Sustainability at BSH

How we bring sustainability to life

At BSH, we pursue a holistic approach to sustainability, considering three key aspects: Environment, Social and Governance. This is the foundation of our successful business.

To build that foundation, we evaluate and balance these areas:

We support climate protection, save precious resources and offer consumers sustainable solutions.
We pursue a socially sustainable future that is just, equitable, inclusive, and enables a high-quality life at home.
We aim to strengthen ethical business conduct along the value chain together with our partners.

Find out more about BSH's sustainability efforts in the BSH sustainability brochure.

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Environment

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At BSH, we aim to support climate protection and to save precious resources. Since 2020, all BSH locations worldwide operate CO₂-neutral. With our high-quality and energy- and water-saving home appliances as well as with our services, we help to consume in a sustainable manner and to reduce waste.

Social

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We at BSH want to contribute to the transformation to a sustainable society and the empowerment of people, because people are at the heart of what we do. We care about the health and safety of our employees and support selected social organizations.

Governance

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We are committed to sustainability standards, both internally and along the value chain together with our partners.

Commitments

UN Global Compact

The UN Global Compact is the world's largest corporate sustainability initiative, encouraging businesses to adopt sustainable and socially responsible policies and practices.

BSH joined the UN Global Compact in 2004 and by doing so committed to operating its business based on principles that meet fundamental responsibilities regarding human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption.

The Ten Principles of the United Nations Global Compact are the guiding framework for BSH and incorporated in our strategy, as well as in the Business Conduct Guidelines, the BSH Code of Conduct for Suppliers of the BSH Group, and in our Declaration of Principles on Human Rights.

- UN Global Compact Participants

- UN Global Compact Ten Principles

CDP

The CDP is a not-for-profit charity, which established a disclosure system for investors, cities, states and regions in order to measure their environmental impact. Originally focusing solely on carbon disclosure and climate impact, CDP broadened the disclosure scope and currently includes deforestation and water security.

Over 23,000 companies are currently reporting via CDP. Among them is our parent company Robert Bosch, which was rated “A-” for its activities to protect the climate and water, making it one of the leading companies in terms of transparency and performance in these categories.

SBTi

The Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) is an NGO based on a partnership between the CDP, UN Global Compact, World Resource Institute and the WWF. It enables corporate climate action by developing scientific standards based on which companies and financial institutions can set their specific greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets regarding time and scope. These science-based targets are also validated by the SBTi and ensure companies’ alignment with the Paris Agreement to limit global warming.

Over 4,200 companies worldwide have set SBTi approved targets. Among them is our parent company Robert Bosch. SBTi has endorsed the company’s near-term climate targets for the 1.5 degree pathway for the entire value chain – from purchasing to the product use phase.

Robert Bosch

With the annual sustainability report, our parent company Robert Bosch makes its actions transparent – comprehensively and comparably, with reference to the guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative.