Ratings and awards are often a tricky thing because every organisation, every jury, every panel of experts sets its own substantive key issues, focusing on specific aspects and ignoring others. A few less disputed sustainability ratings like EcoVadis or CDP have meanwhile made a name for themselves. The latter is regarded as the world’s most prestigious environmental-impact rating across all sectors and enjoys an excellent reputation everywhere. So it is all the more gratifying that Krones was able to improve its CDP rating for the third time in a row and has now received the second-best score, “A-“, in the crucial category of climate change.
The sustainability team, who are responsible for coordinating all our groupwide efforts to combat climate change and report on this issue to the management team and the executive board at regular intervals, were thrilled with the “A-“ result. But they had in fact already expected it to some extent, not least by reason of the CDP rating’s high level of transparency. After all, the ambitious climate strategy that Krones has been pursuing since 2020 has been bearing more fruit every year. Its effects can be felt throughout the group and also in our business relationships with vendors and customers who are also putting more and more emphasis on collaborating and extending their efforts to combat climate change beyond company boundaries.
