aims for CO2 neutral production at all German sites by 2025.

In its first sustainability report, the Kistler Group presents its global climate strategy with facts and figures on its commitment to greater sustainability. A reduction of 880 tons of CO2 has already been achieved through a complete switch to green electricity at the six largest German sites. Kistler also provides information on planned projects and measures. For example, with the “Cut the Carbon” initiative, the company aims to cut its CO2 emissions worldwide by half by 2025. Kistler is also striving for CO2 neutrality for the entire Group in Scope 1 and 2 of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol by 2030.

Rolf Sonderegger, CEO of the Kistler Group, and Franziska Kunz, Sustainability & CSR Manager and Site Manager in Meerane, present their ambitious plans in the Kistler Group’s current Sustainability Report for 2021/2022. Broken down into the areas of Environment, Social, and Governance, the report provides information on the company’s commitment and progress to date. It also shows the way towards the planned global CO2 neutrality in 2030.

 
Rolf Sonderegger, CEO of the Kistler Group

“Our current sustainability report proves that sustainability is measurable. We are not just showing that we are aware of our responsibility but that we are also actively working towards coherent and reliable targets,” explains Rolf Sonderegger.

Focus on electricity and mobility as the largest emission areas
The core measures focus on electricity and mobility, the company’s largest emitters at 36 and 38 per cent, respectively. The first milestones have already been reached. All six German production sites are run on green electricity. By the end of 2023, the remaining German sites and the subsidiaries in Switzerland, China, Japan, the USA and Slovakia will follow suit. This is expected to reduce Kistler’s emissions by up to 1,300 tons of CO2 annually. Kistler is also continuing to minimize its environmental footprint with projects such as installing a photovoltaic system at the Straubenhardt site in Germany and relocating the IT site in Bratislava to the greenest building in Slovakia.

In the area of mobility, Kistler is gradually converting its company vehicle fleet to electric models while expanding charging stations at its Germany and Switzerland sites.