Our sustainability goals
Commitment with a Vision
Our sustainability goals cover environmental, social, and economic areas. We set specific goals, regularly review our progress, and continuously refine our initiatives. On this page, we highlight what we’re working on and the results we’ve already achieved.
Our three focus goals
Through our sustainability goals, we define the areas in which we aim to continue improving. These include the environment, social responsibility, and economic sustainability. In our annual progress reports, we provide insight into our activities and highlight the measures we have implemented and how our goals are progressing.
Social goal
We set standards for employee satisfaction
We know that motivated employees are the key to success. That’s why we’ve set a goal to continuously increase their satisfaction—from a very good 4.0 out of 5.0 in 2024 to 4.5 by 2027. We measure this every year through our employee satisfaction survey, which is conducted by our HR department. To achieve this goal, we rely on transparent communication, targeted training, and a work environment that fosters creativity and personal responsibility.
Economic goal
Ensuring quality together – and further reducing complaints
To further strengthen quality throughout our supply chain, we aim to continue systematically reducing the complaint rate. Our goal: To work with our suppliers to reduce the complaint rate from its current level of 9.19 ppm (as of the base year 2024) to a maximum of 2 ppm by 2030 – to ensure stable processes and quality assurance based on partnership. Our quality assurance department evaluates the status of complaints every year. This involves recording all complaints for the year and analyzing them by item, supplier, and cause of the complaint, among other criteria.
Ecological goal
We are improving our greenhouse gas footprint (Scope 1 & 2—according to GHG)
Our approach to date has focused on reducing and offsetting greenhouse gas emissions. Today, we are placing greater emphasis on measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions within our own sphere of influence.
To this end, we are implementing specific measures in the areas of energy supply, mobility, and building services. We review our progress annually using KlimAktiv’sCO2 calculator by preparing a greenhouse gas inventory in accordance with the guidelines of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG). Our goal is to reduce emissions wherever we have control and to present our progress transparently.
The implementation and progress of our sustainability goals are reviewed annually by external, independent experts as part of the ZNU certification process and updated on this page. This allows you to track our progress in detail and see how we’re moving toward becoming a more sustainable company.
We have already successfully achieved these goals:
- We make sustainability in the supply chain transparent: target achieved in 2025
Sustainability does not end at our factory gates. To this end, we are in close contact with our long-standing suppliers, who should give us an insight into their sustainability work in addition to quality and purchasing issues. Since 2025, 100% of our suppliers have been consistently assessed on the basis of sustainability aspects (status 2023 – 0%). To this end, we conduct supplier surveys, send out our Code of Conduct and define criteria for the sustainability assessment of our suppliers. Based on our existing key figures for supplier evaluation (% rate of A-E suppliers), we have managed to make our supply chain even more sustainable.
Sustainability in our daily work.
We are already doing this today:
The 17 goals of the United Nations
on sustainable development
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations provide a global framework for shaping a sustainable future. They call on all companies and individuals to take responsibility and take action to fight poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Byodo is also making a contribution by aligning our sustainability activities with the central goals.
More about our sustainability activities
The ZNU Standard –
Sustainable management
The ZNU Standard for Sustainable Management is a recognized certification framework for companies that implement ecological, social and economic sustainability in their daily work. Byodo is certified according to this standard to ensure that we meet our own high standards and continuously work to improve our sustainability performance.
More information on the ZNU Standard
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