DEKRA Sustainability

Read more about our sustainability strategy & goals

DEKRA Sustainability

Read more about our sustainability strategy & goals

DEKRA Sustainability

Read more about our sustainability strategy & goals

DEKRA Sustainability

Read more about our sustainability strategy & goals

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Strategy & Targets

Board Statement

With our Sustainability Strategy 2025, we strive to further improve sustainability performance within our company and our value chains as well as for our customers through our business activities.

Around the world, we are witnessing dramatic consequences of human-induced climate change. The rise in global temperatures and increasingly unpredictable weather patterns are having devastating consequences on biodiversity and human societies.

Merely complying with regulations is no longer enough. For companies, it is a moral as well as business imperative to be part of the solution. DEKRA is aware of its responsibility and has placed sustainability, in all its aspects, at the core of our Vision 2025: we will be the global partner for a safe, secure, and sustainable world!

That means that we are working tirelessly to improve our own internal sustainability performance, and sustainability performance of our supply chain. And we are supporting our customers with deep expertise and innovative services on their journeys towards their environmental, social and governance goals.

DEKRA's sustainability strategy

With our Sustainability Strategy, our objective is to achieve by 2025 major progress in our four fields of action “climate & environment”, “employees & society”, “supply & value chain”, and “management & governance”. This includes:

continuously reducing our carbon footprint;
expanding our use of renewable energy;
increasing employee training and engagement;
promoting diversity and inclusion;
improving occupational health and safety;
promoting sustainability in the supply chain;
and expanding the range of sustainability-related services we offer.

As part of our Sustainability Strategy, we strive to support our customers on their sustainability journeys. The DEKRA Corporate Focus Area (CFA) Sustainability Services was created for this reason and involves the expansion of our service portfolio in the three key areas “energy transition”, “ESG” (Environment, Social, Governance), and “circular economy”.

Strategic area's

In four strategic areas, we are focusing on continuously improving our sustainability performance. This means reducing negative impacts and strengthening positive ones. The four areas are:

1. Environment & Climate
2. Employees & Society
3. Management & Governance
4. Supply & Value Chain

With our Sustainability Strategy 2025, we aim to further improve the sustainability performance within our company and our value chains as well as for our customers through our business activities.

Our Targets

Sustainability Principles

Our aim is to secure our company’s long-term success, taking account of our corporate and environmental responsibility. We live out fair competition and do not tolerate any form of corruption. We safeguard the data of our customers, business partners and employees. The integrity, reliability and neutrality of all our employees are of decisive importance. With the DEKRA Compliance Guidelines, we have issued a set of guidelines and policies that are binding worldwide and require ethical behavior that is compliant with the law from all DEKRA employees and managers.

We assume responsibility for our entire value chain, from procurement through to internal processes and on to customer relationships. We expect socially and ecologically responsible behavior from our suppliers. Within the company, we have an unconditional aspiration of ensuring the quality of our services. Through the expertise and skill of our employees, this contributes to a sustainable development. We work on sustainable solutions for customers, and gear our corporate mission statement to customer orientation.

Innovation and sustainability enjoy a high priority with us. We consistently develop our expertise and are ready and available for technologies of the future. DEKRA promotes innovations in the company, not only through its internal innovation and idea management but also through cooperation with external partners. Our aspiration here is to be a global partner for a safe world.

The expertise and reliability of our employees are our most important resource. This is why we aspire to making attractive jobs available. The health and safety of our employees are accorded the highest priority. Our aim is to avoid accidents at work as well as to eliminate possible sources of danger. Team work, mutual trust and loyalty are the foundations of our work together. We value the diversity of our workforce, stand for equal opportunities and support the development of our employees.

The protection of the environment and its resources is one of DEKRA’s primary objectives. The company’s understanding of safety includes protecting the environment: on one hand, through our internal environment management, and on the other through our services and expertise that make an important contribution to environmental protection. A group-wide network of environment management officers bear global responsibility for improving environmental protection and resource efficiency at DEKRA. Our services in the domain of environment and energy management help to ensure environmental protection outside the company as well.

Safety is the centerpiece of our corporate strategy. We promote safety in all walks of life all over the world, also through our commitment to society. We work on safety issues together with partners in society and actively bring our expertise to bear on public and political debate. Our global contribution to increasing safety in environment, business community and society is our most important contribution to a sustainable future.

Our four fields of action