Dortmund specialist for filling and packaging systems transparently
discloses the progress it has made in corporate governance, social
responsibility and environmental protection. Based on the European
Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), the report was independently
audited and granted limited audit assurance.
“In 2025, we reached further important milestones regarding our ambitious
environmental targets,” says Kai Acker, CEO of KHS GmbH. “Here, we take our
responsibility as a globally active company extremely seriously and believe in
providing full transparency.” For the very first time, the current report therefore
now includes a concise dashboard reliably mapping the progress the Dortmund
company has made in key areas such as climate protection, working conditions
at its own facilities and throughout the value chain.
Clear alignment with EU reporting standards
KHS has further developed its sustainability report to meet the requirements set
out by the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS). “Our main aim
is to create maximum transparency and enable our customers to directly compare
our performance with that of others,” explains Nicole Pohl, senior ESG manager
and human rights officer at KHS. “Although we’re not legally obliged to do so as
a Group company, we consistently align our voluntary report with the standards
and requirements specified by the European Union.”
KHS thus had a business audit performed for the first time in 2025 in order to
obtain limited audit assurance. “For us, this independent limited assurance review
is an important step towards ensuring transparency. It officially confirms the
customary high credibility of our sustainability data for our stakeholders,” Pohl
continues.
Important milestones in environmental protection
Last year, KHS considerably intensified its sustainability efforts towards better
climate protection. One of the measures completed was to commission two large-
scale photovoltaic systems at its sites in Bad Kreuznach and Worms, following
on from the example set by Dortmund in 2023. Further PV systems have supplied
KHS’ international locations in Kunshan (China) and Ahmedabad (India) with
green electricity since the end of 2025 and March 2026 respectively. In 2025,
EcoVadis honored the company’s sustainability achievements by presenting KHS
with its first platinum award. This places the Salzgitter subsidiary among the top
1% in the EcoVadis rating across all assessed branches of industry worldwide.
The next step is to join the UN Global Compact and in doing so clearly position
KHS as an endorser of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda. “We want to stringently
continue our drive for decarbonization and are aiming for net zero in scopes 1
and 2 by 2045. In addition to protecting our climate, we also focus just as clearly
on the needs of our employees and actively shoulder our holistic corporate
responsibility in the context of ESG,” claims Kai Acker.
