Gerresheimer has published its first voluntary separate Non-financial Report for the 2025 financial year, aligned with the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). The audited report transparently details the Group’s sustainability performance in financial year 2025. Gerresheimer was able to reduce its scope 1 and scope 2 CO2e emissions by 31 percent compared to the base year 2019 and increase the share of electricity from renewable sources in its total electricity consumption to 54 percent.
The lost time incident rate (LTIR) improved by approximately 63 percent. At the same time, the company has raised its CO2e reduction target for scope 1 and scope 2 emissions to -52 percent by 2030 and, for the first time, supplemented it with Scope 3 targets. These CO2e reduction targets were externally validated by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi). With this report, Gerresheimer underscores its commitment to measuring and managing climate protection and sustainability according to recognised standards and to communicating progress transparently.
Since 2011, Gerresheimer’s sustainability management has been independently assessed by the sustainability rating provider EcoVadis. In 2025, Gerresheimer was once again awarded a Gold rating by EcoVadis. EcoVadis evaluates the management systems of companies worldwide in the categories of environment, labour and human rights, ethics, and sustainable procurement. More than 150,000 companies are evaluated by EcoVadis each year. In the 2025 rating, Gerresheimer increased its score from 76 in 2024 to 78 out of 100 in 2025, placing it among the top 4 percent of all evaluated companies and the top 1 percent in its industry.
In 2025, more than 22,100 companies worldwide underwent the CDP rating, the recognised benchmark for the disclosure and management of CO2e emissions. In the 2025 CDP rating, Gerresheimer once again achieved an “A–” in the climate category and “Leadership” status for the second consecutive year. This high rating recognises the transparent disclosure of Gerresheimer’s environmental management goals, processes and results. With this result, Gerresheimer ranks above both the global average of all assessed companies (B) and the industry average (C).
Furthermore, by the end of 2029, 65 percent of Gerresheimer’s suppliers—based on spending on goods and services—are also expected to set science-based climate targets. Finally, by 2034, Gerresheimer aims to reduce emissions intensity relative to operating profit in selected scope 3 categories by 64 percent compared to the base year 2023.