Sustainability, digitalization & innovation
for us go hand in hand

Engineering a better life

With our brand claim "Engineering a better life", we express how important it is to us to implement sustainable and intelligent solutions that create a better climate for people, their applications and our environment.

We live this comprehensive understanding of sustainability in our daily work. Our highly efficient products enable energy-saving applications. In their production, we emphasise the responsible use of resources. Through digital added value, we increase cost-effectiveness and quality of life and utilise additional energy-saving potential. Our innovative strength and our focus on research and development are constantly leading us to new sustainable innovations.

Sustainability Report 2023/24

Clear vision, sustainable mission.

Interview with Dr. Klaus Geißdörfer (CEO)

Join our CEO, Dr. Klaus Geißdörfer, and immerse yourself in the story behind our green initiatives. Let yourself be infected by the enthusiasm we’re harnessing to help us shape a better future!

Every newly developed product must outperform its predecessor from an economic and ecological point of view.
Gerhard Sturm
Company founder (1963)

Our sustainability mission statement

When it comes to sustainability, we think holistically. To reflect this, our mission statement defines sustainable, ethical, and lawful business practices as the basis of our daily activities – values that fit together like matching pieces of a puzzle.

Our material topics

Materiality matrix

Our materiality matrix maps the topics relevant to us in the areas of sustainability and business development. This enables us to identify and prioritize the most important ecological, social, and economic aspects for ebm‑papst and our stakeholders.

Economic performance has top priority, as only a successful company can invest significantly in sustainability and remain competitive. Our focus is on environmental issues, such as energy and emissions. Our goal is to reduce CO₂ emissions in Scopes 1 and 2 to zero by 2025/26, using suitable measures. We want to develop energy-efficient, sustainable, and recyclable solutions for our products in order to pursue the cradle-to-cradle approach, minimize our use of raw materials, and improve recyclability. Our core values of humanity and enthusiasm must play a big part in all of this, because they are the defining characteristics of our ebm‑papst family. Challenges such as demographic change and the promotion of diversity and inclusion will remain key issues in the future.

materiality matrix

» Clear vision, sustainable mission «

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Over USD 1.6 million

per year are invested in renewable energy generation capacity.

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6 %

of our emissions were reduced through improved energy efficiency in our production processes.

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61 %

of total CO2 emissions in GHG Scope 1 and 2 can be avoided by purchasing green electricity in 2023 in Germany, Hungary, China, Slovenia, the United States, Romania and Italy.