2020-12-04
Voith Group one of Germany’s top 20 most sustainable companies
- The Voith Group takes 19th place in a cross-industry ranking of the 200 most sustainable companies in Germany
- The ranking is based on a study carried out by Stern and Statista, which comprehensively compares the sustainability of German companies
- For Voith, being ranked among the top 20 along with five DAX-listed companies is recognition of the sustainability activities they have undertaken to date
“This result, particularly in a cross-industry ranking, confirms that we have made significant progress in the implementation of our sustainability strategy,” explains Dr. Toralf Haag, CEO of the Voith Group. “We want to be a pioneer in industrial sustainability by intelligently combining our business obligations with our environmental and social responsibility.”
The companies were rated according to environmental (including waste, emissions, position on renewable energies), social (including the percentage of women in leadership roles, staff turnover, human rights policy) and economic criteria (including compliance with the corporate governance code, anti-corruption guidelines, and financial stability, among other factors). A total of 200 companies qualified for the survey.
Voith is considered the top company in its sector for sustainability. This was confirmed by an independent body, corporate rating agency ISS ESG: they first assessed Voith’s sustainability activities in 2018 and awarded them a C+ rating. Voith has been awarded “prime” status since then and is therefore one of the top 20 percent of companies in machine and plant construction worldwide.
You can see all the survey results on the Stern magazine website: https://asset3.stern.de/producing/2020/Geschichten/2020-12-01-siegel-nachhaltige-unternehmen/STERN_Nachhaltigste_Unternehmen_Deutschlands_2021-neu.pdf
Katrin Sulzmann
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The Voith Group is a global technology company. With its broad portfolio of systems, products, services and digital applications, Voith sets standards in the markets of energy, oil & gas, paper, raw materials and transport & automotive. Founded in 1867, the company today has more than 19,000 employees, sales of € 4.3 billion and locations in over 60 countries worldwide and is thus one of the larger family-owned companies in Europe.
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