- MAHLE releases Sustainability Report 2023
- CO2 emissions significantly reduced
- Use of renewable electricity increased
- MAHLE climate targets for 2030 validated by the Science Based
Targets Initiative (SBTi)
- Process for more sustainable product development
implemented
STUTTGART, Germany, April 26,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The MAHLE Group
successfully continued its sustainability activities in 2023.
The automotive supplier made particularly significant progress
in reducing its CO2 emissions. This allowed for, among
other things, a greater use of renewable electricity in
production.
MAHLE reached another milestone with the validation of its
climate targets for 2030 by the Science Based Targets Initiative
(SBTi). In addition, MAHLE implemented an externally validated
method for calculating the environmental impact of its products.
This method enables product development for the benefit of its
customers to become significantly more sustainable.
The group also made progress in occupational safety by reducing
the frequency of accidents in its plants. "We are on track with our
sustainability goals," said Georg
Dietz, member of the Group Management Board and responsible,
among other things, for sustainability, environmental management,
and occupational safety. "Sustainable thinking and acting permeates
all areas of activity for our group. That is why we have firmly
anchored measurable sustainability goals in our MAHLE 2023+ Group
strategy."
Compared with base year 2019, MAHLE reduced its emissions from
the combustion of fossil fuels (Scope 1) and the import of
purchased electricity (Scope 2) by 43 percent. This puts the
technology group on track to achieve its intermediate goal of
reducing these emissions by 49 percent by 2030. MAHLE aims to
become CO2-neutral by 2040 in accordance with the goals
set out in the Paris Agreement.
Compared to 2022, MAHLE increased its use of renewable
electricity by 10 percent. This was mainly achieved via the
increased use of solar power. In addition, MAHLE leveraged solar
thermal energy, such as at the MAHLE site in Gurgaon, India to operate a water heating system.
MAHLE reduced emissions in the area of supply chain and product
use (Scope 3) by nine percent. For 2030, the reduction target for
this area is 28 percent of 2019 levels.
In terms of occupational safety, MAHLE came a big step closer to
its goal of reducing the accident rate to 2.3 per million work
hours by 2030. This measurement takes into account all accidents
which result in at least one workday being lost. In 2023, the rate
dropped from 3.0 to 2.8. "This is a very good development," said
Kathrin Apel, Global Head of
Sustainability, Health, Occupational Safety, and Environmental
Management at MAHLE. "We make no compromises when it comes to
protecting our employees in the workplace. Occupational safety is a
MAHLE top priority."
In 2023 a further 20 MAHLE plants were certified according to
the ISO 45001 standard. This brings the number of certified
locations to 123. The ISO 45001 standard consists of requirements
for occupational health and safety management in order to minimize
the risk of health damage and accidents in the workplace.
In the year under review, MAHLE also adjusted its targets for
the promotion of women to leadership positions as part of its group
strategy. By 2030, the group aims to increase the proportion of
women worldwide from the current eight to 13 percent in the first
management level and from the current 11 to 18 percent in the
second management.
The newly released MAHLE Sustainability Report 2023 provides
insights into the current progress of the company's sustainability
initiatives. It was written in accordance with the standards of the
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).
The MAHLE Sustainability Report 2023 is available on the MAHLE
website at https://newsroom.mahle.com/press/en/publications/
About MAHLE
MAHLE is a leading international development partner and
supplier to the automotive industry with customers in both
passenger car and commercial vehicle sectors. Founded in 1920, the
technology group is working on the climate-neutral mobility of
tomorrow, with a focus on the strategic areas of e-mobility and
thermal management as well as further technologies to reduce CO2
emissions, such as fuel cells or highly efficient, clean combustion
engines that also run on synthetic fuels or hydrogen. Today, one in
every two vehicles globally is equipped with MAHLE components.
MAHLE generated sales of almost 13
billion euro in 2023. The company is represented with almost
72,500 employees at 148 production locations and 11 technology
centers in 29 countries. (Last revised: 12/31/2023)
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